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  • General Election 2015: Tell us what you want

    A MANIFESTO for Tendring. That’s what we are asking readers to help put together, setting out our challenge to politicians at Westminster for the next five years. We hope a General Election manifesto for Tendring will outline the concerns and

  • General Election 2015: Let the election battle commence

    Today Parliament has been dissolved. Candidates for the General Election of 2015 have begun campaigning for seats in every corner of the UK ahead of polling day on May 7. The Harwich and North Essex constituency is considered a safe seat for

  • Ace day for winning duo

    MEMBERS of Harwich and Dovercourt Golf Club’s veterans’ section battled it out for the Ace Trophy. After a close contest, Charlie Dennis and Tony Boddy lifted the prize with 43 points in a field of 34. Rod Richardson and Keith Morris were second

  • Seafront putting green transformation to start

    WORK to transform a seafront tourist attraction with an investment of up to £30,000 will start next month. The Putting Green, in Lower Marine Parade, Dovercourt, will be givenamajor boost by the work, which is set to be completed by the summer.

  • Council’s pledge to retain ‘green gaps’

    GREEN spaces between villages and towns in Tendring will be maintained in an effort to keep their identities. Tendring Council’s Local Plan committee will add a policy to protect “green gaps” as part of its blueprint for future development.

  • Facebook pest targets girls at high school

    A SCHOOL has issued a warning after female pupils were targeted by a male on social media sites. Pupils at Harwich and Dovercourt High School reported a cyber pest had sent them friend requests on Facebook. When they were accepted, the male

  • Squirrels victorious against top-of-the-table rivals

    THERE was a top-of-the-table clash in the Harwich Men’s League. In a showdown between the sides sitting second and third in the A division, the Squirrels beat Hanover A 5-3. Squirrels won the first five games, before their opponents made the