A FUNDRAISING quiz night will be held to raise cash for this year’s Clacton Carnival. Clacton Lions will be hosting the event at St James Church Hall on Friday, February 21, at 8pm. Teams are of up to six and cost £3.50 per person. For
RESIDENTS’ parking spaces were submerged after a high tide caused a river to flood a quay yesterday. The Environment Agency warned residents and business owners in Mistley and Jaywick there was a possibility of some homes and businesses being flooded
A MAN is accused of killing his friend during a hit-and-run incident outside a pub, a court heard. Craig Garton, 41, from Clacton, was charged with murder after he allegedly ran over Dean Clark, also 41, in Little Clacton, following an altercation
BEHIND the glitz and glamour at Clacton’s Princes Theatre, dedicated staff work hard backstage to keep the on-stage magic alive. Constructed in 1931, the purpose-built theatre sits inside the Grade II listed Clacton Town Hall. It was designed
A MAN who died following a collision in Little Clacton on Friday had sustained ‘traumatic chest injuries’. Dean Clark, 41, from Little Clacton, died at the scene following a collision with a van shortly before 11pm on Friday 7 February in The Street
HEALTH bosses have announced work will start on Clacton’s long-awaited £1.5million ‘super surgery’ this Easter. The scheme will involve the refurbishment of NHS offices at Kennedy House, in Kennedy Way, and will see two dated GP practices - Clacton
Patients failed to show up for more than 70,000 GP appointments across north east Essex last year, figures have shown. NHS Digital data shows an estimated 77,789 appointments were missed without enough notice to invite other patients. This amounts
WORK to repair staging holding some of Frinton’s beach huts has begun. Tendring Council engineers have started to move 11 huts from The Leas, to allow rebuilding of the structure on which they stand. Two cranes were used for the operation,
THE topic of climate change and the borderline irreversible damage suffered by the planet at the hands of humanity is now discussed with a great degree of urgency. Everyone from Oscar-winning film stars and social media celebrities, to district
A DETERMINED campaigner says the approach to school bullying must be urgently revised in order to give children the confidence to speak out. Arron Wallis, 33, from Clacton, is calling for legislation to be changed so children in education can be
