A NEW women’s football team has appealed for sponsors for their first season. Ramsey and Mistley FC will be fielding its first ever ladies team for the 2019/20 season. Chairman Robert Passmore said it was a very proud moment for the club.
RESIDENTS are being invited to put on their gardening gloves and take part in a village litter pick. Mistley Parish Council is running a village litter pick on Saturday, June 29. Residents should meet at the village hall, in Shrubland Road, at
THE desperate owner of an African grey parrot has urged people to be on the look out after her beloved bird escaped. Jackie Slocombe has had Roxy for the last decade - even watching her hatch when she was a chick. But for the last four years
A CHOIR of blind veterans has released its first record to mark Armed Forces Day. The group, called Vision in Song, was formed in Essex in 2018 and its members range in age from 76 to 96. The ten ex-servicemen from the Army, Navy and RAF have
BRANTHAM Athletic have bolstered their attacking options by bringing former Needham Market pair Regan Pelling and Taylor Bannister to the Leisure Centre. The duo have put pen to paper at the Thurlow Nunn League premier division club and could soon
HARWICH and Parkeston boss Kieron Shelley expects his side to be in the thick of the promotion race next season. The Shrimpers hope to eclipse last term’s fifth-place finish in Thurlow Nunn League first division south and bring step five football
Not one, but two community schemes are suffering this week after damage over the weekend. The Parkeston Community Hub suffered a devastating fire, while the community buses for the dial-a-ride and hospital hopper were targeted by crooks. It’s
As a person who has lived in the town all my life I must comment at the state of the weeds not just in the town centre but all the streets in Harwich and Dovercourt. It is absolutely disgusting, I thought we paid council tax for our streets to
PLANS for permanent caravans on the grounds of a country pub have been given the go ahead. Tendring Council has approved plans for 19 permanent static caravans the Strangers Home Pub and Campsite's grounds. The plans state the existing 22 seasonal
