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.

The weather looks to be set fair for Brightlingsea Carnival on Saturday, June 20.

Brightlingsea-based marine business Morgans Group has acquired Fox’s Yacht Sales on the River Orwell in Ipswich.

Brightlingsea’s coastal rowers will be leaving their boats behind when they hold a marathon rowing event to raise funds for local stroke survivors.

A public consultation involving residents across Tendring has helped to shape the next version of the district’s Local Plan – the blueprint for future growth that could guide the location for 18,000 homes, new jobs and community facilities over the next couple of decades.

Brightlingsea WinterFest has given a welcome boost to the mental health charity, Mid and North East Essex Mind, with a donation of £1,316.