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  • Flood warning system confusion to be tackled

    THE NEW flood warning system in Harwich will be explained to residents by the Environment Agency. A member of the body’s flood incident team will address residents at Harwich Town Council’s planning committee meeting on Wednesday March 7. The town’s

  • Teenager punched during underpass mugging

    Three men were mugged in a Dovercourt underpass after one was punched by a man claiming to have a knife. A 19-year-old Dovercourt man and two of his friends were approached by a man in the underpass that leads from Marine Parade to Mill Lane

  • Stolen cleaning van found more than 100 miles away

    A cleaning van stolen in Harwich has been recovered more than 100 miles away. The KO-Sheen van was taken from the cleaning company’s base at Foster Road, Harwich at some point on Monday night and early Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, February 22

  • Warning over unlicensed taxis

    A TAXI driver has issued a stark warning to residents not to get into unlicenced taxis which he fears could be operating in Harwich. Dave Whittam, owner of Harwich Taxis said he has become concerned after a client told of a dark vehicle trying to pick

  • Youngsters thanked for tree donation

    Youngsters who grew an oak tree from an acorn and donated it to a nature reserve have been thanked. The Harwich Society, which owns and runs Bobbits Hole Nature Reserve in Dovercourt, appealed for the anonymous donators of an oak tree to come forward

  • Ramsey residents in the dark thanks to faulty street lights

    Residents have been left in the dark for weeks after faulty street lights went out. The lights in Clayton Road, Ramsey went off last month after initial repairs to fix a fault failed. One resident said the lights went off about January 20 and