There were no last-minute dealings for Colchester United as the transfer window closed last night. Last year, U's fans awoke to find that striker Wayne Andrews had been sold to then Premiership side Crystal Palace for a six-figure sum, and they also got
THE creation of 125 jobs next to Rayleigh Weir is in the hands of Castle Point councillors who will soon decide whether or not to agree plans for a mini industrial estate. Developers Total CDR want to build five warehouse units and a four-storey office
Essex University is close to filling all available spaces on first-year courses - just weeks after A-level results were announced. Of 1,730 undergraduate places available for the new term, starting in October, 1,640 have already been taken up. Admissions
DOWN'S Syndrome sufferer Pascal Caviglioli sky-dived 12,000 feet to raise hundreds of pounds for charity. Pascal, 19, of Gaynesford, Lee Chapel, Basildon, braved his fear of heights to leap from the plane in the name of Essex-based disadvantaged people's
A resident has blocked off a pathway in protest against major development plans. However, tempers flared when independent traders said the campaign could affect their businesses. Richard McHale put up a barrier to object to the Co-op's development ideas
NEW dentists are to be trained in Southend in to combat the growing shortage across the country. The University of Essex in conjunction with Queen Mary College, part of the University of London, has been successful in gaining funding for 20 dental chairs
FAMILIES will soon be able to spend the night with their sick children after Basildon Hospital opens its new £400,000 Ronald McDonald House. The three bedroom house, next to the hospital's paediatric unit, has been built using a £250,000 donation from
BASILDON Labour MP Angela Smith today called on the district's council to "urgently rethink" plans to build thousands of new homes in the new town. Mrs Smith spoke out after reading the council's Replacement Local Plan which contains proposals to build
Sailing sensation Saskia Clark gave herself the perfect birthday present by storming to silver medal success for Great Britain at the 470 World Championships. Clark, of Mersea Island, turned 26 on the second day of competition in San Francisco, but the
Gipsies are to launch a legal fight to stay on in Colchester, after pitching their caravans at a former travellers' site. Six families have gathered at the derelict Essex County Council site in Haven Road, The Hythe. Other gipsies in the area, including
