Welsh soccer idol Ian Rush believes Colchester United may have unearthed a 'great manager' in his former international team-mate Geraint Williams. The legendary 45-year-old ex-Liverpool and Juventus striker said, when speaking exclusively to the Evening
Alex Bruce has experienced what he believes to be the biggest disappointment possible in football. Having lost 1-0 at Burnley, 1-0 at Barnsley and 2-1 last night at Derby County in their previous three away games, Bruce and his Ipswich Town team-mates
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Green-thinking residents have been praised for their efforts to combat global warming. The Tendring district might have failed to hit its recycling target this year but this has not stopped one part of the district trying to save the planet. A combination
Police today renewed an appeal for witnesses after a brutal attack on three men in Walton. The violent, unprovoked attack happened in July as the men made their way home from a caravan park. A police spokesman said: "People are being asked to cast their
A housing charity has applied to develop a former school site, which could signal the end of a long-running saga. The Priory Meadow School, St Osyth, closed nearly 20 years ago. Essex County Council gave a third of the 3-acre site to the parish council
A sports writer who sold his house to research a book has been shortlisted for a prestigious prize. Matt Rendell, 41, of Harwich, has been shortlisted for the William Hill sports book of the year award. His biography of the cycling legend Marco Pantani
A village school created its own version of the Imperial War Museum. Pupils at Great Bentley Primary School have been learning about the Second World War and wanted to bring the project to life. The youngsters converted an air raid shelter on their
A brave shopkeeper today told how he fought robbers before they ransacked his till. Erol Dolay, the owner of Perry's Minimart in Church Street, Harwich, said he grappled with one of the men when he realised his shop was about to be raided. He said: "
Workmen have uncovered what is thought to be an escape tunnel from an historic Martello Tower. The work was being carried out at the car park in Station Road, Walton, which is at the top of Martello Road. The Martello towers dot the coast and were built
A case in which a driver caused his best friend's death was described by a judge as the most tragic he has heard. Carl Anderson, 17, died when best friend Paul Harper crashed a Ford Escort car into a lorry while doing circuits round Clacton's Gorse Lane
They're off! The Scouts' Christmas postal service is up and running. Every night up to December 19, the youngsters from the 1st and 2nd Parkeston group will be spreading some festive cheer as they deliver cards throughout the town. The service, which
A company is putting its stamp on the nation after being asked to design a series of patriotic postage stamps. The first series released today - St Andrew's Day - designed by Silk Pearce, in Priory Street, Colchester, for Royal Mail, focuses on Scotland
Police are on the trail of vandals who have sprayed these unsightly slogans across Colchester town centre. Walls, public toilets and even a tomb at a graveyard have been defaced with graffiti. Police believe each of the crude designs has been daubed
Pupils are helping to improve their community by designing a mural for an underpass. Youngsters at the Stanway School, in Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, designed the mural along the theme of transport and the neighbouring area. It will be painted
A crime watch group is campaigning to reopen a youth centre in an Essex town. The youth club, which met at the Phillip Road centre in Wivenhoe, was shut down some years ago after problems with funding from Essex County Council. Since then, the Wivenhoe
Superstar couple David and Victoria Beckham have stepped in to help a mid-Essex special needs school. The world-famous pair personally approved Trudy Read's application for a grant from the Victoria and David Beckham Charitable Trust, to help develop
Pub staff and bouncers have been using a radio network designed to help combat trouble, to indulge in profane banter and arrange VIP treatment for mates. Colchester security boss Paul De-Angelis warned yesterday that genuine emergencies will end up being
Police have called time on nuisance drinkers on the streets of Colchester. New powers coming into force tomorrow allow officers to confiscate alcohol from anyone causing a nuisance by drinking outdoors. Anyone who refuses to comply will be arrested
Officers could soon be trotting the beat as Essex Police considers plans to bring horses back to the force. Chief Constable Roger Baker is behind plans for the mounted police unit, disbanded in 1999 amid cash pressures, to be re-established. A decision
Six-year-old Megan Wade may be young but she's already enjoying the fruits of success. The pupil at Old Heath Community Primary School, in Old Heath Road, Colchester, has won a competition to design a fruit salad. The design of plums, strawberries,
Rapturous applause broke out at a meeting when plans to expand Stansted Airport flights were unanimously refused. Members of Uttlesford Council's development control committee voted to refuse Stansted's bid to expand annual passenger numbers by ten million
Essex will only see benefit from the 2012 Olympics if it is prepared to work for it. Speaking at a conference to unveil the county's action plan to "maximise" the Games, Stephen Castle - who worked alongside Lord Coe to bring the Olympics to the UK -
Britain's first soap bar is scrubbed and ready for action. Bubbles, in Colchester High Street, was due to open to the public for the first time today. It plans to take on male-focused sports bars by luring women with live episodes of popular soap operas
A high-pitched whine that only under-25s can hear is being used to drive off troublesome teenagers from a parade of shops. Customers are flocking back to stores in Hunwicke Road, Greenstead, Colchester, as gangs of youths are sent packing by the noise
This is Bertie, winner of this year's Evening Gazette's summer Pet Idol. He is the reigning champ - but he is about to be overthrown. In tonight's Evening Gazette is the Christmas Pet Idol 2006 gallery - and one of the 134 entries is about to take Bertie's
