In today's Standard: Councillors apologise for breaching the code of conduct, kittens are found close to death in small cardboard box, and residents hit back at police cuts which will see Harwich Police Station closed to the public and Mistley Police Station sold off.
Pet owners are left outraged after a cat is shot with a pellet gun and five cats die from suspected poisoning in one Dovercourt street.
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