In today's Standard teacher Nigel Spencer launches his sponsored beard shave, a site set for a business park goes up for sale, bids are made to classify a pub and a former allotment as community assets and a teacher strike is suspended as negotiation talks begin.

Harwich's former courthouse goes back up and hopes for a music school in the building are officially dashed, Tesco owned land is also due to be sold after the supermarket pulled out of a planned store build and an A120 crash victim claims Highways should take responsibility for accidents at the blackspot.

Plus all the latest news, sport and entertainment.