Tributes are paid to football legend Jack Hayward, hopes are revealed to make Harwich a renewable energy hub, and Tendring loses out in bid for Assisted Area Status.
Controversial plans to turn off street lights are delayed in Tendring, a football club is targeted by burglars for a second time, and we take a look back at 2013.
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