BRANTHAM Athletic are riding on the crest of a wave. And proud boss Paul Skingley has challenged his players to keep their run going until the end of the Thurlow Nunn League season. The Imps have rocketed to eighth in the premier division table
TENDRING Council has agreed to pay County Hall up to £160,000 to switch some streetlights in the district back on following a highly charged meeting. Most lights in the district have been switched off between midnight and 5am since last year as
A MANNINGTREE charity shop has reopened after a major refurbishment. About £15,000 was spent on transforming the Sue Ryder store in the town’s High Street. The store, which was officially reopened on Friday, had to be closed for three weeks
HARWICH AND DOVERCOURT OWLS 33 STANFORD LE HOPE 0 Women’s NC South East East Two ALTHOUGH they had had a dip in form over the last three games, the Owls were back at full strength for the first time in several weeks. With the visit
HEALTH bosses have sought to allay fears a mental health unit in Dovercourt is closing down. Concerned service users at All Saints House had feared the centre would be shut down and they would have to travel to Colchester or Clacton for their treatment
AN aspiring teacher and her cousin are taking on a skydive for a children’s charity. Natasha Cook and Alicia Gibson, both 18, will throw themselves out of a plane for the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity in June. The duo are also hosting a
POLICE have released CCTV images of a woman they would like to speak to in connection with theft of alcohol from the Co-op in Manningtree. A bottle of Jim Beam and a bottle of Jack Daniels were stolen from the store in Riverside Avenue East at
MUMS have called for Dovercourt’s maternity unit to be reopened as a 24/7 midwife-led unit. NHS bosses dropped proposals to close Harwich and Clacton’s maternity units following the Standard’s Save Our Baby Service campaign last year. But the
IN this week’s Standard van drivers are causing traffic chaos in Manningtree High Street, Harwich’s maternity is set to remain as an “on-demand” service and residents give their verdict on the homes plans for the Bernard Uniforms site. A school
HARWICH AND DOVERCOURT 4 GRASSHOPPERS 1 Suffolk Women’s League premier division HARWICH kept their hopes of claiming second place alive. They were without Rachel Griffin and daughter Emma Joslin, but had the returning Jess Joslin and
