FED-UP residents say a £900,000 Government grant to patch up a sea wall in Holland-on-Sea is a drop in the ocean. They want the minister responsible for sea defences to visit. Tendring Council has learnt its bid for cash to strengthen 400 metres of
HI-TECH teenagers have put the finishing touches on an interactive project about Jaywick. The pictures, sounds and film they have collected over the last two months will be displayed at the resort's Napoleonic Martello Tower. Ten students from Colbayns
THE shortlist has been announced for Tendring's biggest youth awards. A total of 12 accolades will be dished out at Tendring District Youth Council's annual ceremony. One youngster will become the council's Youth Mayor. Douglas Carswell MP, the youth
A disabled man has taken part in a continental conference on new airline regulations. Wheelchair user Barry O'Connell, of Saxsted Drive in Clacton, travelled to Brussels with disability charity Leonard Cheshire for the one-date event held by the European
THE mayor of a seaside town is fighting to claim back the resort's promenade from privileged outsiders. Terry Allen, mayor of Frinton and Walton Town Council, hit out at beach hut owners living outside Frinton for commandeering the promenade. The attack
THE Gazette challenged a resolution to exclude the press and public from part of a town council meeting. Frinton and Walton Town Council's recreation and amenities committee resolved to exclude the public from the meeting to discuss an issue with Walton's
Thieves stole firefighters' personal possessions and important training aids from a fire station in Frinton. It is thought the station may have been targeted while the retained crews were out on a call. The equipment, as well as a computer games
Thorpe-based motorcycle team MSS Discovery Kawasaki are gearing-up for one of the most hard-fought championships in the UK. The team, based on the Rice Bridge Industrial Estate, will be taking part in the opening round of the British Superbike Championship
