http://www.jaywick.net/jaywick.xml News and Events in and around Jaywick en 19/07/2010 07:00:00 19/07/2010 07:00:00 Feed Launch .NET- http://feedlaunch.sourceforge.net/ or http://www.sourceforge.net/feedlaunch http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html 60 http://www.jaywick.net/graphics/jaywick1.gif 70 78 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8278412.Elderly_woman_rescued_from_fire/ A WOMAN was rescued by a passer-by after a blaze broke out at her home in the latest of a series of suspected arson attacks in Jaywick. Firefighters were called just after 2.15am this morning after a blaze was spotted in a garden in Sea Way. Flames from a domestic oil-heating tank between two of the tightly-packed bungalows were spreading to the houses. Luckily a passer-by managed to wake an elderly woman who was asleep in one of the houses. The other property was unoccupied. 18/07/2010 09:48:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8278478.Sea_swimmer_rescuer_hailed_a_hero/ A GOOD samaritan is being hailed a hero after helping to save an exhausted swimmer who was in danger of drowning in the sea. The victim - a 39-year-old from Little Clacton - got into difficulty while swimming off Jaywick on Saturday tea-time. He somehow managed to scramble onto the half submerged rocks of a breakwater but was struggling to hang on as he was battered by waves. Lifeboat spokesman Alan Osborn said: "After ten minutes of clinging on he couldn't maintain his grip any longer and let go. 18/07/2010 09:30:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8277493.Garden_opened_in_memory_of_veteran_councillor/ A GARDEN has been opened in memory of veteran councillor Roy Smith. Mr Smith, a former chairman of Tendring Council, died, aged 83, on January 29 after suffering a heart attack. A garden has now been opened at Family Support Clacton's Jaywick Lane Wellbeing Centre at the Clacton Coastal Academy site. Mr Smith's friend and Golf Green ward colleague Kevin Watson said the garden was a lovely tribute to the veteran councillor, who was first elected in 1969. 16/07/2010 16:51:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8277202.Hotline_to_shop_firebugs/ RESIDENTS in an arson hotspot are being urged to report firebugs using a confidential hotline. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service made the call following the latest arson attack in Jaywick which saw a bungalow in Brooklands Gardens destroyed on Tuesday. The Brooklands and Grasslands area of Jaywick has the highest level of suspicious fires in Essex, but it is thought some residents are unwilling to report incidents for fear of reprisals. 16/07/2010 15:23:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8270477.Bungalow_gutted_by_inferno/ A BLAZE which ripped through a bungalow in Jaywick is being treated as suspicious. The fire broke out in Brooklands Gardens just before midnight. Three fire crews from Clacton and Weeley tackled the inferno. Half of the property was already in flames by the time firefighters arrived at the scene. Luckily no-one was in the building when the fire started. 14/07/2010 09:12:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/jul/10/fleet-art-essex-suffolk-coast "If you want to disappear or become anonymous, go to Jaywick." Tim and his wife Helen laugh - but they're not joking. After all, they own a couple of properties in the notoriously run-down Essex resort. "It's been forgotten about," sighs Tim, a former hotelier. "The roads are better in a Rio shanty town." We are having this conversation, somewhat incongruously, while sunning ourselves on the terrace of The Pier, an upmarket hotel in Harwich. I'm here for Fleet: Art in the Haven Ports, a summer-long programme bringing art to unusual locations along the Essex and Suffolk coast. And although Jaywick is my final stop, it's all everyone seems to be talking about. 10/07/2010 07:30:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8265036._Awesome__ray_of_sunshine_for_youth_project/ A YOUTH project working with disadvantaged youngsters has been handed a £490,000 lifeline. Charity Inclusion Ventures had run so low on funding that trustees were recently forced to cancel regular sessions in Jaywick, and feared for the future of the project. But they were celebrating after learning of the £490,838 grant from the Big Lottery Fund, which will secure its future for the next five years. 09/07/2010 16:27:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8265005.Man_accused_of_cafe_knife_offences/ A MAN has appeared in court charged with holding up a cafe at knifepoint. Michael Wood is accussed of attempting to rob the Low Tide Cafe in Jaywick yesterday morning. A man entered the cafe and held a carving knife to the throat of two members of staff before fleeing empty-handed. 09/07/2010 16:19:00 http://www.eadt.co.uk/entertainment/a_summer_of_art_along_the_historic_coastline_of_east_anglia_1_521017 Art and tourism are pooling their collective resources to come up with a fun-packed start to the summer holidays which not only promotes art in the environment but also helps to celebrate the coastal culture of the Haven Ports. Commissions East, the arts body for the East of England, has engaged a variety of young, artists to create a series of quirky and engaging site specific art projects to be based at a number of venues along the Suffolk and Essex coast. 07/07/2010 15:00:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8248954.Man_shot_in_head_with_airgun/ A 63-year-old man has been shot in the head with an air pistol pellet in Jaywick. The man was shot in the forehead at the junction of Broadway and Beach Way at noon yesterday. He was taken to Colchester General Hospital by paramedics and treated, before being discharged. PC Stephen Cross said: "We believe there was an individual who had been firing pellets at various stages of Wednesday morning as this man's car also sustained damage consistent with being hit by a pellet". 01/07/2010 09:45:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8242661.Lifeboat_helps_rescue_six/ COASTGUARDS were called to a 15ft speedboat that capsized, leaving two people in the water. Thames Coastguards and Clacton RNLI Inshore Lifeboat attended the scene at 1.20pm on Saturday after several calls from the public. The casualties were rescued and taken to the shore by a dinghy before the lifeboat arrived on scene and towed the craft to the shore. 28/06/2010 11:41:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8242643.Getting_into_that_Olympic_spirit/ SEAFRONT beaches and green spaces will be used to host mini-Olympics, celebrating the run up to the 2012 games. Community leaders in Jaywick will host 'Jaylympics', including beach volleyball, water sports such as windsurfing and beach kite displays. Community leaders were keen to highlight the area's beaches and their sporting potential. 28/06/2010 11:37:00 http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/police_get_tough_on_poor_driving_1_467777 POLICE have carried out a crackdown on drivers on the Essex coast in a bid to improve road safety Operation Calypso, a joint effort with Essex Trading Standards, was carried out in the Clacton area on Thursday. The county-wide initiative focused on the town for a day with the aim of reducing anti-social behaviour by motorists. Neighbourhood police officer Pc Gary Coe said: "Our specific focus was on the A133 and Jaywick". 27/06/2010 09:54:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/new-wave-art-britains-coast-revitalised-2011740.html It is already being described as the call of the coast. Britain's seaside towns are increasingly shedding their kiss-me-quick, slot-machine image, with visitors now as likely to encounter a piece of contemporary art by the likes of Sir Peter Blake or Gavin Turk as they are a Donald McGill postcard. In a 21st-century inversion, while McGill's postcards have enjoyed a showing at Tate Modern in London, works normally associated with museums are scattered along promenades, piers and beaches. 27/06/2010 13:51:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8234776.CCTV_cameras_to_come_to_Jaywick/ CCTV cameras are set to be erected in a resort centre in a bid to cut crime. Police are hoping to put up a ten-metre pole with two CCTV cameras on land adjacent to Brooklands Gardens in Jaywick. The Brooklands area of Jaywick has high crime levels, particularly in terms of violent crime, criminal damage and burglaries, with 11 per cent of all burglaries in Tendring last year. 23/06/2010 13:51:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8224798.Private_company_leaves_troubled_surgery/ A TROUBLED surgery is back under direct NHS control as bosses agreed to end a private healthcare firm's contract more than three years early. Green Elms surgery in Jaywick will be taken over by the provider arm of primary care trust NHS North East Essex as of July 1. 17/06/2010 11:45:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8220471.Rapist_admits_to_abducting_girl__17/ A MAN has admitted charges of rape, kidnap and falsely imprisoning a 17-year-old girl. Daniel Bramman, of Broadway, Jaywick, adbucted the teenager from the side of the road in Rush Green Road, Clacton, on March 1. The 36-year-old admitted the charges when he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court. He denied other charges of causing the teenager actual bodily harm and raping a woman between March 2008 and March this year. His pleas were accepted. Detectives yesterday said they were pleased Bramman had pleaded guilty, to save his victim the trauma of giving evidence in court. 15/06/2010 19:40:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8219708.Shed_warning_after_break_in/ RESIDENTS were warned to secure their sheds after a break-in caused £50 damage A shed in Swift Avenue, Jaywick, was forced open on Sunday night. Calvin Heal, crime reduction officer for Tendring, said: "At this time of year we always see a rise in the number of shed break-ins". 15/06/2010 13:55:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8212223.Chance_to_clear_out_your_rubbish/ A CLEAN-UP day is being held in Jaywick as part of Essex's Love Where You Live week. Residents can drop off bulky items for free from 9am to noon on Saturday, June 19. Four pick-up points are being set up in car parks behind the Three Jays pub on Union Road, Golf Green Hall, St Christopher's Way and the Brooklands Resource Centre. 10/06/2010 11:14:00 http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/8202797.Police_set_up_a_specialist_team_to_tackle_burglaries/ POLICE have set up a new team to deal with Tendring's "ongoing issues" with burglaries. A specialist team, based at Clacton police station, will be focused on investigating burglaries and robberies within the district. The news comes after thieves attempted to burgle the same house three times in a week. Burglars first broke into the home in Hoxton Close, Clacton, between May 14 and 16, making off with a television and four-figure sum of cash, plus a key to the garden shed. 06/06/2010 08:00:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8200811._UFOs__spotted_over_Jaywick/ A UFO sceptic says he's changed his mind after seeing bright lights in the sky over Jaywick. John Tarrier was speechless after spotting three unidentified flying objects in the sky on Wednesday night. The retired plasterer was at home in Meadow Way when he noticed the strange objects just after 10pm. 03/06/2010 16:10:00 http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/colchester/8197225.Let___s_claim_Jaywick_Beach_for_community/ COMMUNITY leaders hope to claim an unowned beach as their own. Dan Casey, district councillor for Jaywick, and resident Mick Masterson want to adopt Jaywick Beach. They want to put together a team of up to 30 people to keep the beach clean, and hope it will lead to more facilities, such as a coffee stall, deck chairs and a beach safety team. No one owns Jaywick Beach, which means unlike other beaches in Clacton, Harwich and along the Tendring coastline, it is not cleaned, patrolled by lifesaving seafront wardens or a first aid post, or covered by a ban on dogs in the summer. 03/06/2010 11:10:00 http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/8197214.Council_s_six_page_plan_to_revamp____deprived____Tendring/ TENDRING has got Colchester in its sights. Neil Stock, leader of Tendring Council and councillor responsible for regeneration, says the district can overtake its neighbour in quality-of-life issues in five years. But he admits it will have to fight harder to get the cash needed to achieve this. The council has launched its regeneration plan - Roads to Success. It is only six pages long, but it includes some high aspirations, aimed at turning the area into a 21st century resort and a better place to live in. 03/06/2010 09:00:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8191306.Free_hospital_hopper_bus_launched/ A HOSPITAL hopper bus can now give a free lift to bus pass holders. The service run by Tendring Community Transport means residents who are entitled to concessionary travel can get to the hospital for free, instead of paying the normal £10 cost of the round trip. Pauline Mann, transport manager at TCT said: "It makes a big difference to our users. It will probably open up the service to more people who can't afford to pay, but if they have got their pass, it gives them the freedom to get to the hospital." 28/05/2010 12:52:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8190638.Thieves_steal_6ft_water_tanks_in_Jaywick/ COUNCIL bosses are appealing for information after thieves stole two 6ft high water tanks. The copper tanks, which are worth around £125 each, have been stolen from public toilets in Jaywick over recent weeks. One went missing from the Meadow Way toilets site and the second was stolen from Garden Road on May 24. "The tanks had been detached from the pipes for maintenance and were standing empty," said Stephen Sparrow, assistant head of environmental services at Tendring Council 28/05/2010 09:42:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8186388.Bathing_boost_for_Sunshine_Coast/ THE Sunshine Coast's beaches have been given another boost after getting a clean bill of health from water watchdogs. All of Tendring's beaches hung on to their ratings in the Marine Conservation Society's Good Beach Guide. It's the third time in a fortnight they have been given the thumbs-up. Tourism chiefs celebrated last month after picking up prestigious Blue Flags for Clacton, Brightlingsea and Dovercourt, and Quality Coast awards for six beaches in the district. 28/05/2010 01:00:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8185519.Plea_to_baby_cockatiel_s_owners/ A WOMAN who helped save a starving baby cockatiel after it was discovered in a garden is appealing for its owners to come forward. The escaped bird was found in Spenser Way on Jaywick's Tudor estate on Monday night. My neighbour found it and she contacted me because I've got a cockatiel and she thought it was mine, said Hayley Nelson, 42. 26/05/2010 10:00:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8185507.Two_due_in_court_over_bank_raid/ A MAN and a woman were due to appear in court today charged with robbing a Brightlingsea bank. Keith Palfreman, 32, of Bentley Avenue, Jaywick, and Kelly Greer, 28, of Sydney Street, Brightlingsea, were set to appear before Colchester magistrates. Both are charged with robbery after a raid at Barclays in Brightlingsea High Street on Monday afternoon. 26/05/2010 10:00:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/8183559.Blaze_breaks_out_in_laundrette/ FIRE crews tackled a fire which broke out in a disused landrette in Jaywick last night. A mattress is believed to have caught alight in the property in Broadway at around 10.30pm. The premises was heavily smoke-logged and firefighters remained at the scene for three hours. No one was was injured and an investigation is being carried out into the cause. 25/05/2010 10:32:00 http://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/news/localnews/8184141.Dovercourt__Free_parking_for_80p_car_park/ FREE parking will be introduced at a Dovercourt car park later this year. Residents have been calling for charges at Milton Road car park to be returned to 10p since March after a trial period for the lower charge ended. Prices currently lie at 80p. But the council has now said parking at the site will be free between 2pm and 6pm from September 30 for a trial period. 26/05/2010 06:00:00 http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8174520.Troubled_surgery_back_in_spotlight/ HEALTH bosses are due to reconsider how to deal with a troubled surgery in Jaywick. The NHS Trust's board will be looking at its contract with Green Elms health practice at its next meeting. Notes on the agenda say there are "significant concerns" about patient safety. The GP surgery, which serves around 6,000 people, was formally branded "a challenged practice" in February. Notes given to the board say: "During the past 18 months, ChilversMcCrea has been issued with six remedial and two breach notices." 19/05/2010 22:00:00