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  • Dumped rubbish danger fears

    VILLAGERS have hit out after rubbish was dumped at a recreation ground despite pleas for people to stop flytipping. The latest incident saw wood with nails sticking out and carpet abandoned at Ramsey War Memorial Hall in the early hours of Friday

  • Tendring Europark land put up for sale

    LAND which is set to house a huge new business park and create hundreds of jobs has been put up for sale. Tendring Council gave Croland Ltd outline permission for Tendring Europark on land to the south west of Horsley Cross in February. But

  • Credit scheme’s new members plea

    RESIDENTS are being urged to join a credit union after only four people in Harwich signed up to the scheme in its first year. Tendring Council launched the union in the district in February and has bases in inside Dovercourt’s JobCentre Plus, The

  • Youngsters take to panto stage

    YOUNGSTERS from the Zigzag Theatre Group are preparing for their pantomime. The am-dram society will be performing Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Dovercourt Theatre Studio, in the town’s Manor Lane, today at 7.30pm. There are further

  • School strikes suspended for now

    TEACHER strikes have been halted, but further walkouts have not been ruled out if negotiations fall flat. About 30 members of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) went on strike at Harwich and Dovercourt High

  • In today's Standard

    In today's Standard teacher Nigel Spencer launches his sponsored beard shave, a site set for a business park goes up for sale, bids are made to classify a pub and a former allotment as community assets and a teacher strike is suspended as negotiation