A POTENTIALLY lifesaving piece of equipment is now in place in Manningtree. The Co-op’s Every Minute Counts campaign has led to a community access defibrillator being donated to the Foundry Court Community Centre on Colchester Road. It is now
A RUNDOWN town centre street plagued with complaints has been included in a hit-list of roads branded as the “worst in Essex”. South Street in Manningtree is described as a “patchwork quilt” of bumps and emergency repairs that have left it as an
ALE lovers downed more than 3,700 pints at this year’s Redoubt Beer Festival. The Napoleonic fort hosted the fifth festival of its type at the weekend, with record numbers crossing the moat to sample the cider, ale and perry on offer. Organiser
HARDY female rugby players braved wind and rain to raise money at a bikini-clad car wash. Ladies from the Harwich and Dovercourt Owls, nicknamed the Hooters, raised £250 for the team by polishing each and every vehicle that arrived at the club
FIRE crews battled a bungalow fire in East Bergholt. Firefighters in Essex alerted their Suffolk colleagues to the fire in Foxhall Close this afternoon at around 1.19pm. Two engines from Ipswich were called and on arrival the crews found the
A MAJOR clean-up operation is underway at a village social club after human excrement and smashed windows were found at the venue. Foxash Social Club in Harwich Road, Lawford has had to cancel or move booked events after the vandalism attack on
Over the next four years, the Woodland Trust will be commemorating the centenary of the First World War by planting millions of trees across the country – and you have the chance to create a lasting tribute to those who lived and served during the
HISTORIANS were treated to a display of maps tracing Harwich’s developments over the centuries. The Essex Record Office brought several maps, prints and photographs to the 1912 Centre in Cow Lane on Monday for Harwich on the Map. A highlight
