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  • Mud rescue team helps sinking woman

    THE Walton mud rescue team were called to help after a woman became stuck in mud up to her knees. The 22 year-old sank into soft mud in Harkstead by the River Stour, but the local coastguards called on the Walton crew due to their expertise. She

  • Hospital aims to improve

    COLCHESTER hospital has put an action plan in place to improve patient care after being criticised in a report released earlier this year. The 'dignity and nutrition' report was put together by the Care Quality Commission, and included inspectors visiting

  • Newsagents to become fitness centre

    PLANS to turn an empty newsagent’s shop into a fitness centre have been given the go ahead. The Paper Shop, in Bluehouse Avenue, Clacton, has been disused since August 2009. Suman Kadambi, owner of the shop, now wants to convert it into