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  • Aldham, Stanway: Concern for missing pensioner

    Police are asking the public to help find a missing pensioner. Noel Webber, from Aldham, has high blood pressure, diabetes and suffers from slight dementia. Relatives tried to contact the 76-year-old at about 6pm, but have been unable to get hold of

  • Colchester: 4,000 sign up for races

    BOTH Colchester's annual Cancer Research Races for Life are full for the summer. More than 4,000 women have pledged to take part in the two 5km (three mile) events in Castle Park and at Essex University. There are just two weeks to go before the first

  • Essex: Skills scheme to cut re-offending

    A SCHEME aiming to cut the likelihood of criminals re-offending is to be piloted in Essex. It will work by trying to give offenders the best chance of getting a job and reduce the risk of them getting into trouble again. The East of England region is

  • Wivenhoe: Boy's op wait is over

    A TODDLER who had an operation to remove his tonsils cancelled at the last minute due to a communication breakdown, has finally had them removed. Two-year-old Harvey McGlown was about to be anaesthesised ready for the operation at the end of February

  • Harwich: Crash woman's family grateful

    THE family of a woman who was left fighting for her life after a horrific accident has spoken of her "astounding" recovery. Samantha Mudd, 21, was driving along the B1035 Clacton Road towards Mistley, when her Ford Fiesta car hit a tree on April 16.

  • Essex: Schools face staffing crisis

    TEACHERS warned Essex schools face a recruitment crisis, as they put their case for better pay. About 200 NUT members packed out a conference room at the County Hotel in Chelmsford yesterday, as the union's first strike for 21 years forced schools to

  • Clacton: Summer parking solution hope

    PARKING problems near one of Tendring's busiest beaches could finally be solved. Highways bosses will propose introducing yellow lines in parts of Clacton's Martello Bay estate. Long-suffering residents are faced with cars double parking outside their

  • Dovercourt: Feeding it's the breast

    TWO mums have overcome their inhibitions to appear in a controversial television programme about "embarrassing" bodily functions. Dovercourt mums Mel-anie Shepherd and Amy Hyde agreed to appear in Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies: We're Coming to Get

  • Clacton: Don't Judge me, hire me

    A SINGLE mother says the stigma of being on her own is preventing her from finding much-needed work. Chantel Omani-Mensah, 31, split up with her son's father when she was four months' pregnant. After six years as a single mum to Theo, now ten, she

  • Colchester: Buses filling up as pass time changes

    A FREE bus pass scheme for the over 60s is a victim of its own success - as some buses are now too full. Under the new national travel concession scheme, people over 60 can get free bus travel on routes around the country. The passes can be used between

  • A12: fill in this business survey

    BUSINESSES across Essex are being invited to submit their experiences of the A12. The Essex branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has issued its 4,000 members a six question survey. The answers will provide evidence for the FSB in the ongoing

  • Colchester: it's more than puppy love!

    WHEN two young men win £1,000 you might expect them to hit the town. But not brothers James and Joe Hawken. When they won the prize money for being voted the top carers in the Anglia region, they knew straight away what it would be spent on. The brothers

  • North Essex: Feeding is simply the breast

    TWO mums have overcome their inhibitions to appear in a controversial television programme about "embarrassing" bodily functions. Dovercourt mums Melanie Shepherd and Amy Hyde agreed to appear in Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies: We're Coming to Get You

  • Jimmy knew better than to say no to Alice Cooper

    Jimmy Jewell knew better than to say "no" to rock legend Alice Cooper. After all, it was his turn to play the rock icon at golf, and he knew his excuses about his inability to play would fall on deaf ears. "I was dreadful," remembered Jimmy, "but he

  • Colchester: Shed arsonist gets jail term

    A rapist and a teenager have been locked up for bringing misery to a group of allotment-holders. A court heard how one shed on a site in Colchester was burned down and others were broken into and items stolen. Convicted rapist Danny Maltman and a teenager

  • Colchester: Introducing the three champions of the world!

    Three pupils at a Colchester school put themselves on the map after winning a geography competition against schools from the south of England. Lee Bloomfield, Daniel Morris and Tom Donnachie, all Year ten pupils at Stanway School, had won a Worldwise

  • Wethersfield: Woman dies in collision

    A woman has died after her 4x4 car was in a collision with a lorry on a country road. The driver was on Hudson's Hill, Wethersfield, yesterday when her black Ford Maverick car was in a collision with a lorry carrying telegraph poles. She was travelling

  • Colchester: Anti-Santa steals gifts

    A youth took part in a burglary which netted more than £100 worth of Christmas presents from a woman's home. The victim returned home to discover presents had been ripped open. Books, perfume, DVDs and towels worth £110 were taken in the raid on the

  • Mid-Essex: Delays on the A12

    Drivers faced delays when lanes were blocked by a four-vehicle collision and a broken down lorry. Just before 8am yesterday fire crews were called to a collision on the A12 London-bound carriageway. between junction 21 Hatfield Road, Witham South, and

  • Colchester: 'Corpse in water' shock for walker

    A man out for his morning walk was confronted by the body of a young woman floating in a river. A murder trial jury heard yesterday how James Jarrett thought he saw a female tailor's dummy just under the surface of the River Colne in Colchester. It

  • Alresford: Flower power army can beat the yobs

    Villagers are taking steps to reclaim their railway station from yobs. Alresford residents are seeking volunteers to join them in restoring their station to its former glory after it was preyed on by vandals. Scores of passengers declared the station

  • Colchester: Missing girl found

    A teenage girl missing from a Colchester psychiatric unit was found safe and well. The 15-year-old was found in the town centre in the early hours of this morning after being reported missing from Longview, in Turner Road, on Wednesday evening. The

  • Colchester: Town dentist meets crown

    A dentist from Colchester had a brush with royalty. Stephen Pitt, who runs the Dental Studio in Bergholt Road, met Princess Anne at the official opening of the dental clinic on the Southend campus of Essex University. He is a part-time teacher at the

  • Braintree: Youths quizzed after stabbing

    Two people have been arrested following a fatal stabbing. A senior police officer has been quick to reassure residents in Bocking that the incident is not believed to be a random attack. A murder inquiry was launched after police were called to Coldnailhurst

  • Colchester: Schools shut as teachers strike

    Some north Essex schools were closed today as teachers went on strike for the first time in 20 years. Seven Colchester schools were shut to students as teaching staff staged a one-day walk-out over pay and conditions. They included Sir Charles Lucas

  • Colchester: 23 held after police raids

    More than 20 people have been arrested after drugs raids in the Colchester area. Up to 120 police officers, including scenes-of-crime officers, sniffer dogs and officers in body armour and helmets, stormed 18 properties. The raids took place at 6am

  • North Essex: Pupil, ten, punched staff

    A boy aged ten assaulted four members of staff and a 12-year-old pupil at an Essex school for children with behavioural problems. The youngster, who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), punched a female support worker in the

  • Dovercourt: Haulier made loss due to fuel prices

    The owner of a haulage company who has worked in the industry for 60 years today expressed concerns over the rising cost of fuel - amid fears of a new protest. Dave Rutson, proprietor of Rutson and Porter Removal and Haulage company, in Dovercourt, said

  • Colchester: Teen - rumours made me hit

    A teenager punched his victim in the face because he thought he was spreading rumours about him. The 17-year-old told police he carried out the attack because the other teenager was talking about him behind his back. The assault happened in Old Heath

  • Tendring: Teacher strike hits 12 schools

    Some north Essex schools were closed today as teachers went on strike for the first time in 20 years. More than 3,000 children in Tendring were affected with nine primary schools fully or partially closed. These were: Alton Park, Clacton; Bright-lingsea

  • Tendring: Nine is fine!

    Tendring could be set to be the first district in the country to make a U-turn on a controversial new bus pass scheme. Angry passengers hit out after the start time for free bus travel for the over-60s was put back to 9.30am in line with Government-set

  • Tendring players to represent England

    TENDRING'S top volleyball stars are set to fly the flag for England. Budding players from Tendring Technology College have been picked to represent England at the World Schools Championships in Italy. It will be the fifth time the school, which has

  • Bopara rescues Essex

    ENGLAND all-rounder Ravi Bopara continued his impressive start to the season with a superb century to rescue Essex at Derby. Bopara hit his second LV County Championship hundred in consecutive Division Two matches after Derbyshire had reduced the visitors

  • Stodel out in front

    MERSEA Island's Hannah Stodel continued her complete domination of the Sonar Class at the Semaine Olympique Francaise regatta in Hyéres in France. After strong winds had interupted the second day's racing, Stodel, together with skipper John Robertson

  • Another clean sheet for Rovers

    THERE was a sense of déjà vu about tanway Rovers' 1-0 win at CRC in the Ridgeons League premier division. Sam Newson's lone strike provided Rovers with their third consecutive 1-0 victory on the road and it was also their fourth clean sheet in a row.

  • Penalty heartache for Halstead

    HALSTEAD TOWN suffered heartache after losing their First Division Knockout Cup Final on a penalty shoot-out. Their game with Ely City at Mildenhall finished 1-1 after extra-time, but the Cambridgeshire side won 6-5 on penalties. Both sides scored their

  • Home advantage for U's in final

    COLCHESTER United's under-18s will have home advantage in their Puma National Youth Alliance Final. The U's will take on Hull City at Layer Road on Monday night, kick-off 7pm.

  • U's looking for silverware

    COLCHESTER United's Ladies will aim to round off an impressive season with a piece of silverware this weekend. The U's take on Chelmsford in the Essex County Cup Final at Wivenhoe Town FC on Sunday (kick-off 3pm). First team manager Dmitri Halajko is

  • Napier waits on scan results

    COLCHESTER and East Essex star Graham Napier is today facing an anxious wait to find out if his season is in tatters before it has even started. The Essex all-rounder is sweating on the results of a knee scan after he experienced pain on a routine run

  • In your Gazette today...

    ... Meet Jane, a mum who is mad over teapots shaped like cats ... find out how many postcards Roger has in his collection ... see pictures of the homes that may go if the A12 is widened ... and see who has won the title of Colchester United player of