CLACTON Labour members are running a campaign to help girls and women suffering from period poverty. Campaigners will donate sanitary products and deliver them to charities. Raven Lee Gibson, 19, said donations have already been made to the
MORE than £200,000 has been given to support young people with their mental health. The North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has awarded £230,000 to six organisations - Mid and North East Essex Mind, the Maze Group, the Ark Centre
A KNIFE-WIELDING masked robber who terrorised shop workers across the county and beyond has been jailed for ten years. Stores in Colchester, Clacton and Witham were amongst Danny Wrenn’s targets during his week-long spree in March and April last
A HAUL of drugs and thousands of pounds have been seized as a crackdown continues in Colchester and Tendring. In Clacton 13 people were stopped and searched during a week and a further seven people were arrested as part of Operation Smuggler.
LITTLE Oakley manager Matt Carmichael believes the club's new Acorns Academy is a "huge deal" for the community and non-league football across north Essex. The project is being run in partnership with AFC Sudbury's highly-successful and established
A LIFEBOAT station’s newest volunteer took to the water following reports of someone in the sea off Clacton. Crewman Jamie Mallet boarded Clacton RNLI’s D Class inshore lifeboat for the first time to undertake the service at 6.30pm on Friday.
A BUNGALOW suffered smoke damage after a an oven sparked a fire in the kitchen. Fire crews were first called to a bungalow in Clapgate Drive, Little Clacton, at around 5.30am this morning. When they arrived, they found a fire had started in
A MUCH-LOVED father died after suffering smoke inhalation during a fire, an inquest has heard. Paul Preston was found unresponsive by firefighters at his property in Langham Drive, Clacton, on the morning of January 28. An inquest looking into
CLACTON Pier’s oldest building is set to host two weekends of live music as part of plans to make more use of the venue. Bosses at the pier have a long term goal to regenerate the 126-year-old building for multi-purpose use such as sporting and
THE hard work of apprentices from across north Essex has been celebrated at a special event. More than 30 apprentices, some of whom are long-serving staff at Tendring Council, were awarded with certificates for their dedication towards achieving
