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  • Delicious beer and ale to enjoy at fort

    AN historic Napoleonic era fort will provide the perfect backdrop to a brewing company’s real ale and craft beer festival. Celebrating its tenth year, the Harwich Redoubt Beer Festival will have 65 beers, including craft beer and real ales.

  • Fire may have been deliberate

    A WORRIED resident awoke her neighbours when she spotted flames spreading along the hedges behind her house. A crew from Frinton fire station was called to Victoria Road, Walton, at around 6am on Monday. The resident first heard the crackling

  • Police no longer treating woman's death as suspicious

    Police are no longer treating the death of a woman in Clacton as suspicious. Isabella Mitchell, 45, was found dead at an address in Wellesley Road at around 3.10pm on Monday, July 15. Essex Police subsequently launched a murder investigation

  • Review: Wait Until Dark was a real character-driven thriller

    NEARING the conclusion of Wait Until Dark, the second production of this year’s Frinton Summer Theatre season, central character Susy says “you can know someone in a very short space of time, but I think it’s quicker when you are blind.” Here is

  • Police investigating after death of baby

    POLICE are investigating following the death of a baby. Officers were called to Gerard Road, Clacton, on Thursday morning. He sadly died later in hospital. Police remain at the scene and are investigating. A spokesman for Essex Police

  • Prolific shoplifter banned from every shop in town centre

    A PROLIFIC shoplifter has been banned from every shop in Clacton town centre. Christopher Fisher, 43, of Hayes Road, Clacton, admitted four counts of theft and one count of attempted theft when he appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ Court.

  • High school set for massive expansion 'to meet demand'

    A HIGH school in Clacton is set for a massive expansion that will see its sixth form centre moved to the site of a former college. Clacton County High School has unveiled plans to expand to cater for the growing number of pupils leaving primary

  • Patient's anger after visit to GP surgeries' call centre

    A PATIENT who visited a GP surgeries’ call centre says dozens of people trying to book an appointment gave up because it was taking too long to get through. Derek Gutteridge, 76, is one of many patients at Caradoc Surgery, in Frinton, who believes