In this week's Harwich and Manningtree Standard:

  • Find out which retail giants could be lined up for Harwich
  • 3,000 passengers and crew to arrive on first cruise ship of the season
  • Lead thieves strike again in Harwich
  • Candidates line up for Police Crime Commissioner election
  • £13,000 boost for arts festival will keep event going for another year
  • Manningtree residents help set Shakespeare reading record
  • Birthday girl Rebecca is youngest in marathon
  • Widower left distraught after flowers taken from wife's grave following row with parish council