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  • Clerk swaps Stour Valley for sunshine

    A parish clerk is stepping down in order to emigrate to Australia. Liz Evans has been clerk of Brantham Parish Council for eight years, but is relocating in August. The council are now looking for a new clerk, who will work 15 hours a week.

  • Street is stage for charity singer

    A teenage singer braved the cold and took to the streets of Dovercourt to raise money for charity. Charlotte Forman, 17, of Aderne Close, Dovercourt, is in the regional final of national talent competition Live and Unsigned, and decided to combine

  • Cub group needs volunteers

    Volunteers are needed to help run an over-subscribed cub group. The 1st Brantham Cub Pack needs more adults to come forward to help run activities in the Scout Hut in Cedar Close, Brantham. Just three more volunteers would enable all the children

  • Free parking scheme is 'illegal'

    A DISTRICT council’s plans to turn a public square into a car park are unlawful, it has been claimed. Manningtree councillors have exposed a covenant between the town council and Tendring Council which states Market Square must be kept as an open space