Tendring, England News

A bid to tackle the key issues facing people in Tendring's rural communities is making progress, according to councillors.

YOUNGSTERS are being urged not to miss out on their chance to appear in this winter's pantomime at Clacton's Princes Theatre.

Soaring house prices have forced thousands of thirtysomethings and young families out of rural areas in the last decade, new figures have revealed.

PUPILS at a Manningtree school have beaten off competition from across the district to win the Tendring Show front cover competition.

Police say the items were possibly stolen from sheds and are appealing for people in Harwich, Parkeston and Ramsey to check they belong to them.

On April 30, 1940, Frederick Gill and his wife Dorothy became the first British civilian casualties of WWII when a German bomber loaded with mines slammed onto their home in Calcton, Essex.

Family groups have expressed concerns that proposals to cut maternity services in Tendring will represent a "huge loss" for the community.

All practices in Tendring will close to patients from 1.30pm to 6.30pm on Wednesday, June 19 while doctors and staff take part in a professional development sessions.

Two people died, 160 were injured and 67 houses badly damaged when the German bomber crashed during World War II A fund set up more than 70 years ago to help people in an Essex seaside town affected by enemy raids has been found with about A 1,700 in the account.

The East Anglian Daily Times can today name the worst hotspots for vehicle crime across Tendring's 35 wards over the past three years.

Members of Tendring District Council's planning committee have voted to oppose the scheme for land next to the A120.

TENDRING councillors are objecting to major plans for a new waste transfer station in Ardleigh if infrastructure issues are not resolved.

The memorial flight crowd-pleasers will appear at both days of the air show, which will take place on August 22 and 23.

Tories at Essex County Council will ask the Highways Agency to ban HGVs from the fast lane between Marks Tey and Boreham for 16 hours a day.

The cabinet will meet at Lawford Venture Centre 2000 on tomorrow, May 29. They have already met residents in Holland-on-Sea, Harwich, Clacton, Walton and Brightlingsea over the past three months.

The world's smallest theatre, with room for an audience of just two, is to stage a version of King Kong.

The glorious sunny weather over the bank holiday weekend provided a much-needed shot in the arm for retailers and tourism business owners, according to reports from across north Essex.

THREE popular beaches on Tendring's Sunshine Coast have again been named as some of the best in the country.

Staff from Tendring District Council have been praised for aiding a holidaymaker who was injured when a gas bottle exploded at a beach hut in Frinton.

Councillors have refuted claims they are "jeopardising" a 29million sea defence scheme, simply because they want reassurances about the type of sand and shingle that will be used to make up the beaches.