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Joey went missing on Monday 6th June around the Bentley County Park area, his owner is desperately trying to find him.   Joey is 22 years old and speaks quite a lot. He maybe very frightened as he has never been outside alone.   Joey has a metal ID ring that is registered to his…

You have more time to submit their entries to the Tendring Youth Awards 2022.   The deadline for nominations has been extended by a month to Friday 20th May.   This year will see the sixth Tendring Youth Awards, sponsored by Harwich Haven Authority, and nominations are currently open to recognise brilliant young people –…

On Sunday 8th May hundreds of walkers will be heading to the seafront to take on St Helena Hospice’s popular Pier to Pier walk – the charity’s first mass participation fundraising event since 2019.   The event, which is sponsored by Pickering Electronics Ltd, sees supporters take on 7 or 14 miles between Clacton and…

A new community project of Colchester to Ukraine: Humanitarian & Emergency Aid Campaign has been officially launched.   The campaigns aim is very simple; to deliver much needed humanitarian aid directly from the community of Colchester urgently to refugees in need in Ukraine and neighboring countries. This is 100% a local non for-profit initiative, managed…

The route for this year’s Women’s Tour Grand Départ, between Colchester and Bury St Edmunds, has today been announced.   Stage one of the UK’s leading women’s cycle race, set to take place on Monday 6 June, will pass through Manningtree, Capel St Mary, Stowmarket, Needham Market, and Lavenham.   To coincide with the route…

Supermarket Aldi helped provide local charities in Essex with 2000 meals to deliver to people in need over the Easter school holidays.   The supermarket paired its stores up with local charities, community groups and food banks to donate surplus food, making the most of unsold fresh and chilled food throughout the Easter period.  …

New butterfly signs designed by school children across the borough have been installed in several areas of green space, to highlight that either the grass cutting regime in these areas has changed or that the area has been left to naturalise – as part of the Colchester Woodland and Biodiversity Project.   The grass cutting…

AN orchestra in Clacton has donated the proceeds of its first concert of the year to a charity for stroke survivors.   Clacton Concert Orchestra held a Spring Showcase Concert in March at Holland on sea Public Hall, conducted by David Rowland who also conducts Essex Police Band.   It was the first concert of…

Castle Park Theatre has announced a brand-new season of open-air theatre in Colchester’s Castle Park with a series of productions that celebrate the town’s Roman heritage.   The Roman Season kicks off with a hilarious sideways look at the classic Hollywood sword and sandals epic, Ben-Hur from 3 – 14 May. Written by Patrick Barlow,…