1. PRESS RELEASE: Harwich Peninsula receives further Covid 19 grant aid

    Further Covid 19 grant aid has been provided by Essex County Council and Tendring District Council and has been allocated to ward councillors so that they can target the funding…

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  2. PRESS RELEASE – Councils supporting the local community

    The one undeniable reality of the Covid 19 pandemic is that everything still has to be paid for. Harwich’s councillors realise this and have been doing their best to ensure…

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  3. PRESS RELEASE – TDC Labour group turns down increase in allowances

    The six Labour councillors on Tendring District Council (TDC) have declined to receive the increase to members’ allowances voted in at the meeting of the council held on 21st February….

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  4. THOUSANDS of residents sign petition calling on the Government to fund urgent work on the A120

    The Harwich and Manningtree Standard launched a campaign last summer to put pressure on the Government to fund work to dual the trunk road from Hare Green to Harwich. There…

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  5. HARWICH Labour councillors call for villagers to throw their weight behind the Standard’s A120 campaign

    HARWICH Labour councillors are calling for villagers to throw their weight behind the Standard’s A120 campaign as it gathers momentum. The campaign to get the Government to pay to dual…

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  6. New slide is put in at vandal-hit Bathside Bay park

    Arsonists set fire to the wooden ship, which was worth about £10,000, in October. After months of waiting, a replacement piece of equipment has been put in its place at…

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