Here are the top stories in this week’s Harwich and Manningtree Standard:

  • £20k cash reward to catch ram raiders
  • Bungling burglar dropped phone at crime
  • Dorothy gets a card from the Queen on 106th birthday 
  • Vandals slash tyres and smash car windows
  • 'No' to bid to turn town's street lights on 
  • Nativities picture special 
  • Mum wins £10k in lotto jackpot 

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