ONE man and his dog was rescued from a seaside pub after a fire broke out in the cellar. Firefighters were called to the Royal Albion in The Parade, Walton, this morning. Temporary manager Garry Overland and his dog, Holly, were helped to safety
A HEADTEACHER has paid tribute to a young staff member who has died of cancer. Russell Goddard, 31, joined Engaines School in Clacton last September as a newly-qualified teacher. His headteacher, Doug Brown, called him a "very talented young man".
AN ESTATE agent suffering from cancer has raised £550 for the hospital treating him. Adrian Parker, 41, who co-owns Parker Gees on Station Road in Clacton, is in the middle of chemotherapy for bone marrow cancer. Since the start of his treatment at
Wouldn't it be good if there was an easy way to reassure family and friends you were safe each day - perhaps that you were "up and about" in the morning or back home safely at night - and give you peace of mind, too? Well, now there is. It's the Safety
THE chairman's charity quiz is being held at the Princes Theatre, Clacton, on Tuesday. Tendring District Council chairman Robert Taylor is this year raising money for Training for Diabetics. The cost to enter is £3 per person with a maximum of six people
NEVER work with children or animals is usually the advice to actors. But Clacton Operatic Society is grasping the nettle and working with lots of children and an adorable golden retriever in their next production of the box office hit Annie. The cast
THURSDAY TENDRING: Ramblers meet sea end of Central Avenue, Frinton, 10am. WALTON: Coffee drop-in, free refreshments, advice on training, St George's Hall, Hall Lane, 10am-midday. WALTON: Arts and crafts and table top market, Red Triangle Club, Portobello
BEAUMONT St Leonard's: Sunday evensong 6pm (BCP), the Rev Roger Packer. BRIGHTLINGSEA Baptist Church: As from Sunday the Baptist Church will be meeting every Sunday for worship at 10.15am in the YMCA Hall, High Street, Brightlingsea. All are welcome
BOSSES at an ailing radio station have slammed a TV show which tried to get it back on track. Frinton-based Big L radio, which was losing £50,000 a month, agreed to take part in Channel 4 series Get Your Act Together. But the programme made the station
CONCERNS have been raised over a plans to extend mental health facilities in a village. Partnerships In Care has applied to build a 30-bedroom mental health building on a vacant site at Oaktree Manor in Heath Road, Tendring. The two-storey structure
PROPOSALS for a multi-million pound hotel project have been unanimously approved by councillors. Members of Tendring's development control committee voted in favour of the plans to regenerate the dilapidated Royal Hotel on Clacton's seafront. The 135
AN oversight by traffic bosses means a town centre road has been free of parking tickets for more than a week. A 200m stretch of Pier Avenue, in Clacton, has been exempt from parking fines since other regulations for the road were changed. Only buses
MENTAL health workers fear that the only inpatient unit in Tendring could be shut down. Peter Bruff - a 17-bed unit at Clacton District Hospital - is being considered for closure as part of a "service reconfiguration". North Essex Mental Health Partership
