As the skies clear, and we start to feel the call of summer, heading down to a beautiful, sandy beach is the ideal activity ...

The dead seals were reported at Dovercourt, Holland-on-Sea, Point Clear ... The BBC has been told the seals were reported at several Essex beaches, including Point Clear Its project manager ...

A MISSING horse was pulled to safety from a brook in Holland-on-Sea after escaping from his paddock five days earlier. Fred, a skewbald cob, went missing from a field in the Great Holland area on ...

Gordon Way, Dovercourt, will be closed from April 9 for seven days while carriageway patching works are undertaken by Essex County Council. South Street, Manningtree, will be closed from April 9 for ...

Read more: Essex Police's PCSOs saved from redundancy ... s bathing spots have the best possible water quality." Holland on Sea has seen its rating fall from 'good' to 'excellent'.

Ben Portus, 45, works for Paton and Lee Equine Vets, based in Witham, and helped rescue a horse from a brook in Holland-on-Sea.