In this week's Standard

Disabled owner thanks man for saving her dog from drowning, carer is jailed for care home abuse, and couple fight deportation threat.

Row breaks out over A120 support bid, commuter hits out at new policy for trains not to wait for delayed connecting passengers, and tributes are paid to a community stalwart.

Harwich gets a new mayor and it's 'youngest mayoress ever', and a 100 year old church bell is blessed and renamed.

Plus pictures of the Tour de Tendring.