Chris Wilkin

United Kingdom

News Editor at Braintree and Witham Times

News Editor at Halstead Gazette

News Editor at Maldon & Burnham Standard

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Landslide victories for Reform UK in yesterday's Frinton by-elections - full results

3 weeks ago | clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

The by-elections followed the death of veteran councillor Nick Turner in March. The district seat was won by Reform UK candidate Anne Hilary Davis with 1,222 votes. Conservative candidate Vanda June Watling trailed in second with 577 votes while Labour's Karen Creavin gained 168 votes, Green Party candidate Steven Walker received 93 votes and Liberal Dem Helen Claire Fontane gained 78 votes.
IN PICTURES: Revellers soak up sun and beer at Essex Real Ale Festival

3 weeks ago | harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

The Campaign For Real Ale first staged the summer festival in 1985. This year's event was the 38th after missing two years due to the pandemic. Hundreds of real ale fans enjoyed more than 100 tipples on offer from across the country and beyond at Colchester Arts Centre during the four-day festival. They could drink in the historic atmosphere of the old St Mary at the Walls Church or relax in the sun among the headstones in the graveyard.
IN PICTURES: Revellers soak up sun and beer at Colchester Real Ale Festival

3 weeks ago | gazette-news.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

The Campaign For Real Ale first staged the summer festival in 1985. This year's event was the 38th after missing two years due to the pandemic. Hundreds of real ale fans enjoyed more than 100 tipples on offer from across the country and beyond at Colchester Arts Centre during the four-day festival. They could drink in the historic atmosphere of the old St Mary at the Walls Church or relax in the sun among the headstones in the graveyard.
Waverly steamer to set sail again on cruises from Clacton Pier

1 month ago | clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

The Waverley is retirning to Clacton later this year (Image: Clacton Pier) The world’s last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer returns to the Sunshine Coast later this year. Tickets are now on sale for the Waverley, with five trips leaving Clacton Pier in September and October. Three of the voyages involve the ever popular River Thames sailings passing under a floodlit Tower Bridge and two other offer live entertainment on the way to their destinations.
Witham firm wins prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation

1 month ago | braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

Tom Cannon and Ashlea Cannon at the firm's Witham HQ (Image: Aconda) A WITHAM engineering firm has scooped one of the world’s highest business honours. Aconda - formerly known as Tracked Carriers - has received a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation for its groundbreaking work in transforming how heavy loads are moved in "challenging, confined and hazardous" environments.
NOSTALGIA: Some of the lifeboats that have saved lives off the Tendring coast

1 month ago | clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

A historic photo of a Walton lifeboat crew (Image: Public) OVER the decades hundreds of lives have been saved by the RNLI's lifeboats based at Clacton and Walton. Clacton got its first lifeboat, which was donated by the Freemasons, in 1878. It was named Albert Edward after their Grand Master, the Prince of Wales - the future King Edward VII. The vessel was taken to Weeley by train and then on to Clacton by horse and cart.
Green light to transform eyesore Dovercourt site into new council homes

2 months ago | harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

An artist's impression of the new Victoria Street housing (Image: Tendring Council) New council homes will be built on a former eyesore site in Dovercourt town centre after "exciting" plans were given the go-ahead. The Tendring Council initiative will see eight new council homes built in Victoria Street, on the site of the former Victoria Hotel pub.
When Rod Stewart and The Faces, Status Quo, T Rex headlined Weeley Festival

Dec 6, 2024 | clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

WHEN you look back at the sheer scale of the legendary Weeley Music Festival of 1971 it seems astonishing that no one has made a film about it before. To say the village was unprepared for what was about to hit it would be an understatement in the extreme. Bizarrely, the whole thing was the brainchild of Clacton Round Table, who fancied a change from their more traditional donkey derbies. And what a change! The line-up was staggering.
Number of people smoking cigarettes in Tendring RISES - bucking the trend

Oct 15, 2024 | clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

The number of smokers in Tendring has risen, a survey says (Image: PA) More adults in Tendring were smokers last year – bucking the trend across the UK. The Office for National Statistic's population survey in Tendring revealed an estimated 20 per cent of adults in the area were smokers in 2023 – up from 14 per cent the year before. The survey asked people if they "smoke cigarettes nowadays".
More of Tendring's car parks make the grade to receive awards

Oct 8, 2024 | clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk | Chris Wilkin

Mill Lane car park in Walton (Image: Tendring Council) MORE car parks in Tendring have received top safety awards. The Tendring Council-run facilities got the awards from the British Parking Association. They highlight the quality of lighting, cleanliness, security measures and management.