SHIP builders welcomed a prestigous guest for a tour around their ambitious project just days after the first rib of the historic vessel was lowered into place. Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation, Koji Sekimizu, had a
MANNINGTREE’S “mini department store” has celebrated its first birthday by handing out cakes to customers. Creatively Crafty moved to South Street last year. Workshops will be held next month to help people develop their floristry, crochet,
IN the search for unique furniture for our homes and a conscious desire to recycle it has become fashionable to find new uses for unwanted and defunct objects. Popular television programmes have been based on the concept and now businesses are
Police are appealing for information after a car was stolen in Brantham. A red Toyota 4x4 pick up, registration number J879 UPU, was stolen from an address on Ipswich Road at around 3.30pm on Monday January, 12. Two men were seen on CCTV forcing
A MASSIVE haul of counterfeit Nike trainers worth £250,000 have been seized at Harwich International Port. Officers from Essex Trading Standards intercepted 10,000 pairs of sneakers with a street value of a quarter of a million pounds on Monday
A RIVAL supermarket could begin building on the site by the end of the year, it has been claimed. Tendring Council is set to hold a meeting with Tesco to find out what its intentions are for the site. This could include selling it on to another
THE family of a youngster with a rare metabolic disease are urging people to donate stamps to help raise vital funds. Five-year-old Harry Rolph-Wills, of Grafton Road, Dovercourt has a rare form of Batten disease, which is found in just one or
