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  • Are YOU in this week's Standard?

    In this week's Standard we have: Chase Lane Primary School sampling some tasty creepy crawlies Spring Meadow Primary School with a visit from the Shire Marathon runner Francis Mills and the Rolph-Wills family Little Oakley Parish Council

  • Tale of Duchess to hit big screen at Electric Palace

    CINEMAGOERS will get a taste of the famous Globe Theatre when a candlelit play is shown in Harwich next month. The Electric Palace will be showing a production of the John Webster play The Duchess of Malfi. It is the first Globe Theatre production

  • Gala day is always a highlight for bowlers

    THE all-day women’s annual gala is a highlight of the season for Harwich Indoor Bowls Club. Ladies’ captain Brenda Vernaven invited 20 teams from across Essex and Suffolk and the winning triple, from Clacton, consisted of Ronnie Simpson, Jackie

  • Blacker holds nerve to secure dramatic win

    HARWICH Rugby Club secured a tight 28-25 success against Mistley, in Eastern Counties League division two south on Saturday. It was all-square with just two minutes to go. Kier Blacker then held his nerve and converted a penalty to secure victory

  • Showing best of local businesses

    A MAJOR event will give businesses in Tendring an opportunity to showcase what they have to offer. Business leaders will come together for the Tendring Business Showcase. There will be seminars from local experts and networking meetings.

  • Oliver's marathon effort in memory of his dad

    A CHEMISTRY student is preparing to run the London Marathon in memory of his dad. Oliver Walker, 22, of Great Bromley, will take on the 26.2-mile challenge to raise money for the Anthony Nolan charity, which enabled his father Steven to live for