A charity has criticised a grant-giving committee after it failed to get funding for the third time. Hypermobility East Anglia Group (HEAG), based in Connaught Avenue in Frinton, offers support to people with hypermobility, a painful condition which
A pregnant teacher fears her house will be repossessed due to a maternity pay loophole. Sharon Chapman from Salvia Close in Clacton, who is six months pregnant, has been teaching at schools throughout Essex for the last eight years, including Alton Park
TRIBUTES have been paid to a grandfather-of-four who died of a stab wound in Frinton. Michael Bernhardt's family have described him as a good, caring man who lost his way due to alcohol. The 61-year-old retired lorry driver, who lived in the town
A DECISION to close a post office in one of the smallest village's in Tendring has been described as ridiculous. Bosses today confirmed it will close the Little Bentley branch in three months to give Essex County Council time to save the branch. It
Young footballers will be put through their paces at an Easter holiday soccer school. The FA Tesco Skills Programme is running free sessions at Clacton Leisure Centre on April 8 and 10, aimed at both boys and girls aged between five and 11 years old.
Babies and toddlers have been moving to the music at a new club. Boogie Babies has been set up by music teacher Hannah Speck and primary school teacher Beth Jeffrey, with sessions held at the Tiffany Stage Academy on Oxford Road in Clacton. Hannah said
A band of parents upset at the closure of a popular pre-school have decided to set up on their own. The mums and dads were furious when Little Pals at the Brooklands Resource Centre in Jaywick closed in January due to financial constraints. About 700
A PRIVATE health care company has been chosen to run Green Elms practice in Jaywick and its branch sugery in Nayland Drive, Clacton. ChilversMcCrea Healthcare will take over the sites from North East Essex Primary Care Trust on July 1. It brings to
THE East of England Co-operative Society has bought most of the Triangle Shopping Centre in Frinton. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, means the company owns 19 shop units, five flats, ten garages and the car park. Richard Samson, chief executive, said
Yobs were spotted throwing snowballs with stones inside them at passing cars in Little Clacton. The youngsters were seen throwing the missiles at cars in Centenary Way on Sunday at about 2.45pm. Police are warning youths they will be dealt with
Great Bentley A beat Eastcliff 2-0 in division three of the KP Evans Colchester and East Essex League. All credit must go to the players for seeing this match through to a conclusion, despite the arctic conditions on The Green. The game proved a useful
