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  • Fair went off with a royal bang for pupils

    PUPILS from Manningtree High School were in the presence of royalty. Year Nine students visited the Big Bang Fair at the University of Essex on Tuesday, which was also attended by Prince Charles . The youngsters started with a careers work-shop

  • Kingfisher uncovered on 200-year-old Constable painting

    A KINGFISHER has been discovered in a 200-year-old John Constable masterpiece. Conservator Rosalind Whitehouse, who has a studio in South Street, Mannningtree, discovered the painted bird when cleaning The Mill Stream, which is at Christchurch

  • Ind Coope A lead going into the break

    GOING into the Christmas break leaders of Harwich Men’s League division A, Ind Coope A, won at the Cricket club 6-2. The Cricketers’ Ray Lovett won the last game and gave Alan Collins his first loss of the season, having won eight out of nine games

  • Food bank success will feed needy families

    MORE than £1,500 has been raised to help feed needy families across the Tendring district this Christmas. A food drive was held last week in an effort to restock the district’s dwindling foodbanks in the run up to Christmas. An all-day event