BLUEPRINTS have been submitted for nine bungalows and 12 supported living apartments in Clacton. CTF Care wants to build the properties on land in Jaywick Lane, along with access, car parking and landscaping. The charity specialises in providing
A SILVER award has been given to a council for its work with the armed forces. The Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme recognises employers’ efforts to support defence personnel issues, such as employing veterans. Representatives
A RESIDENT has said a police raid was like “something out of the movies” after witnessing armed officers storm a property as helicopters circled a small village. Tina Gibson Diester, 55, of Dumont Avenue, St Osyth, lives just two doors down from
AN Echo Dot and a small sum of cash were stolen from a property following a burglary. On January 6 someone broke into a property in Constable Avenue, Clacton, between 12pm and 7.30pm after gaining entry via the rear window. The suspect then
A CEREMONY will take place to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. Tendring Council vice-chairman Jeff Bray will join members of the Colchester and District Jewish Community at the Sunken Rose Garden on Marine Parade West for the service on
A FAMILY escaped through a window in a block of flats in the early hours after a candle set alight to their mattress. Three fire crews, from Clacton and Weeley, were called to the blaze in Nayland DRive at about 1.25am this morning. They were
A LIFEBOAT crew member will swap the unpredictable seawaters of a coastal town for the winding streets of London later this year when he tackles a gruelling road race. Allan Parker, 34, from Clacton, has volunteered for the life-saving RNLI Lifeboat
RESIDENTS have called for the electronic barriers at a level-crossing to be manned at all times after they malfunctioned causing traffic chaos. The famous gates at Frinton’s railway station became jammed and failed to lift for what some people have
AN appeal has been launched to help the family of a miracle baby who is fighting for survival. Louise was delivered prematurely in Colchester Hospital in 2018 at just 24 weeks into her mother’s pregnancy and weighing just 1oz 1lbs. She survived
HOUSING bosses in Tendring will be handed £100,000 to crackdown on rogue landlords in Jaywick. More than 100 councils across England have been awarded a share of a £4million cash pot to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents. Government
