Heybridge Swifts will play host to Dover Athletic in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup after coming through their replay last night. A brace from Jamie Richards and another goal from Gareth Heath helped them secure a 3-1 triumph over Didcot, in
Don't miss tomorrow's Evening Gazette for a brand new column with Colchester United skipper Karl Duguid. The long-serving play-maker - still enjoying the limelight after his goal in last week's derby victory against Ipswich Town - will be airing his
Lisa Wooding and Chloe Rogers were part of the England hockey team which secured a 1-0 victory against Germany at the World Cup. The Chelmsford Hockey Club duo, who both live in Great Dunmow, were in the starting line-up for England's latest match in
Jamie Cureton can only see one candidate for manager of the month - Geraint Williams. The Colchester United goal-getter was heaping praise on his boss and believes that the former Welsh international is destined to pick up the gong for September. Williams
Plans to bring police horses back to the streets of Essex are trotting forward. The mounted unit would be based near Essex Police's headquarters in Chelmsford. About eight horses would make up the new division, providing high visibility reassurance
North Essex MP Bernard Jenkin rushed to the aid of hundreds of his party members after a security pass fiasco meant they were refused entry to the Tory Party conference. The Conservative made an eleventh hour bid to calm the air as party members hunted
Tom Lund is a student with the keys to making it to the top class. The 16-year-old Colchester pianist got the top mark in the country for his grade seven piano exam. Tom, who goes to Colchester Sixth Form College, only took up playing the piano three
Emergency planners are preparing for the worst as high tides are set to hit the region again. The extraordinary tides are due on Monday. Tendring Council is fixing flood boards, closing flood gates and offering sandbags to residents for £3.50 a bag.
Despondent beach hut owners say only a 24-hour watch will halt the tide of vandalism sweeping the coast. Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused to huts along seafronts at Clacton, Frinton and Walton in the past few days. Worst-hit was Walton,
An innovative safety chain looks set to slam the door in the faces of unwanted visitors. The "sliplock" has been invented by Tracey Coad, who runs a double glazing business in Clacton with husband Rob. The stainless steel chain forces the door shut
Crumbling concrete blocks above hundreds of council house doors need replacing to prevent them collapsing on people's heads. Pensioner Geoffrey Saunders, 76, raised the alarm in June after one of the heavy canopies crashed down on to the doorstep of
The patter of tiny feet could be heard in Bocking as children toddled to raise money for charity. Almost 20 toddlers from London Road Nursery in Bocking End were joined by parents and staff to take part in a toddlerthon around Bocking Public Gardens
Young linguists have taken up learning Chinese - aged just seven. Pupils at Colchester High School have been studying after class with tutor Ting Kang, after a project on the Chinese New Year fired their interest. Head of year two, Hilary Miles, said
It is a beautiful relationship which started with a quick meeting. When Lydia Davis and Owen Wynne-Jones went along to an Evening Gazette-sponsored Two's Company speed dating event with friends, neither expected anything other than a good night out.
New jobs could be coming to Braintree when an East London firm relocates to the town in a £2.75 million move. Door manufacturer FR Shadbolt and Sons has bought the three-acre Springwood Works site and plans to begin production by the end of the year.
A female farm hand has bared all in a charity farming calendar. Rachel Hayter really got back to nature as she posed in the buff in the Essex countryside. The foxy farm girl's saucy shoot took place at the J McReady and Sons orchard at Daymens Hill Farm
Jobs will be created at a Colchester-based signs co-mpany as it continues to expand. The North Essex Signs Group has bought a building on the Severalls Industrial Estate, formerly used by Hermes Abrasives, which it will use to house its two new cladding
University boss Sir Ivor Crewe is to step down after 12 years at the helm. The vice-chancellor, who was knighted earlier this year, will leave Essex University in a year's time when a replacement has been found. He said it would be an "enormous wrench
Elderly people are being urged to take extra care on the roads during the winter months. In Essex last year, statistics show 78 per cent of all pedestrian accidents involving people over 65 happened in darkness and took place between November and February
A teenage boy has been locked up for his part in a gang attack on a train passenger. The 16-year-old, of the Braintree area, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was handed a four-month detention and training order at Witham Youth Court yesterday,
Prince Charles's stepson Tom Parker-Bowles will visit Essex, marking the start of a regular food book club. Top food writer Mr Parker-Bowles will be co-hosting a lunch at the Food Company, Marks Tey, and a dinner at Baumann's Brasserie in Coggeshall
A concerned mum has called for a crossing to be installed after her daughter was involved in a collision with a car as she walked home from school. Twelve-year-old Jennifer Franklin, a pupil at Tabor Science College in Braintree, had to undergo a skin
The new Albert Hall, a space centre or the tallest building in the world could replace Bradwell power station. A public consultation has been launched to determine what should happen to the former nuclear site, owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
A retired teacher died after falling ill on board a virus-hit cruise, an inquest heard. Edith "Pat" Horn, 78, suffered sickness and diarrhoea and died only days after boarding the cruis ship Van Gogh at Harwich. She contracted the highly-contagious
An Essex MP was left playing puzzles for six hours while his security was checked for the Conservative Party Conference. Harwich Tory MP Douglas Carswell was stopped from attending his own party conference when his security pass was not made available
Thousands of patients in north Essex could face delays in receiving a vital flu jab. Supplies of the vaccine might not be restocked until December, when the winter flu season is at its peak. The news comes amid a national crisis over stocks of the vaccine
