Two arrested following stabbings in Clacton town centre (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)

We sat watching the police raid a house and arrest someone. 5 Police cars, one of which was a dog unit and at least one looked like an armed response car. One of the officers definitely had a gun on her right hip.

As far as I am concerned it is about time that sentencing was made much heavier. If you are caught carrying a knife, you should be arrested and charged with a new offence of "going equipped to murder". This should carry a minimum sentence of 15 years without parole.

Yet how do our government deal with the rapid rise of this and other violent crimes....... cut Police funds and force them to lay off Police Officers. We have already seen the Police horses taken away from Essex and next it will be what little officers we have on the streets.

Its heading for mob rule at this rate and I want a ticket out of this hell hole of a country.

Tony Willis wrote:
Clacton is becoming just like London , I wouldn't be surprised if you could have the statistics , if it is worse than London per person per square mile population. it dose seem to have escalated since the new estates have started filling up.

sadly i think you are right about this clacton has always been a bit of a rough town but its getting a ridiculous the crime rate is escalating there are far more undesirables just wandering about too..

Disgusting Something Needs To Be Done.

FTWJackal wrote:
We sat watching the police raid a house and arrest someone. 5 Police cars, one of which was a dog unit and at least one looked like an armed response car. One of the officers definitely had a gun on her right hip.

As far as I am concerned it is about time that sentencing was made much heavier. If you are caught carrying a knife, you should be arrested and charged with a new offence of "going equipped to murder". This should carry a minimum sentence of 15 years without parole.

Yet how do our government deal with the rapid rise of this and other violent crimes....... cut Police funds and force them to lay off Police Officers. We have already seen the Police horses taken away from Essex and next it will be what little officers we have on the streets.

Its heading for mob rule at this rate and I want a ticket out of this hell hole of a country.

Well said Jackal....and make the prisons actual prisons, not the "butlins" that we got now...

Tony is right Clacton has become a dumping ground for all the rubbish from other areas that other councils don’t want, drugs thieves criminals, I read in the gazette that there were 12 burglaries in 7 days, that never used to happen as often as that the knife crimes this year, this big new estate is a nightmare, Clacton has changed beyond recognition no matter what our council do with air shows carnivals to try and bring in tourists, it will not work
Clacton unfortunately for us locals is finished as a sea side resort and a peaceful town
You only have to walk around the town centre to see the scum that have now taken over

Tony Willis wrote:
Clacton is becoming just like London , I wouldn't be surprised if you could have the statistics , if it is worse than London per person per square mile population. it dose seem to have escalated since the new estates have started filling up.

i agree tony that is it becoming very much like London and it not the lovely calm seaside resort we all once thought, and i'm ashamed to live here now but i'm sorry your comment about it all escalating due to the fulfillment of the estates is totally wrong!!! the estates are not used for ex Londoners like many people think nor do the house ex cons and such, the assumption that the people who commit these crimes are coming from the estates is just snobby and pompous.

Tony Willis wrote:
Clacton is becoming just like London , I wouldn't be surprised if you could have the statistics , if it is worse than London per person per square mile population. it dose seem to have escalated since the new estates have started filling up.

I am amazed by the ignorance of this comment. I moved here 15 years ago from just outside London, most of my family still live in London - nobody in my family has stabbed anybody or been in prison!!! Maybe people should look a little closer to home for the problem i.e. lack of education, kids having kids and too many people qualifying for benefits (mainly being "on the sick")because they cannot be bothered to look for a job, then maybe Clacton could become a better place if people had a little more pride in themselves and the area they live !!!

Oh please... I moved here years ago from just outside of London. I moved because there was no way I was raising a child there and I got fed up with a self inflicted curfew for fear of being out after dark. If London is that great and that safe then why do so many people want to leave it ?

I moved here because it's cheap !!!

FTWJackal wrote:
Oh please... I moved here years ago from just outside of London. I moved because there was no way I was raising a child there and I got fed up with a self inflicted curfew for fear of being out after dark. If London is that great and that safe then why do so many people want to leave it ?

I have not said in any way that London is safe, I am simply pointing out that not everybody who commits a crime in Clacton came from London, I am sure "locals" are capable of also comitting crimes !!!

Yes you are right. But the truth is that Clacton is becoming a dumping ground for some very nasty stupid idiots. The truth is that a large amount of them are from London. Unfortunately these people like to brag about being from "Lundun" and how hard they are !!.

It is the second time in two weeks that Police have attended the same address as they did tonight. The previous time was due to a small group of girls beating hell out of another girl. The property concerned is a halfway house for young couples who have young babies and no where else to live. One thing we do know is that a number of the people that have been at that property have stated their roots being from London.

Not just Clacton. Harwich is also being filled with the lowlifes that London does not want. You can see them every day.

where ever these people are from don't really matter im a clacton bird but the only one, every generation before me are eastenders and not one of them have been arrested for anything. here in clacton its 9 times outta 10 drug related which is sad that it causes so much violence but the fact of the matter is its true. we cant judge people because of where they are from because half of my family own there homes in nice areas and the other half live in council estates but we are all the same. i would never live in london ever but my gay nephew feels more safer living up there than he did here so we are all different!! well i hope the people involved get whats deserved.

some very interesting comments in reaction to your comment tony willis.
your replies please.

It was very frightening for the people in Clacton on Thursday afternoon as the fight took place.Many children and parents were passing.In fact I find you have to be alert walking around the town at 4 to 5 pm-lots of people staggering around.Some arguing,others shouting. Try visiting the Clacton Post Office at this time.It would be great to see a few police officers on foot.(Not just 10 Police cars arriving in convoy!)While waiting for a bus outside HSBC I have witnessed quite a few minor incidents that have distressed people nearby.Clacton is definitely changing!

London over spill doesn't help but spare me the "used to be a nice town" rubbish Clacton has always been a hole it's just getting worse now as generations of no hopers sprogs themselves produce more feckless off spring of their own. Drugs don't help but that's down to the police there are only a few groups that are responsible for peddling crack and heroin around the town and the police know exactly who they are but choose to do nothing.

What interesting reading. It turns out that all three arrested were from Clacton and you would think that men in their forties would be grown up and not want to go around stabbing people. If we good people of Clacton all stick together the town would become a better place. Unfortunately, evil exists in all towns and cities and in every country in the world. The Police are only as good as the politicians allow them to be and each one of them takes orders from someone above them. We need to stand united and voice ourselves as we are fully aware that anyone sent down probably gets given more than us who work our butts off everyday. The law needs changing don't you think?

Clacton was a nice town, no idea how long you have lived here but I can assure you it was not always a hole, I have been here since the 60s, the town has changed in the last 2 years, and the large estates are being occupied by Haringey and hackney ex tenants along with jaywick brightlingsea and harwich, I have nothing against people settling in the town wherever they are from, it’s the latest influx, on top off that foreigners look in lidls there are a lot more of them here than one thinks yes it is dangerous in town around 3 pm too 5pm as the benefits people run out of money in the moon and starfish drinking cheep plonk and spill on to the street
Shut it at 2pm, stop the drunks in pier avenue and the beach shelters drinking all day cans off special, beggars outside the pound shop
The whole town looks disgraceful
One other thing I thought we paid for cctv in pier avenue, station road and the high
Street over £500k, yet they are never on
24 hour drinking introduced by the government has a lot to do with it

It is a very easy mistake to lable all and sundry because they come from 'outof town' Not always the case. I have lived here for over 30yrs and watched the slide.
Licensing laws need rethinking, I aggree with other comments, do we need 24hr drinking?.
Knive crime, will never be reduced without serious penalties, 'just for carrying should be a fixed penalty, with no 'mitigating circumstances'.
Displaying and use of a knive, even bigger fixed penalties, no excuses.
The jails are curently full to capacity now, therefore the goverment will not impliment these penalties, the jails would just burst under the strain.
In other countries they put excessive no's of prisoner's into tents within the grounds of the jail, to serve their sentence......oops did some one say yuman rites. !!!
Without deterent , there is no cure.

It is a very easy mistake to lable all and sundry because they come from 'outof town' Not always the case. I have lived here for over 30yrs and watched the slide.
Licensing laws need rethinking, I aggree with other comments, do we need 24hr drinking?.
Knive crime, will never be reduced without serious penalties, 'just for carrying should be a fixed penalty, with no 'mitigating circumstances'.
Displaying and use of a knive, even bigger fixed penalties, no excuses.
The jails are curently full to capacity now, therefore the goverment will not impliment these penalties, the jails would just burst under the strain.
In other countries they put excessive no's of prisoner's into tents within the grounds of the jail, to serve their sentence......oops did some one say yuman rites. !!!
Without detterent , there is no cure.

MIKRIK
well said, blimey 30 years you are nearly a local, lol

MIKRIK wrote:
It is a very easy mistake to lable all and sundry because they come from 'outof town' Not always the case. I have lived here for over 30yrs and watched the slide. Licensing laws need rethinking, I aggree with other comments, do we need 24hr drinking?. Knive crime, will never be reduced without serious penalties, 'just for carrying should be a fixed penalty, with no 'mitigating circumstances'. Displaying and use of a knive, even bigger fixed penalties, no excuses. The jails are curently full to capacity now, therefore the goverment will not impliment these penalties, the jails would just burst under the strain. In other countries they put excessive no's of prisoner's into tents within the grounds of the jail, to serve their sentence......oops did some one say yuman rites. !!! Without detterent , there is no cure.

Well said MIKRIK. Totally agree.

going into town is like dodge the drunk nowadays day or night.I live in Jaywick and feel safer walking about any time of day or night here despite the bad reports of our village.I ventured in town a few wks ago for a nite out and felt so uncomfortable getting from pier ave to the sea front due to the intimidating drunks in all the doorways with tinny's that I asked someone I recognised to walk with me .I thought there was a ban on drinking in the streets in clacton so why is it not acted on ?!!!!!!!!........ If that was addressed it would resolve so many other problems .!!!!

rousos wrote:
going into town is like dodge the drunk nowadays day or night.I live in Jaywick and feel safer walking about any time of day or night here despite the bad reports of our village.I ventured in town a few wks ago for a nite out and felt so uncomfortable getting from pier ave to the sea front due to the intimidating drunks in all the doorways with tinny's that I asked someone I recognised to walk with me .I thought there was a ban on drinking in the streets in clacton so why is it not acted on ?!!!!!!!!........ If that was addressed it would resolve so many other problems .!!!!

well said rousos.
all points raised should have been handled by the neighbourhood policing team at least, if not pressure by towns neighbourhood watch to ensure legal actions regarding drunks, drink, and general bad behaviour is dealt with, not turned a blind eye too!

with the soon opening of the old verses nightclub with its 2-30 & 3-30 AM closing times, where will policing be then, if its not there now!

mummy250271 wrote:

Tony Willis wrote: Clacton is becoming just like London , I wouldn't be surprised if you could have the statistics , if it is worse than London per person per square mile population. it dose seem to have escalated since the new estates have started filling up.

I am amazed by the ignorance of this comment. I moved here 15 years ago from just outside London, most of my family still live in London - nobody in my family has stabbed anybody or been in prison!!! Maybe people should look a little closer to home for the problem i.e. lack of education, kids having kids and too many people qualifying for benefits (mainly being "on the sick")because they cannot be bothered to look for a job, then maybe Clacton could become a better place if people had a little more pride in themselves and the area they live !!!

agree with you mummy 250271.
I`m afraid we get long established locals still believing in the "old days"
while forgetting there ages have doubled.

London is just a 60 minuet drive away, even quicker by train I am told.
Do the "locals" think either Clacton has a Butlin`esk ring of steel to it still,
or do they not see progression has moved on, bringing with it fresh faces to replace those once old and entrenched faces that have died through old age!
Clacton no longer has Butlins, its donkeys on the beach, its regular boat rides from the beach and pier.

What Clacton does have is a continuois flow of people through regular migration,along with wind turbines & new technoligies.
Old Clacton has long gone,
not through them nasty old - blame them for everything - Londoners,
but east europeans, and fellow citizens from ALL of the UK.

sorry, but its time to smell that coffee,
and,
WAKEY - WAAAAAKEEEEEY.....
(for all you old timers out there)
:)

sorry, I must appologise to those who are young enough to not have a clue what WAKEY - WAAAAAAKEEEEEEY is all about.

http://www.turnipnet
.com/whirligig/tv/ad
ults/other/cotton.ht
m

explains all.

Me?
just a very young 65 (soon)... :)

but nowhere near as old as "some" that comment about "the old days" in Clacton......eh...:)

Lets just wait and find out where those that are charged with the crime come from. They may be the off-spring of Clactonians who let their kids run riot whilst they sat in the pubs and clubs. Unfortunately the police are not given the powers that they should have due to SUCCESSIVE governments being more pro the guilty party than the victim. The kids today know they can get away with things without being caught or if they are they just get a slapped wrist. So over a period of time the kids keep pushing the boundaries until before they know it they are stood there on a street armed.

clacton man wrote:
notabot why dont you **** off back to where you come from if it is that good and leave clacton where it was before crap like you started arriving

Whoa calm down clacton man everyone is entitled to their opinions.
Scoot now your talking sense.

someone mentioned fixed penalties for carrying knives. Are you just mad or something. Do you really think that will stop them ? Banning people from driving never stops a lot of them driving again the next day so what effect is a fixed penalty going to have on carrying a knife ?

As I said earlier, they need to restructure the law to accommodate the rise in these types of crime. If you are caught in public with a knife or a gun you should be charged with an offence of " Going equipped to murder". The sentence should be severe, a very long prison sentence without parole.

If the prisons are overcrowded, build more. Instead of dumb wind farms the government should have people build offshore prisons so that there is no chance of escape as well. For god sake our government have sold off our huge old aircraft carriers which could have been easily converted for such use.

For those reading this that carry a knife around.....

You're not clever, you're not tough and it does not impress anyone other than your clueless so called friends.
You are in fact weak minded, pathetic losers. You have to carry a weapon because you lack the bravery of real men and women. The police last night were armed with guns. They do this because scum like you carry knives and put us all at risk. Their guns remained in their holsters last night. One day you won't be so lucky. But again, your family and the police who will be forced to use a gun will suffer for you lack of brains.
You sicken all us decent normal people.

farmhouse i dont care about the rest of the world i live in clacton

For those reading this that carry a knife around.....

You're not clever, you're not tough and it does not impress anyone other than your clueless so called friends.
You are in fact weak minded, pathetic losers. You have to carry a weapon because you lack the bravery of real men and women. The police last night were armed with guns. They do this because scum like you carry knives and put us all at risk. Their guns remained in their holsters last night. One day you won't be so lucky. But again, your family and the police who will be forced to use a gun will suffer for you lack of brains.
You sicken all us decent normal people.

Well said FTW Jackal - not forgetting the consequences of what these mindless thugs leave in their wake.

Clacton man - you are very aggressive and again I say people are entitled to their opinions. We all live in Clacton and we all want a decent place to live in and it certainly doesn't get us anywhere abusing each other.

Farmhouse
Sorry I am not aggressive well maybe
More frustrated about my town and the way things
Are turning out,

clacton man wrote:
Farmhouse Sorry I am not aggressive well maybe More frustrated about my town and the way things Are turning out,

We all feel the same way. Work hard all week and just want a decent place to come home to. We as residences must stay united.

latest crime figures for Clacton

Crime reported in July 2012 within 1 mile of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK

All crime 432
Burglary 15
Anti-social behaviour 143
Robbery 9
Vehicle crime 23
Violent crime 71
Public disorder and weapons 11
Shoplifting 52
Criminal damage and arson 44
Other theft 45
Drugs 8
Other crime 11

that was just one month

On or near Agate Road 2
On or near Agincourt Road 2
On or near Alexandra Road 1
On or near Almond Close 1
On or near Alton Park Road 2
On or near Alton Road 3
On or near Ambleside Court 4
On or near Anchor Road 3
On or near Astley Road 1
On or near Beach Road 7
On or near Beatrice Road 1
On or near Berkeley Road 1
On or near Bull Hill Road 7
On or near Burmanny Close 1
On or near Cambridge Road 1
On or near Carnarvon Road 2
On or near Carnarvon Road 3
On or near Castle Road 4
On or near Church Crescent 2
On or near Church Road 2
On or near Clacton And District Hospital 5
Clacton 2
On or near Colne Road 4
On or near Connaught Close 3
On or near Coopers Lane 1
On or near Coppins Road 1
On or near Coppins Road 5
On or near Croft Road 1
On or near Crossfield Road 1
On or near Crown Road 1
On or near Douglas Road 2
On or near Dudley Road 1
On or near Edith Road 1
On or near Ellis Road 1
On or near Elmden Court 1
On or near Elthorne Park 1
On or near Estuary Crescent 2
On or near Eton Road 2
On or near Fairfield Road 2
On or near Further/Higher Educational Building 1
On or near Granville Road 1
On or near Groom Park 2
On or near Harrow Road 2
On or near Hastings Avenue 3
On or near Hayes Road 1
On or near High Street 2
On or near High Street 10
On or near Hoxton Close 1
On or near Jackson Road 10
On or near James Road 1
On or near Jameson Road 5
On or near Kingston Mews 3
On or near Kingwell Avenue 1
On or near Knox Gardens 3
On or near Knox Road 2
On or near Lake Walk 1
On or near Lancaster Gardens West 1
On or near Litchfield Close 1
On or near Lulworth Close 1
On or near Magdalen Close 1
On or near Magdalen Road 3
On or near Marine Parade East 4
On or near Marlborough Close 1
On or near Meredith Road 2
On or near Nelson Road 3
On or near Nightclub 20
On or near Nightclub 14
On or near Old Road 3
On or near Old Road 1
On or near Old Road 1
On or near Old Road 2
On or near Orwell Road 5
On or near Oxford Crescent 1
On or near Oxford Road 4
On or near Page Road 2
On or near Pallister Road 14
On or near Park Road 1
On or near Park/Open Space 2
On or near Parking Area 6
On or near Parking Area 1
On or near Parking Area 2
On or near Parking Area 1
On or near Pathfields Road 2
On or near Pathfields Road 2
On or near Penfold Road 5
On or near Petrol Station 9
On or near Petrol Station 1
On or near Pier Avenue 12
On or near Portsmouth Road 2
On or near Prince Charles Close 1
On or near Prince Philip Avenue 1
On or near Queen's Road 1
On or near Raglan Mews 1
On or near Reckitts Close 1
On or near Robertson Close 1
On or near Rosemary Crescent 3
On or near Rosemary Road West 13
On or near Rosemary Road 8
On or near Rosemary Road 3
On or near Russell Road 1
On or near Salvia Close 1
On or near Sandwich Road 2
On or near Shopping Area 1
On or near Shopping Area 8
On or near Shopping Area 3
On or near Shopping Area 12
On or near Skelmersdale Road 3
On or near Spinnaker Close 2
On or near St Andrew's Road 4
On or near St Martins Close 1
On or near St Osyth Road 5
On or near St Paul's Road 1
On or near St Vincent Road 2
On or near Stanwyn Avenue 1
On or near Station Road 7
On or near Station Road 2
On or near Supermarket 1
On or near Supermarket 5
On or near Supermarket 5
On or near Supermarket 6
On or near Supermarket 3
On or near Supermarket 6
On or near The Grove 1
On or near Trafalgar Road 2
On or near Uplands Road 1
On or near Upper Branston Road 2
On or near Upper Park Road 1
On or near Vicarage Gardens 2
On or near Victoria Road 1
On or near Victory Road 4
On or near Walnut Way 1
On or near Walton Road 2
On or near Warwick Road 6
On or near Watson Road 2
On or near Wellesley Road 5
On or near Wellesley Road 3
On or near Wellesley Road 6
On or near West Avenue 3
On or near Weymouth Close 1
On or near Windmill Park 2
On or near Windsor Avenue 2
On or near Windsor Road 2
On or near Worthing Mews 1
On or near Wyndham Crescent 1

details can be found here

http://www.police.uk
/crime/?q=Clacton-on
-Sea,%20Essex,%20UK#
crimetypes/2012-07

Outcomes of the crimes in July

All outcomes 453
Under investigation 117
Suspect charged 94
No further action at this time 163
Unable to prosecute suspect 0
Suspect charged as part of another case 5
Offender given penalty notice 3
Offender given a caution 21
Local resolution 4
Court case unable to proceed 3
Defendant sent to Crown Court 0
Defendant found not guilty 2
Offender given absolute discharge 0
Offender given conditional discharge 2
Offender ordered to pay compensation 0
Offender fined 5
Offender deprived of property 0
Offender given community sentence 9
Offender given suspended prison sentence 13
Offender sent to prison 12
Offender otherwise dealt with 0

blimey i am so pleased i am no where near them addys

You cannot blame the crime purely on outsiders.

I moved to Clacton from London in 1984 and even then you had crime ridden estates like the Langham Drive area and Knox road etc.....and they were and still are filled with local scumbags.

jaceylacey wrote:
You cannot blame the crime purely on outsiders.

I moved to Clacton from London in 1984 and even then you had crime ridden estates like the Langham Drive area and Knox road etc.....and they were and still are filled with local scumbags.

Well said jaceylacey couldn't agree more, unfortunately people from London are all tarred with the same brush, I moved here 15 years ago due to house prices I have worked hard and my husband has his own business we are not "down and outs" or "rough" just because we came from London !!! We also don't go out at night stabbing people as apparently everyone else from London does lol x

My family moved from poplar when the birch glen estate was built. All of which are decent people but they all got treated the same. Out of towners. Funny some things don't change. Unfortunately I feel that it doesn't matter where people are coming from, it's how the younger generation are now. I'm 25 and a "normal" person. But it seems to be the "in" way to be now. It's all about fighting, knives, guns, drugs etc. people seem to believe its c

My family moved from poplar when the birch glen estate was built. All of which are decent people but they all got treated the same. Out of towners. Funny some things don't change. Unfortunately I feel that it doesn't matter where people are coming from, it's how the younger generation are now. I'm 25 and a "normal" person. But it seems to be the "in" way to be now. It's all about fighting, knives, guns, drugs etc. people seem to believe its cool to be they way. Films such as "sket" and "kidulthood" promotes this kind of behaviour. I hope to god my children don't act in this way. I also agree with what someone said about London though. I recently had a run in with someone harassing my neighbour who is mentally ill. Claiming tO be visiting his mum, coz he's just come down from London init! These are the kinds of people who are the problem and colchester is uP there in the running now!

clacton man wrote:
farmhouse i dont care about the rest of the world i live in clacton

So do I fella!

so do I !

I have visited Clacton regually since I was very - very young.
I had family moved here in the low 1980`s when Butlins was a destination, not just a residents place of abode, that was longer ago in years than ages of "some" who moan here.
I had a holiday home here in the mid 1990`s,
and retired here nearly 10 years ago.

yet I still get those who whinge about incomers.

And just as mummy 250271 says :-
"just because we came from London !!! We also don't go out at night stabbing people as apparently everyone else from London does lol x”
Nor does anyone in "our" family, nor did my much loved Inlaws & children, or there children.
Just think a moment here,
If you came from "London"
married a local girl, had children of an age they were young adults,
would they be London children, or Clacton children, and so, would they then all go out robbibg, and causing mayhem,
just because they had a londoners blood in there veins.... ha..ha..ha..ha..


Those Inward thinking locals who love to blame just about everyone else,
rather than look closer to home, need to smell that coffee

WAKEY WAAAKKEEEYYY :)

turnstone wrote:

Tony Willis wrote: Clacton is becoming just like London , I wouldn't be surprised if you could have the statistics , if it is worse than London per person per square mile population. it dose seem to have escalated since the new estates have started filling up.

sadly i think you are right about this clacton has always been a bit of a rough town but its getting a ridiculous the crime rate is escalating there are far more undesirables just wandering about too..

found some facts about population age groups for essex.

Essex has a different population structure to that of England as a whole; it has a similar proportion of children,
but more older-aged people.
There are fewer 15-34 year olds than in England, which may reflect the movement of this portion of the population to other areas.
The 34-44 age group is slightly smaller than in England, and all older age groups are larger in Essex (see figure 1.4).

Tendring has the 2nd highest proportion of older people in the East of England (behind North Norfolk), with over 25% of residents over the age of 65 (Eng avg. 16%).
Within this district are the seaside towns of Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea.

Castle Point also has a relatively older population where just over 20% of the population is aged 65+.
Thurrock has a much younger population; less than 15% are over the age of 65 and 20% of the population are children (aged 0-15).
As indicated in the chart below, males slightly outnumber females up until the age of 30.
Of the population aged 65+ around 56% are women and by the age of 85+ this figure has increased to over 67%.
These differences are largely due to consistent patterns of longer life expectancy in women.
They are expected to continue but to decrease substantially in the long-term.

So, if we have more older residents,
who`s children are causing the local trouble?

It's interesting that the 8 am news this morning on Dream radio didn't mention the stabbings in Clacton at all!There was comments in local papers that the stabbings were not 'life-threatening'! No doubt the police don't want to admit things are getting out of hand.They are still stabbings in a busy street in Clacton witnessed by many. Still drunks/druggies wandering the streets in the afternoon-let alone the evening. No police around on foot or car unless there is a lion around!Still boy racers whizzing around.PCSO's trying to get them on bikes! Sea front shelters being used as drinking dens.The police that know where the druggies are! Kids being anti-social-family feuds -Londoners and locals-no jobs-it's all getting desperate-a cauldron bubbling over. I think the comments here are showing that the 'Clactonians' are getting a bit fed up! (Never mind we have the air show! )Somehow we need to get things moving-elected Council,police,resid
ents-come on-let's keep giving our point of view.We don't always agree but it's the place where we live.

my old mans a dustman wrote:

notabot wrote:

turnstone wrote:

Tony Willis wrote: Clacton is becoming just like London , I wouldn't be surprised if you could have the statistics , if it is worse than London per person per square mile population. it dose seem to have escalated since the new estates have started filling up.

sadly i think you are right about this clacton has always been a bit of a rough town but its getting a ridiculous the crime rate is escalating there are far more undesirables just wandering about too..

found some facts about population age groups for essex. Essex has a different population structure to that of England as a whole; it has a similar proportion of children, but more older-aged people. There are fewer 15-34 year olds than in England, which may reflect the movement of this portion of the population to other areas. The 34-44 age group is slightly smaller than in England, and all older age groups are larger in Essex (see figure 1.4). Tendring has the 2nd highest proportion of older people in the East of England (behind North Norfolk), with over 25% of residents over the age of 65 (Eng avg. 16%). Within this district are the seaside towns of Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea. Castle Point also has a relatively older population where just over 20% of the population is aged 65+. Thurrock has a much younger population; less than 15% are over the age of 65 and 20% of the population are children (aged 0-15). As indicated in the chart below, males slightly outnumber females up until the age of 30. Of the population aged 65+ around 56% are women and by the age of 85+ this figure has increased to over 67%. These differences are largely due to consistent patterns of longer life expectancy in women. They are expected to continue but to decrease substantially in the long-term. So, if we have more older residents, who`s children are causing the local trouble?

It weren't children of even teenagers that did this they were adults , you no people that don't normally, if there normal chuck a hikyfit and walk out of meetings because they can not get there own way LOL !!!!!

can you explain to all of us readers just what you mean with your comments grinch,
as just like myself, I dont have a clue what you on about again.


speachless of clacton - :)

ha..ha..ha..ha..

sorry, laughing so much here, :)

Oh grinch,
dont start "fabricating" all over again,
ok, lying again.....

but does make such good reading,
to 3 year olds...

did you ever read bill & ben.

the dopey dustmen :)

my old mans a dustman wrote:
DO NOT TRUST THE GAZETT’S COOKIES Some developers have been known to use cookies to gather information without the user's knowledge. Perhaps this is one reason behind why they have been erroneously tagged as spyware. Usually this form of abuse stems from using cookies differently then the developer has stated in their privacy policy through omission or deception. This type of abuse is typically very difficult to pinpoint. Normally this type of abuse is not a major security threat but more a threat to the end user’s privacy. Another point of potential and common abuse is in the work environment. IT Managers have been known to audit cookies. This means they may look through cookie folders and URL surfing history to determine where a user has been surfing or what they are doing with their time at the workstation. Cookies can provide a lot of information on a user’s surfing habits if you know where to look. For example it is easy to probe through the browser and other program’s data to get a general idea of what a user is doing online or where they are shopping. Likewise it will show if a user’s machine has been connected to a URL that serves adult content. This is a case of a benign technology being abused for covert purposes. I have had them looked at by an it expert they are NOT benign by a long shot

Now, if I would have known better,
and would I "ever" Imply anything
untoward about any "living" person,
or persons unknown,
who may,
or may not,
post comments upon pages online within the Archient groups newspapers
Including the one known locally as Gazette,
I just might have said,
GRINCH,
your PARANOID yet again.

Cookies........lol

looking into "your" computor....LOL

now, as we no longer know anyone within the gazette as GRINCH,
it matters not just what I say,
but PARANIOA grinch......LOL....

made my day (if ever we know a "person" known locally as GRINCH)
:)

Mind you, I remember "my old mans a dustman"
`ol Lonnie lived near to family of mine in south woodford, LONDON..
nice tune for those old enough to know it,
oh, my old mans a dustman,
they arive in a veolia truck,
he misses out someones green box,
and gets the sack for that.

SO funny i thought,
SO funny :)

my old mans a dustman wrote:
And his name is Tony Willis

I knew some of the WILLIS chapter,
they lived in ROMFORD.
poor old mum worked so hard bless her,
old peoples home in H/Hill.
god rest her soul.
dont know if the family stayed,
or moved to Clacton,
like the rest of us.

funny old world eh :)

my old mans a dustman wrote:
Tik Tok Tik Tok

and your point being?

OK, your an enthuisiast of Horology.

but is it not spelt according to the British spoken word ?

my old mans a dustman wrote:
Not to mention deranged perverts , that aspire to rape and violence films like clockwork orange , there sick just like the film. just the type of mindset that do this type of thing.

your just wrong!

Well seems they have been bailed,
So 3 men stab 2 other men in the middle off the afternoon in Clacton town centre
In front off at least 30 people I guess no one saw anything, typical, surely what other evidence is required
Have now been bailed and are back on the streets off Clacton, no doubt bragging
About there vicious attack, in one off the scummy pubs in Clacton that serve cheep beer all day,

Well I suppose if you look back at the Gary Chick fiasco then its typical
For some reason I can not post this on the other page

my old mans a dustman wrote:

notabot wrote:

my old mans a dustman wrote: DO NOT TRUST THE GAZETT’S COOKIES Some developers have been known to use cookies to gather information without the user's knowledge. Perhaps this is one reason behind why they have been erroneously tagged as spyware. Usually this form of abuse stems from using cookies differently then the developer has stated in their privacy policy through omission or deception. This type of abuse is typically very difficult to pinpoint. Normally this type of abuse is not a major security threat but more a threat to the end user’s privacy. Another point of potential and common abuse is in the work environment. IT Managers have been known to audit cookies. This means they may look through cookie folders and URL surfing history to determine where a user has been surfing or what they are doing with their time at the workstation. Cookies can provide a lot of information on a user’s surfing habits if you know where to look. For example it is easy to probe through the browser and other program’s data to get a general idea of what a user is doing online or where they are shopping. Likewise it will show if a user’s machine has been connected to a URL that serves adult content. This is a case of a benign technology being abused for covert purposes. I have had them looked at by an it expert they are NOT benign by a long shot

Now, if I would have known better, and would I "ever" Imply anything untoward about any "living" person, or persons unknown, who may, or may not, post comments upon pages online within the Archient groups newspapers Including the one known locally as Gazette, I just might have said, GRINCH, your PARANOID yet again. Cookies........lol looking into "your" computor....LOL now, as we no longer know anyone within the gazette as GRINCH, it matters not just what I say, but PARANIOA grinch......LOL.... made my day (if ever we know a "person" known locally as GRINCH) :) Mind you, I remember "my old mans a dustman" `ol Lonnie lived near to family of mine in south woodford, LONDON.. nice tune for those old enough to know it, oh, my old mans a dustman, they arive in a veolia truck, he misses out someones green box, and gets the sack for that. SO funny i thought, SO funny :)

This errrrrrr poster goes on about little green men he sees so research found this. http://www.youtube.c om/user/jaywickgrinc h

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nice one clever clogs!

FAILED yet again.

so funny, yet again old luvey.

"must try harder"

my old mans a dustman wrote:
"PARANIOA" Ian old man he don't exist he’s a kids film character, suits you sir LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!

errr, and your point is?
PARANOIA,
is spelt
PARANOIA,
not PARANIOA as in you last diatribe.

so how is PARANOIA an old man in a film?
How is PARANOIA in a kids film
(thats "kids" you keep refuring too!!!)

Are all "kids" films as you persist in refuring to,
have PARANOIA in as their main characters???

errr, your comments set you out as a very "strange" person
"my old mans a dustman" !!!!!!!!!!!!

One wonders why you persist in refuring to "kids"

WHY,
when we are all adult on these comments sections !!!!!!!!!!

are you lost?
have you stubled upon an adults comments section in error? !!!!!!!!!

:)

A point clacton man.

your:-
So 3 men stab 2 other men in the middle off the afternoon in Clacton town centre
In front off at least 30 people I guess no one saw anything, typical,
surely what other evidence is required ?

well, it sounds like they were next to a phone box,
(oh yeh)
within metres of CCTV,
Clactons newest CCTV of course.
paid for with monies allocated for "others uses" ALEDGEDLY !

now, the newest of Tendrings CCTV is focused into its "newest" hedquarters, in clacton, in town.
(cant say no more)

But as residents, you, me, they, all should ask direct questions as to why no one saw (including paid operators) of said newest CCTV.
and why all images are/have not/
are Ignored.

as a man of the street, so to speak,
do you need FYI to find out those questions?

Hmm, Interesting thoughts eh?

errata.
"do you need FYI to find out those questions?

=
do you need FoI to find out those questions.

There's solutions here. However do we all do as much as we can?

Our children are first,i see many parents who let kids scream and swear,kick balls at windows,smoke,go out alone at under ten years old. Abuse to others and threatening behaviour is ignored. We can't be that ignorant. So if we ALL who profess to be bothered actually ensure discipline exists at home that is a start.

Secondly we come to areas where civil liberties are an issue. Mandatory contraception until the age of 21. It is possible and would eliminate teen pregnancies and chance pregnancies that prohibit employment. In addition it would give a population drop which would have vast benefits in longer term an not just locally but nationally.

Then thirdly, legalise drugs. Not the use in public but make it legal register sellers, clean the drugs as best as science can,permit the use in select places but with the laws that carry harsh penalty for any crime where the perpertrator is on drugs ie an abh/gbh charge gets ten years added if a member is on drugs too. But eliminating illegallity of supply an export/import means more employed safer drugs removing criminality of dealing,removing warring gangs over "patches" as each district has a regulated seller or two that could easily with seized drugs an better made drugs undercut any unregulated dealer an who would go to a dealer peddling filth when they can go to a clean safer version thats cheaper. with the tax we could invest in getting people off drugs invest in more activities for kids an more cops an teachers.

And of course a 24/7 police patrol on the streets. If bin men can get up at 6 or firemen attend a fire at 3am or a postman deliver my mail at 12 in the afternoon, why cant bobbies be on the beat round the clock. Guaranteed if there wasa visible prescence an peple know that at any time a foot patrol may appear and that they are backed up by a roving car patrol never too far away it would wipe out the hordes of youths that intimidate people. Bringing people into town an back to the streets after dark.

Community programs that get streets to know each other an the neighbours.

And of course harsh sentences,stop an searches on cars on people, would find stolen goods/cars/weapons
Real sentencing would discourage. Intead of a drink driver getting 6 or so points an a fine they get 10 years prison followed by a lifetime driving ban. Thats harsh but after a few people got done guarantee others would just say ok ill go stne cold sober or i will get a taxi. Same as carrying a knife, get 15 years just for carrying an maybe we go back to a punch up an maybe eventually eradicate even that but at the least we halve or more the deaths we are seeing.
No none of the above is a quick or easy solution an it needs people to demand it insist on it vote OUT council after council government after government until they get what they ask for. But do it all an i would put money that crime would be more than halved. Sadly it doesnt bring in money eradicating crime but keeping crime where u can fine an lightly punish does so without the peoples will behind it nothing will happen until anarchy reigns on the streets an then it will be too late

Notabot
I remember like yourself when cctv was fitted, all the hype from TDC about the costing to the tax payer, and how all the town centre is covered !!!!!
How many times have i read about windows being smashed in town, people robbed at cash points, assaulted, cars racing around the centre drunks, and yet no one sees anything, what the hell is going on, can the gazette find out, so **** off with tdc
Nothing ever gets done or sorted, its a joke

my old mans a dustman
I have no idea what you go on about
But surly
With CCTV, and the public what other evidence do they need
Or is video, photo evidence not considered

Notabot
I remember like yourself when cctv was fitted, all the hype from TDC about the costing to the tax payer, and how all the town centre is covered !!!!!
How many times have i read about windows being smashed in town, people robbed at cash points, assaulted, cars racing around the centre drunks, and yet no one sees anything, what the hell is going on, can the gazette find out, so **** off with tdc
Nothing ever gets done or sorted, its a joke

my old mans a dustman
I have no idea what you go on about
But surly
With CCTV, and the public what other evidence do they need
Or is video, photo evidence not considered

That’s great news dustbin one less idiot
I wonder who is unlucky enough to have you as a neighbour