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A NEW post office which has cost thousands of pounds is now scheduled to open to the public in just a matter of weeks following a consultation. Earlier this year Frinton and Walton Town Council officials formally agreed to save a Post Office branch at the Triangle Shopping Centre, in Frinton. The former parcel hub was located within the Martin’s newsagent but closed in November after the company decided against renewing its lease on the building. The branch, however, which employs thr...

A NEW post office which has cost thousands of pounds is now scheduled to open to the public in just a matter of weeks following a consultation. Earlier this year Frinton and Walton Town Council officials formally agreed to save a Post Office branch at the Triangle Shopping Centre, in Frinton. The former parcel hub was located within the Martin’s newsagent but closed in November after the company decided against renewing its lease on the building. The branch, however, which employs thr...

A NEW post office which has cost thousands of pounds is now scheduled to open to the public in just a matter of weeks following a consultation. Earlier this year Frinton and Walton Town Council officials formally agreed to save a Post Office branch at the Triangle Shopping Centre, in Frinton. The former parcel hub was located within the Martin’s newsagent but closed in November after the company decided against renewing its lease on the building. The branch, however, which employs thr...

A BEACH blaze which was started days after a coastal village was hit with several arson attacks in one night was started deliberately. Essex firefighters were called to Beach Way, Jaywick, shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday following reports of a fire on the seafront. Upon arrival they found what residents believe to have been a pile of waste and wood which had been torched not far from the water. After working on quelling the fire for roughly half an hour, the crews managed to safely ex...

A BEACH blaze which was started days after a coastal village was hit with several arson attacks in one night was started deliberately. Essex firefighters were called to Beach Way, Jaywick, shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday following reports of a fire on the seafront. Upon arrival they found what residents believe to have been a pile of waste and wood which had been torched not far from the water. After working on quelling the fire for roughly half an hour, the crews managed to safely ex...

COMMITTED community champions have delivered food parcels to vulnerable village residents in need. The Jaywick Sands Community Forum partnered with the Community Resource Centre, Baby Bank Tendring, and Asda’s Amy Openshaw for the charitable effort. Together they collected and an impressive 100 food parcels which were able to be obtained thanks to a grant from the Essex Association of Local Councils. Following the mass pick-up the hard-working teams then delivered the packages to resi...

COMMITTED community champions have delivered food parcels to vulnerable village residents in need. The Jaywick Sands Community Forum partnered with the Community Resource Centre, Baby Bank Tendring, and Asda’s Amy Openshaw for the charitable effort. Together they collected and an impressive 100 food parcels which were able to be obtained thanks to a grant from the Essex Association of Local Councils. Following the mass pick-up the hard-working teams then delivered the packages to resi...

I am very disturbed to discover that Tendring District Council has banned horses from Frinton beach from April 2 until October 1 (Gazette, April 1). Though not a horserider, I can think of no more wonderful and inspiring sight than that of horses being ridden along our beach, it is what England and in particular Frinton is all about. The freedom to do such things, with neither bye nor leave from anyone, is a true public liberty and an English birthright. However Tendring Council, with t...