- Machete-wielding man evades police after holiday park confrontation

- Local actor stars in film on Britain’s biggest ever burglary

- Ukip secretary quits over bullying claim

- Clucky care home residents brought egg-stra joy by hen therapy

- Town centre roads set for TEN WEEKS of traffic chaos as roadworks are announced

- Illegal tobacco stashes revealed in sniffer dog store raids

- Reassurances over Clacton’s maternity unit

- Appeal to help cancer sufferer complete her bucket list by publishing autobiography

- Couple who spent years caring for sick relative now face eviction after her death

- Disgraceful spates of fly-tipping spark outrage

- Teenage showjumping star Leah celebrates year of show success

- Moggies trapped and neutered in feral cat colony

- Drug dealer jailed after being caught by police during raid trying to flush cocaine and heroin down the toilet

- Organisers need help to save under-threat village carnival

- Villagers hit out at planning ‘steamroller’ after latest development green light

- Ex-cop avoids jail after being convicted of strangling his wife

- Landmark pub re-opens after major revamp

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