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  • NON-LEAGUE ROUNDUP - top display means change at the summit

    There is a new name sitting top of the division one south table and it came courtesy of the performance of the day from our north Essex sides in the Thurlow Nunn League. Wivenhoe Town capped a superb week by winning 4-1 at Burnham Ramblers as the

  • FC Clacton are denied FA Cup progress by Witham Town

    FC CLACTON 1 WITHAM TOWN 1 FA Cup preliminary round Witham Town are still in the FA Cup, but FC Clacton must be asking themselves just how that could be possible after this preliminary round tie at the Rush Green Bowl. Despite playing their

  • Marty’s still rocking after all these years

    ROCK 'n' roll pioneer Marty Wilde digs deep into the vaults when he brings his greatest hits back to Witham after last year's sell-out show. Marty – who turned 80 this year – was present at the birth of rock 'n' roll and has celebrated more than

  • LETTER: Bamboozled by rushed garden towns debate

    The ruling Conservatives’ policy on the three new towns, so-called garden communities, comes from a parallel universe. Hardly a surprise with their idea of trackless trams somehow scooting through the narrow medieval streets of villages like Coggeshall

  • Man charged with murder after fatal stabbing

    A MAN has been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a quiet countryside estate. 41-year-old Linda Vilika's body was found outside an address in The Street in Great Saling, shortly after 2.45pm on Monday 19 August. The victim,

  • PHOTOS: Photographer Louise snaps up a prized qualification

    A SHUTTERBUG has earned a prestigious qualification from one of Britain’s oldest photographic associations. Louise Rothwell, who runs Trebor Photography in Braintree, was awarded her Licentiateship of the Master Photographer Association thanks