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  • Welcome to the new digital world

    THESE days we spend more time on our smartphones than talking to our neighbours. Technology and the internet is an inescapably huge part of all of our lives. But imagine what life is like for those who don't know their iOS from their Android.

  • New adventure play land will be ‘magical’ for children

    A NEW adventure play land at a farm in Alresford will be “magical” for children, its owners claim. Plans for the proposed development at Alresford Hall Farm, off the B1027, are due to be decided by Tendring Council’s planning committee this spring

  • Council closes play areas over virus fears

    TENDRING Council has announced it will be closing play areas across the district because it cannot commit to cleaning the equipment regularly. The authority made the decision in response to the outbreak of coronavirus and following advice from

  • Clacton MP no longer in self-isolation

    CLACTON MP Giles Watling is no longer in self-isolation after contracting what he believed could have been symptoms of coronavirus. The parliamentarian addressed his followers and constituents last Monday during a video message in which he said

  • Coffee to make world a better place

    A NEW initiative offering support to people in need over a cup of coffee has been launched in Clacton. The Clacton Kindness scheme has been launched by Community Voluntary Services Tendring with the help of Cup of Coffee, in Rosemary Road, as part

  • Men to go walking and talking to get support

    MEN are being invited to join a seafront walk in Clacton next month to offload their issues to a listening ear. Walk and Talk 4 Men was founded by James Mace last year as a mental health support group, after he realised that men often bottle up

  • Residents rejoice as waste site is cleared

    A RELIEVED resident who has had to “contend with fires and mice” as a result of an illegal waste site behind her home says she is glad to see it cleared. Tendring Council partnered up with Veolia, Essex Police and several other agencies in order