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  • Harwich's Train Maintenance Centre gets given green light

    PLANS for the first train maintenance centre for wheels in East Anglia based in Harwich have been given the green light. Greater Anglia’s planning application to build the wheel reprofiling centre next to the A120 near Phoenix Bridge have been

  • Community won’t submit bid to run Manningtree library

    COMMUNITY representatives fighting to see Manningtree Library spared the axe have decided not to offer to run it themselves. Members of Lawford, Manningtree and Mistley councils held an informal meeting to discuss the future of Manningtree’s library

  • Letter: What should we do with Harwich?

    I was pleased to read in the Standard this week that the council are going ahead with the town square. Then I thought what town? We don’t have one, lots of empty shops because the rents are astronomical (or should that be comical) surely if

  • Jimmy: It’s happy birthday, West Cliff

    Hi folks, it’s me Jimmy Cricket come closer, I’d like to ask you a question. What have the Blackpool Tower and the West Cliff Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea got in common? Yes I know they’re both in coastal resorts and they both provide entertainment