A SPECIAL school dealing with “unrelenting” demand is set to expand to accommodate its growing number of pupils. The pupil roll at Market Field school, in Elmstead Market, has grown by almost 100 since 2014, with 280 pupils expected to fill out
A COUPLE who beat a man to death in his own home before setting the flat on fire in a bid to cover their tracks have been convicted of murder. The lifeless body of Paul Gillett, 54, was found in the bath of his flat in Station Road, Clacton, by
VOLUNTEER lifeboat crews were called to the aid of a family after a yacht ran aground off Clacton. Clacton RNLI respond to a mayday call the yacht, which was on the South West Sunk sand bank, ten miles south east of Clacton Pier. The crew’s Atlantic
CLACTON Cricket Club skipper Harlan Greig hopes his side are hitting form at just the right time. The Seasiders have won their last three Marshall Hatchick Two Counties Championship matches and their most recent success came by 84 runs at home to
CONTESTANTS did battle round the table at the front of Clacton Pier in a hot dog eating competition. The annual event is staged as part of American Independence Day celebrations at the attraction and it drew a large crowd of spectators. In the
FRINTON Cricket Club are gearing up for their annual summer quiz. It will again take place in the cricket week marquee on Wednesday, July 24, staring at 6.30pm. Teams can be up to eight people and the quiz will follow the usual format of six
THE mother of a teenager who drowned at sea is taking on a mammoth motorcycle ride to raise funds for the “tireless” volunteers who tried to save her boy. Vicky Gentry and her husband Colin will jump on their bikes and ride 1,100 miles in memory
MORE than 150 people were arrested on suspicion of drug driving last month during a summer campaign. Essex Police ran their annual crackdown in June with 153 people detained on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. The latest figures
