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  • Colchester: £5,000 reward to net robbers

    A cash reward is on offer to anyone who can help police snare armed men who held up a security guard outside a bank. Detectives made the revelation as they began a stop-check operation three weeks to the day the robbery took place outside Lloyds TSB

  • Clacton, Jaywick: Second pier death man named

    The second man who died after jumping off Clacton Pier has been named as Kelvin Rothwell. Mr Rothwell, 44, lived in Humber Avenue, Jaywick. He died on Thursday, July 12, five days after he was injured after jumping into the sea from Clacton Pier.

  • Safest town in England? Try telling the victims

    Ask Pat Smith if she thinks the Colchester area is safe. The 53-year-old became one of the latest victims of violent crime when she was attacked while stargazing with her partner. She is among a growing number of people who have suffered from violence

  • Wivenhoe: Graveyard wall taken ‘to order’

    About 400 coping stones have been stolen from a wall in the old cemetery in Wivenhoe. Members of Wivenhoe Town Council were dismayed to find the 100-year-old stones had been taken and believe it was a "done to order" job. Town clerk Antoinette Stinson

  • Mersea: Lifeboat crew rallies to save stricken yacht

    A lifeboat crew pulled off a dramatic rescue when a lone sailor was blown off course on to Mersea Flats. The man was sailing alone on a 20ft yacht when the weather turned nasty. His craft was caught in a strong flood tide and a south south westerly

  • Colchester: MP’s flood threat fears

    An MP has issued a stark warning about building houses on low-lying ground after heavy rain across the country. Bob Russell, who is MP for Colchester, said he believed riverside areas of the town could be at risk of flooding if it experienced similar

  • Colchester: Firefighters praised for saving homes

    A pensioner has praised firefighters who put out a blaze in the house next door to her Colchester home. Jean McLaughlin raised the alarm when she and neighbours spotted smoke billowing from the empty end-terrace in Bergholt Road. Colchester crews were

  • Colchester: Youngsters courting success

    Ace! That was the verdict of dozens of youngsters at the opening of new tennis courts. Colchester MP Bob Russell officially declared six new courts open, after council chiefs won a grant of £69,000 to revamp West End Tennis Centre in Eudo Road. Funded

  • Tiptree: Pet cat - family’s anger

    A family is devastated after their beloved pet was shot and had to be put down. Police believe a sick marksman may have deliberately targeted Robert and Tanya Harvey's cat Bella. The couple, of Chestnut Close, Tiptree, made the heartbreaking decision

  • Colchester: Experiencing uni life

    A group of school children are spending three days at Essex University to find out what life is like for students. The 32 youngsters, aged 15 and 16 and from schools across Colchester, are taking part in "Virtually a Student" to find out about higher

  • Colchester: Chopper helps catch suspects

    Colchester residents were woken in the middle of the night by a low-flying helicopter. The police helicopter was scrambled at about 1am on Sunday morning, after reports that a group of youths had kicked in a front door in Arnold Drive, Greenstead. A

  • North Essex: Contract awarded to health service

    A primary care provider has been selected to offer out-of-hours services in north Essex. From October 1, Harmoni was chosen to provide the service on behalf of North East Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT). Covering an area which includes Harwich, Tiptree

  • Colchester: Police team in drugs raid

    Police today raided a suspected drugs den in the latest drive to clean up Colchester. Fourteen officers wearing stab-proof vests, and a dog trained to sniff out drugs, descended on a terraced house on the St Anne's estate at 6.30am today. They used

  • Little Clacton, Weeley: Family hunt for lost dog

    A family returned from holiday to find one of their beloved dogs had gone missing. Gill and Alan Boniface went to Gran Canaria with their son, Lewis, 16, leaving their two border collies Kassie and Skaboo with Gill's parents in Little Clacton. Arriving

  • Colchester: The first cut is just champion!

    Today it's an empty field - in a year's time Colchester United fans hope it will be their new Field of Dreams. Work has finally kicked off on the U's new 10,000-seater stadium at Cuckoo Farm. The first turf was cut yesterday after bulldozers moved on

  • Essex: Salvation Army offers to back fire service

    The Salvation Army is keen to talk with Essex fire chiefs about being contracted to help at the scene of an emergency. Currently, the Salvation Army is under contract to the London Fire Service to attend any incident where five or more pumps attend.

  • Clacton: Wing walkers flying back

    Wing walkers will be performing handstands 500 feet above Clacton this summer. Team Guinot, the world's only formation wing walking team, are one of the latest additions for Clacton's free two-day air show in August. The Red Arrows RAF aerobatic team

  • Dovercourt, Clacton: Burglar left his fingerprint

    A burglar was traced by a fingerprint he left on the window frame of a house he attempted to break into, a court heard. James Cooper had fled after a 55-year-old woman, who was asleep in the house in the Vineway, Dovercourt, was woken by the sound of

  • Kirby: Staff to the rescue after attack

    Community-spirited staff at a waste site pulled out all the stops for an In Bloom competition after suffering a vandalism attack. The quick-thinking team blossomed into action when they arrived for work at the tip in Maltings Lane, Kirby, where they

  • Clacton: Appeal after bag snatch

    A gang of bag snatchers targeted a woman in St John's Road, Clacton. Four men approached her from behind on Sunday at 8.50pm, grabbed her handbag and ran off towards The Range in Valley Road. The victim was shaken but uninjured. The bag contained £60

  • Clacton, Holland on Sea: Crime fight pens winning the day

    A neighbourhood police team has hailed the power of the pen in the fight against antisocial behaviour. Officers in the Clacton East, who cover Holland-on-Sea and Great Clacton, say a scheme where officers write to the parents of young troublemakers is

  • North Essex: Tighten up the law

    Marine police today called for stricter rules over powerful water bikes after a rider was seriously injured. Acting Sgt Simon Lofting said the 49-year-old Witham man, who is in Colchester General Hospital following a collision off St Osyth, was "lucky

  • Lloyd crashes out of World Matchplay Tournament

    FORMER champion Colin Lloyd crashed out of the Stan James World Matchplay competition after losing 10-4 to Mervyn King. King, making his debut in the competition, has already moved into the world's top 50 inside six months since switching to the PDC

  • Rain ends Essex hopes

    Heavy rain throughout the morning put paid to any hopes that Essex held of beating fellow promotion aspirants Somerset at Taunton yesterday leaving the match abandoned as a draw. There were pools of water over the outfield at the scheduled start time

  • U's to take full first-team squad to Cambridge

    Colchester United will take a full first-team squad to Blue Square Premier club Cambridge United tonight. It is the U's second pre-season friendly of the summer. Geraint Williams is likely to give all of his players a run-out, although Colchester also

  • Connolly is out to impress

    OUT to impress. Colchester United's loan signing Matthew Connolly is bidding to catch the eye of more than one manager this season. The 19-year-old, who has moved to Layer Road on a season-long loan from Premier League giants Arsenal, will attempt to