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  • Plans for new 3G pitch at leisure centre approved

    A NEW all-weather 3G pitch will be built at Clacton Leisure Centre after plans were given the green light. Tendring Council submitted blueprints to replace the existing sand-based pitch at the Vista Road site with a slightly larger modern artificial

  • Daredevil chairman takes the plunge for charity... twice

    A DAREDEVIL council chairman threw himself from an aeroplane at 13,000ft to raise cash to support hard-working volunteers. Tendring Council chairman Dan Lan took part in a tandem parachute jump at Beccles Airfield in aid of Community Voluntary Services

  • Tributes paid to "colourful local legend" Betty

    TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of a “true, colourful, local legend” who had become part of the fabric of a seaside town.  Betty Heffer, born Joan in 1923 to Robert and Doris Austin, died peacefully on September 14, in Walton, at the