Extra recycling bins are starting to be delivered across the Tendring district in readiness for the start of kerbside glass collections.

Can you fill a pencil case to help schoolchildren in Ghana?

The closing date for applications to the Edward Sycamore Brightlingsea Fund – which gives grants to help young residents – is fast approaching.

Young musicians from Essex are being invited to audition for two of the county’s top youth orchestras.

An innovative project to improve access to events and venues in Brightlingsea was launched with great success at Brightlingsea’s Free Music Festival.

Runners and riders are warming up for the Brightlingsea Pram Race, which takes to the town’s streets on Saturday, August 15.

This week’s heatwave will see waste collection crew out on their rounds earlier than normal.

The search is on for Max, Brightlingsea’s most famous feline, who’s been missing for nearly four weeks.

A duck race held as part of Brightlingsea Regatta has generated £600 for the town’s First Responders.

Local community projects that aim to enhance biodiversity or promote recycling could be eligible for sponsorship of up to £1,000 from Veolia’s Sustainability Fund.

Brand new displays and returning crowd favourites have been added to this year’s Clacton Airshow, completing an exciting flying line-up for the 33rd show.

While we catch up after a very welcome summer break, here’s a roundup of news you might have missed in the last few weeks. Normal service resumed next week!

Bateman’s Café – which has lain unfinished for over six years – could soon be heading for completion after new plans have been submitted.

Essex County Council says it has allocated an extra £7.5 million and three more repair crews to fix the county’s potholed roads.

New plans to maintain high standards at food businesses in the Tendring district have been approved by council leaders.

Brightlingsea’s carnival committee has been left “very deflated” after stewards were subject to “vile language and inimidating behaviour” from drivers whose way home was temporarily blocked by the carnival procession.

Essex County Council leaders have confirmed that they are to seek a judicial review of proposals for local government reorganisation (LGR) in Essex.

Essex residents are being asked to give their views on proposed changes that could see police forces across the country merged into larger organisations.