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  • Isolated spot was once the home of town’s marine club

    Stone Point at the far North West tip of The Naze is an isolated spot with a fine sandy beach which used to be a nesting site for the rare Little Tern bird species. But many people probably don’t know that Stone Point, where the Walton Channel

  • Peggy marks 100th birthday with visit from 'mini monkeys'

    A CARE home resident was “spoilt rotten” as she commemorated an impressive milestone with a glass of champagne, a tasty cake and an excitable group of playful tots. Mrs Peggy Griffiths, a resident at The Corner House in Wash Lane, Clacton, marked

  • Drugs worth £60k seized in crackdown

    DRUGS worth £60,000 were seized, 22 people were arrested and seven weapons were seized during a week-long crackdown on gangs. Police forces across the UK carried out a week of action to target those involved in county line networks. Nationally

  • Clacton MP Giles backs Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

    CLACTON MP Giles Watling has told constituents he will be backing Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. There will be an extraordinary sitting of Parliament on Saturday - the first on a weekend since April 1982 - to discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson's

  • Bobby Branchflower raises funds for Macmillan

    A BUDDING baker with an appetite for helping others has raised more than £1,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Bobby Branchflower, nine, has organised a Macmillan cake sale at St George’s Primary School, in Great Bromley, for the past three years

  • Kem plans to tap into his U's connections

    NEW Brightlingsea Regent manager Kem Izzet hopes to bolster his squad with new signings - and maximise his Colchester United connections. The R's boss was unveiled on Tuesday night and takes charge for the first time when his BetVictor Isthmian

  • Clacton RNLI coffee morning

    A COFFEE morning will be held this weekend to raise cash for Clacton RNLI. Clacton Lifeboat Ladies will be hosting the event at St Bartholomew’s Church Hall, in Frinton Road, Holland-on-Sea, on Saturday from 10am to noon. There will be lots