CARE home residents suffering from dementia will enjoy some nostalgia at a 1960s-themed event. Across the weekend of March 22, residents at Corner Lodge Care Home, in Jaywick, will be transported back to the swinging Sixties. Staff will host
CLACTON MP Giles Watling has welcomed new performance measures after lambasting an “appalling” telephone queuing system. Mr Watling last year contacted the health watchdog over “unacceptable” waiting times for appointments at Anglian Community
CLACTON Golf Club's juniors played for the O’Boyle Shield. In poor conditions with very high winds, Milo Locke emerged victorious with a score of -3. In second place was Harrison Dove and Henry Goodwin was third. Meanwhile, the club held their
PLANS for a new holiday village on a former salvage yard has been given the go-ahead by a planning inspector following an appeal hearing. Blueprints for up to 24 caravans and lodges were put forward by Michael Beamish for the former East Coast
SUPER-FIT cyclists Terry Hamilton, Gavin Aplin, Stitch Carter and Malcolm White are turning to pedal power in a bid to raise funds for Brightlingsea Regent. The hardy quartet are biking from the R's Taydal Stadium to Bishop's Stortford, for the
STRONG winds took their toll at Clacton Pier as outdoor rides were closed at the weekend. The new porch and entrance booth for the circus on the Jolly Roger arena was also blown away from its fixings and was lodged precariously against the pier’
THOSE March winds have been blowing for a couple of weeks now, making things very difficult for anglers. Buffeting winds are now thankfully subsiding but we really have suffered. The good thing is that we are seeing some very small first year
A MUM is dusting off her trainers to raise funds for St Helena Hospice after her friend was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Kate Deyn, from Brightlingsea, is running the London Marathon in aid of the hospice. She was inspired to take on the 26.2
A CLIMATE change activist from Clacton joined protestors on a march to raise awareness of the “dire situation” facing the planet. A procession organised by Extinction Rebellion saw campaigners parade through Colchester on Saturday to express their
COMMUNITIES are back in a vulnerable position unable to fight developments after the Government “moved the goalposts”, it has been claimed. Tendring Council has been using the fact it can demonstrate a five-year land supply to fight controversial
