Burnley's visit to Layer Road is a game that Colchester United midfielder Kem Izzet would probably rather not remember - even if he could. It was a dull 90 minutes that failed to ever really get going and the first scoreless game at Layer Road all season
George O'Callaghan insists he and his Ipswich Town team-mates are still firmly behind boss Jim Magilton. The Blues are enduring a torrid time, having lost five games in a row and not scored in their last six. Their misery was compounded by a 1-0 defeat
Essex's talismanic fast-bowler Darren Gough is set to return to Yorkshire. Gough is in talks with his home county about a return to the side who he spent more than a decade with before joing Essex in 2004. The Dazzler, now 36, has been linked with Yorkshire
Colchester's Sarah Claxton failed to break the eight-second mark in the 60-metre hurdles in the final chance to impress the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland selectors before the team is finalised for the European Indoor Championships.
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Heavy showers are responsible for a number of flooding incidents across north Essex. Motorists using the Colne View Retail Park, on Cowdray Avenue, Colchester, were forced to splash their way through the water to reach the shops. Steady rain throughout
When Sheryl Forman's washing machine broke down, she didn't think she'd be waiting for an engineer to get it back in action nearly three months later. The 23-year-old, of Page Road, Clacton, bought the machine from the town's Powerhouse store last February
Clacton's Shopping Village must capitalise on what it's got in order to survive, a district councillor has said. Tony Sargent, who represents the Rush Green ward, has spoken of his concerns about the future of the complex at Stephenson Road West. Currently
The wife of a Clacton teacher who died in a canoeing accident has thanked the community for its support. Alex Ball, of Hawkes Way, Clacton, died on New Year's Eve after he became separated from his friend on a weir in Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. He left
A shop owner was attacked and forced to hand over cash when robbers struck at his off licence. The victim was attacked at Tim's Off Licence, in Freeland Road, Clacton. A spokesman for Clacton police said the owner was just about to lock up, at 9pm on
An explosives factory has assured residents it is safe after a loud blast was heard for miles around. The bang was heard on Friday afternoon, across Little Oakley and Dovercourt, with many people fearing there had been a serious incident. But Exchem
From this week Essex book lovers are going to be in seventh heaven with the start of the county's annual book festival. Now quite rightly regarded as the biggest reading and writing festival in the Eastern region, the Essex Book Festival 2007 has a super
More than £1,000-worth of unused medicine has been removed from the home of a pensioner couple in Tendring. The haul was taken away after a community nurse became concerned that the couple were not taking their medication properly and were storing old
So when do we start building an ark? Torrential downpours flooded roads and fields leaving rivers of water running across the countryside. Harwich police said they had been told about surface water in Beaumont Road in Great Oakley, Oakley Road in Wix
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Tendring Council leader Terry Allen today admitted he was "completely baffled" as to why he had been suspended from the Conservative Party. Mr Allen only found out about the dramatic move on Friday after being told by the Gazette. Along with
Two Essex organisations are celebrating their very own big lottery win. Doucecroft School's further education department, in Kelvedon, and the Colchester Furniture Project are among five organisations in Essex and Hertfordshire sharing £674,115 from
A mother and daughter are off to build a new classroom for children in Africa after they helped raise the money to pay for it. Rachel Potter and mum Jennie Potter will leave England on March 7 for a holiday with a difference, in the west Gambian town
Roads in Wivenhoe are accidents waiting to happen, according to residents. Former mayor Steve Ford, 55, who is now labour councillor for Wivenhoe Quay ward and lives in Valley Road, Wivenhoe, said he had had many complaints from residents about the state
An investigation is being launched into a fire in a bungalow. Firefighters were called to CF Anderson Timber Products, on Old London Road, Marks Tey, to snuff out the blaze in the derelict property on Friday. It is not known how badly damaged the building
A Tory council leader has accused opponents of electioneering in a row over giving Colchester its first teenage mayor. Lib Dems wanted to create the post of youth mayor, to represent youngsters at Colchester Council. But the ruling Conservatives objected
The wheels are in motion for a BMX track and skate park in Colchester's Shrub End. Dorothy Stewart and her 14-year-old son Andrew launched a campaign for the facility in Shrub End late last year, and today hailed "great progress". Mrs Stewart, of Smallwood
The family of dead prostitute Anneli Alderton have said their final goodbyes. Miss Alderton, 24, of Colchester, was remembered at a crematorium in Ipswich, Suffolk, on Friday. The mother-of-one, who was three months pregnant, disappeared in early December
A father is to launch an appeal after being sentenced to 15 years in a Cypriot jail for the death of a teenage motorcyclist in a road accident. Julian Harrington, a fencing contractor from Witham, has always maintained the crash in Cyprus last August
Police are hunting conmen who stole life savings from a frail pensioner. The 76-year-old was left "shaken" after the incident, which happened at her home in Greenstead Road, Colchester, at 8pm on Thursday. Detectives said the victim, who lives alone
I am looking for anyone related to Vernon Claude Mynard, also known as Jim or Nim, born 4th June 1908. He was one of a large family one of the brothers was called Stan. Their father was born in Danbury. Vernon played football in the Maldon area and in
A man has appeared in court accused of stabbing the mother of his eight children to death. Anthony Sweeney, 36, spoke to confirm his name and date of birth, at Colchester Magistrates' Court. His wife, Lisa Sweeney was stabbed in their home in Henry
School chiefs launched an investigation after two youngsters wrongly tested positive for drugs - because of their toothpaste! A shocked Year 9 girl tested positive for the class A drug methamphetamine - or crystal meth - at Brightlingsea's Colne Community
A man was airlifted to hospital with serious head and neck injuries after a four car accident near Colchester Zoo. Traffic police said drivers and passengers in the four vehicles were "only inches away" from being killed. The collision happened on the
A blaze which saw molten plastic raining down on fire crews has been described as one of the worst in the area in recent years. More than 40 firefighters were called to the fire yesterday at one of five units owned by RPC Containers, in Fourth Avenue
Flames ripped through a scrapyard, gutting at least 20 cars used for banger racing. Firefighters were called to the blaze at Priory Hall Farm, Boxted, early on Saturday morning. The site is used to tune up and modify old cars for banger racing. Station
