Harwich and Manningtree News

There will be a few late night road closures in Essex over the weekend, including on the M25 and Dartford Crossing

M25, Dartford Crossing and A12 road closures in Essex this weekend

Theft - One car-break took place in the Esplanade Court area which saw a guitar being stolen, while another break-in took place in central Dovercourt

Theft - One car-break took place in the Esplanade Court area which saw a guitar being stolen, while another break-in took place in central Dovercourt

Police investigating spate of car thefts in Harwich

History - One of the buses which co-owner Adam plans to drive on Panther Travel's last day. Built in 1980, the bus has been in Essex all its life and was what started Adam's mechanical apprenticeship with Eastern National

History - One of the buses which co-owner Adam plans to drive on Panther Travel's last day. Built in 1980, the bus has been in Essex all its life and was what started Adam's mechanical apprenticeship with Eastern National

Tendring’s Panther Travels offers final free day service in Harwich this weekend

Warning - brilliant sunshine in Old Leigh

Warning - brilliant sunshine in Old Leigh

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Yellow heat-health warning issued as Essex set to bask in 28C next week

Campaign- The Essex Suffolk and Norfolk pylons campaign group.

Campaign- The Essex Suffolk and Norfolk pylons campaign group.

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Pylons scheme is just one of four 'obscene' schemes set to affect small villages

Cabinet - Councillor Gary Scott will be the executive committee as Cabinet Member for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Cabinet - Councillor Gary Scott will be the executive committee as Cabinet Member for Arts, Culture and Heritage

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Tendring Council creates new arts and culture cabinet role

Could you give any of these Essex pets a home?

Could you give any of these Essex pets a home?

5 pets at RSPCA Essex who are searching for their forever homes

Incident - The incident took place on Grigson Drive

Incident - The incident took place on Grigson Drive

Dog seized as police probe attack in Clacton which left young girl seriously injured

Legacy - Captain Fryatt was a British merchant seaman who was court martialled by the Imperial German Navy for attempting to ram a German U-boat

Legacy - Captain Fryatt was a British merchant seaman who was court martialled by the Imperial German Navy for attempting to ram a German U-boat

Harwich Museum holding a special talk for Fryatt Day this Saturday

Locomotive - The class 33 locomotive

Locomotive - The class 33 locomotive

Rail tour visiting Harwich this weekend with a ‘very rare’ locomotive

Victim - Esther Martin, 68, was fatally injured following an attack by Ashley Warren's XL bullies

Victim - Esther Martin, 68, was fatally injured following an attack by Ashley Warren's XL bullies

Man, 40, charged after two XL bully dogs maul woman to death in Jaywick

How council plans to breathe life into Southend Pier to stem fall in visitor numbers

How council plans to breathe life into Southend Pier to stem fall in visitor numbers

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How council plans to breathe life into Southend Pier to stem fall in visitor numbers

Construction - Centurion Park near Horsley Cross is expected to complete construction at the end of 2024, with companies moving in afterwards

Construction - Centurion Park near Horsley Cross is expected to complete construction at the end of 2024, with companies moving in afterwards

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Freeport East welcomes new industrial park between Harwich and Colchester

Investigation - Suffolk Police have launched an investigation after a woman was found with a serious head injury

Investigation - Suffolk Police have launched an investigation after a woman was found with a serious head injury

Police investigate attempted murder after woman injured near north Essex border

Jailed - Peter Chippington is behind bars for 20 months

Jailed - Peter Chippington is behind bars for 20 months

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Drug dealer who had nearly £5,000 worth of cannabis in home is put behind bars

Awareness - UTurn4Support, a charity dedicated to educating, supporting and advising young people in the community on knife awareness, county line drug gangs and other youth-related violence

Awareness - UTurn4Support, a charity dedicated to educating, supporting and advising young people in the community on knife awareness, county line drug gangs and other youth-related violence

Harwich Mayflower Legacy Fund gives more than £2k to knife awareness charity

Nature - Bobbit Hole, a nature reserve, in Dovercourt

Nature - Bobbit Hole, a nature reserve, in Dovercourt

Harwich's ‘Bobbit’s Stroll’ to return to fundraise for We Care Wildlife

Incident - Grigson Drive

Incident - Grigson Drive

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Arrest made after child seriously injured in reported 'dog attack'

Incident - a police car in Grigson Drive

Incident - a police car in Grigson Drive

'It makes us feel unsafe' - residents on reported Clacton 'dog attack'

The incident occurred in Grigson Drive, Clacton

The incident occurred in Grigson Drive, Clacton

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Young child suffers 'serious life-changing' injuries after suspected dog attack

Incident - the scene at Grigson close

Incident - the scene at Grigson close

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Ambulance service gives update on young child 'bitten' in suspected 'dog attack'

Demonstration - French surgeon Tony Johnson with nine-year-old Charles Lemoir

Demonstration - French surgeon Tony Johnson with nine-year-old Charles Lemoir

Harwich's Napoleonic Weekend returns next month - 'Mayhem will ensue'

Plans - The former hotel could become an office complex

Plans - The former hotel could become an office complex

Local government

Popular hotel in north Essex could see transformation into offices after closure

Jailed - Nick Barrett and Summer Andrew have been jailed for a combined 15 years after committing child sex offences

Jailed - Nick Barrett and Summer Andrew have been jailed for a combined 15 years after committing child sex offences

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Pictured: Nick Barrett and Summer Andrew, who used Omegle for child sex offences

Fatal- The crash on Nine Mile Ride, Bracknell, was fatal for an Essex man in his teens.

Fatal- The crash on Nine Mile Ride, Bracknell, was fatal for an Essex man in his teens.

Essex teen dies in two-vehicle crash as police appeal for witnesses

The indoor athletics team took part in the Essex County finals

The indoor athletics team took part in the Essex County finals

Extraordinary run of victories for Chase Lane Primary School pupils

Fitness - Stef is helping Manningtree residents be more active

Fitness - Stef is helping Manningtree residents be more active

'Fitness is my passion' - Manningtree based trainer on her inclusive sessions

Candidate - James Cleverly has entered the race for leader of the Conservatives

Candidate - James Cleverly has entered the race for leader of the Conservatives

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Essex MP announces candidacy for Tory leadership

Show - Kevin and Ian performing at the Headgate Theatre, in Colchester

Show - Kevin and Ian performing at the Headgate Theatre, in Colchester

Play with poignant message about prostate cancer awareness coming to Manningtree

Remembered - (December 2 1872 – July 27 1916) Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt was a British merchant seaman who was court martialled by the Imperial German Navy for attempting to ram a German U-boat

Remembered - (December 2 1872 – July 27 1916) Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt was a British merchant seaman who was court martialled by the Imperial German Navy for attempting to ram a German U-boat

Harwich Society and council to fly flags at half-mast for Fryatt Day

Deaths - Tendring was above the national average for deaths due to respiratory illnesses in 2022

Deaths - Tendring was above the national average for deaths due to respiratory illnesses in 2022

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'I can taste it' - Tendring is above the national average for respiratory deaths

Exclusive - Clive Owen's new TV show Moinsour Spade will be shown for the first time in the UK at the Electric Palace next month

Exclusive - Clive Owen's new TV show Moinsour Spade will be shown for the first time in the UK at the Electric Palace next month

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Harwich's Electric Palace showing TV exclusive with patron Clive Owen

Closures - Find out if any road closures will be affecting your journey

Closures - Find out if any road closures will be affecting your journey

Listed: Road closures for towns and villages across north and mid Essex

Unique- The Hay Wain is a unique play with the unique opportunity to perform next to its inspiration.

Unique- The Hay Wain is a unique play with the unique opportunity to perform next to its inspiration.

Theatre company will 'bring to life' world-famous Hay Wain painting

Round-up - magistrate and crown court judges have had a typically busy month so far

Round-up - magistrate and crown court judges have had a typically busy month so far

Dine-and-dashers, robbers, and racial abusers: here's who's been in court in July

Crucial - The Essex and Hertfordshire Air Ambulance team life-saving service allowed me on board

Crucial - The Essex and Hertfordshire Air Ambulance team life-saving service allowed me on board

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance

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Watch: We took a ride in Essex Air Ambulance's newest helicopter

There will be a few late night road closures in Essex over the weekend, including on the A12 and Dartford Crossing

There will be a few late night road closures in Essex over the weekend, including on the A12 and Dartford Crossing

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M25, Dartford Crossing and A12 road closures in Essex this weekend

Ecstasy - Joel Cairns, 20, from Dovercourt admitted in court to importing 496 ecstasy tablets

Ecstasy - Joel Cairns, 20, from Dovercourt admitted in court to importing 496 ecstasy tablets

Dovercourt man admits importing nearly 500 hundred MDMA tablets from Germany

Support- The Careline service offers emergency support for elderly residents who have fallen over.

Support- The Careline service offers emergency support for elderly residents who have fallen over.

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Tendring Council bosses will meet to decide the fate of a life-saving service

Delays - Passengers queue outside Stansted Airport in Essex

Delays - Passengers queue outside Stansted Airport in Essex

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Photos show queues stretching outside Essex airport as IT outage causes delays

Queues - Queues have been reproted in London Stansted Airport following a worldwide IT failure

Queues - Queues have been reproted in London Stansted Airport following a worldwide IT failure

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Queues at Stansted Airport with check-ins being done manually due to world IT failure

Controversy - Colchester MP Pam Cox has spoken out about National Grid's 'Essex pylon plans' following remarks by Harwich MP Sir Bernard Jenkin that it his support to campaigners helped him win his seat

Controversy - Colchester MP Pam Cox has spoken out about National Grid's 'Essex pylon plans' following remarks by Harwich MP Sir Bernard Jenkin that it his support to campaigners helped him win his seat

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'Labour are definitely for it' - Little Bromley campaigner on Essex pylons

Ex-glamour model Jodie Marsh at Fripps Farm

Ex-glamour model Jodie Marsh at Fripps Farm

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Ex-glamour model Jodie Marsh's bid to keep eight lemurs rejected by council

Could you give any of these Essex pets a home?

Could you give any of these Essex pets a home?

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5 pets at RSPCA Essex who are searching for their forever homes

Tutus - The Royal Horticultural Society compares the fuchsia flower to

Tutus - The Royal Horticultural Society compares the fuchsia flower to

Clubs and societies

Dovercourt Fuchsia Society's annual show returning this weekend

Low - Tendring Council has had fewer planning applications submitted last year that in any over the last decade, (inset) Andy Baker cabinet member for planning

Low - Tendring Council has had fewer planning applications submitted last year that in any over the last decade, (inset) Andy Baker cabinet member for planning

Planning and development

Planning applications granted by Tendring Council at a decade low

Trial - four defendants deny conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to commit false imprisonment

Trial - four defendants deny conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to commit false imprisonment

Coroner says police told him threats were 'the sort of thing you would expect'

Celebrations - (Left to right) Kieran Acraman, Sam Chilvers MCIOB, Tom Stone, Angela Day, Marco Sidoli, Rachel Murphy, Ross Gavaghan, Lee Kirtland MCIOB ACIAT, and Lee Duffield.

Celebrations - (Left to right) Kieran Acraman, Sam Chilvers MCIOB, Tom Stone, Angela Day, Marco Sidoli, Rachel Murphy, Ross Gavaghan, Lee Kirtland MCIOB ACIAT, and Lee Duffield.

Manningtree Park development's new junction, cycleway and footpath complete

Jailed - Nick Barrett admitted arranging the commission of a child sex offence, whilst Summer Andrew denied the charge and was later convicted

Jailed - Nick Barrett admitted arranging the commission of a child sex offence, whilst Summer Andrew denied the charge and was later convicted

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Couple jailed for filming sex video so they could receive child abuse images

Holidays - Harwich Museum is hosting children's event in August for the summer holidays including an interactive treasure hunt

Holidays - Harwich Museum is hosting children's event in August for the summer holidays including an interactive treasure hunt

Harwich Museum to host fun children events this summer holiday - Here's more

Lincoln Brookes, senior coroner for Essex, said he received a series of “very bizarre” letters in 2022

Lincoln Brookes, senior coroner for Essex, said he received a series of “very bizarre” letters in 2022

Coroner 'feared for his family's safety' over alleged kidnap plot, court told

Fast food - KFC signage

Fast food - KFC signage

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Here's how you can win free chicken from KFC this month

Free - Free Friday 'school specials' will take place at the Harwich Maritime Museum

Free - Free Friday 'school specials' will take place at the Harwich Maritime Museum

Harwich Maritime Museum offering free Friday 'school holiday specials'

Gordon Bees subjected employees to a foul-mouthed tirade at a Nationwide branch

Gordon Bees subjected employees to a foul-mouthed tirade at a Nationwide branch

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Pensioner racially abused bank staff who told him bus pass was invalid form of ID

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