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Detectives were today hunting armed robbers who held up a supermarket in Colchester. Police were called to the Co-op in Nayland Road, Mile End, at about 8.45pm yesterday after two men burst into the shop and threatened staff with a shotgun. One of the

A faulty electrical cable caused a road to be closed off in Clacton town centre. Intermittent firework-like explosions, puffs of smoke and flashes of blue light appeared from a section of Jackson Road being dug up, yesterday at 4pm. Bemused workers

Bowling club members are furious after their club was targeted by vandals. Members were shocked to find the green at Frinton Bowls Club had been ruined when they arrived on Wednesday morning. A spokesman for the club said: "We are so fed up with the

Boozing could be banned on Clacton's town centre streets in a bid to cut assaults. Figures released by police show nearly one in five wounding offences in Tendring take place in the town's Pier ward. Police and Tendring Council hope to slash the number

Once again pensioners will be benefiting from an alternative event put on to coincide with the annual Oyster Feast. But it will be fish and chips on the menu rather than oysters when the Alternative Oyster Feast is laid on for the elderly Colchester

Horse power in two different forms has been donated to the Colchester-based Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (MSRC). Kind-hearted well-wishers have handed over a six-year-old 900cc Cagiva Gran Canyon motorcycle and a new craftsman-made wooden rocking

Critics have said one of the finest views in Essex could be ruined if changes to a reservoir go ahead. A scheme drawn up to build an earth embankment at Abberton Reservoir, Colchester, is being branded a "Berlin wall". The roadside path, currently used

Colchester MP Bob Russell has called for "an urgent and immediate" inquiry into care given to wounded soldiers, after a soldier based in the town was verbally abused in a hospital. The soldier, a member of 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, had

They came, they saw, they conkered. Clare Leyland, seven, - pictured with fellow finalist Lucy Zini - and Roisin Brennan, ten, were crowned champs after a week-long conker competition at a school. They'll get golden conkers as prizes while the runners-up

An extra £550,000 is being spent to bolster the number of Essex police officers on the beat. The number of bobbies patrolling the county's streets is skyrocketing as force chiefs carry out their pledge to boost high-visibility policing. By 2008 there

A primary school is following in Jamie Oliver's footsteps and introducing healthy food for pupils. Richard de Clare Primary School in Parsonage Street, Halstead, is to bring in new healthy menus after a Food for Thought fortnight led by a professional

Get-tough housing chiefs have joined a national crusade against antisocial behaviour on UK estates. Bosses at Colne Housing Society in Colchester made the pledge backing the Government-driven Respect Agenda after they met Whitehall officials to discuss

Police are appealing for witnesses a week after an armed robbery at a supermarket. A security guard was robbed at gunpoint by two men at Morrison's, in Braintree Road, Witham, on September 29. The incident happened at about 11am. A cash box was stolen

The owner of the water tower Jumbo has been given 18 months to come up with a plan for its future. Planning permission for development of the tower, in Balkerne Passage, Colchester, was granted in 2001 and it said work should start within five years.

I'm a celebrity, get me out of here! Except Colchester musician Matt Simpkins isn't a celebrity - well, not yet. The Colchester Institute music teacher, and one quarter of popular retro rock group, Fuzzface, is one of ten people who have been picked

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has paid tribute to an Essex mum-of-two who did a triumphant turn on the catwalk after beating breast cancer. Claire Jackson was among a number of women and two men who have suffered from breast cancer chosen to take

Motorists were breathing a sigh of relief after temporary traffic lights that had held a rush-hour stranglehold on Colchester were removed. The lights, set up on Monday at works on the Ipswich Road, had caused traffic chaos before they were taken away

A woman has been left homeless after a fire at her house. The 33-year-old was taken to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, suffering the effects of smoke inhalation, after the blaze started in an upstairs airing cupboard at the semi-detached property in

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A stalker who cut the bottoms out of his trouser pockets before following his victims in the street has been given an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo). The order bans Stewart Young from tampering with his trousers. The 33-year-old has a history of

Prison was the "only option" for a man charged with driving while disqualified for the 19th time. Magistrates told Martin Holland his "appalling record" meant custody was the only way of dealing with him. Holland, 22, admitted driving while disqualified

Almost twice as many children were killed or seriously injured on Essex roads last year than in the previous 12 months. The figures, which have just been released, come despite a fall in the total number of road users severely hurt or killed across the