A MOTHER will be putting her new knee to the test on a charity walk. Trina Whittaker hopes to raise about £600 for the national charity Rethink and the Braintree Rethink Carers Support Group by walking 5km in her seventh Adidas Women’s 5K Challenge on
COSMETICS are used by most women for pure vanity, but for Heidi Worman, they are vital tools in her work to transform lives. Permanent make-up artist Heidi, from Hockley, has clients from across the UK and Europe, having built a reputation for quality
A CONVICTED sex offender has been handed a prevention order to protect the public. Klaus Hansell, 61, of Heymeads Court, Heybridge, was given a sexual offences prevention order which stops him from allowing anyone under 16 to enter any premises he occupies
ENGLAND were knocked out of the World Twenty20 tonight as the West Indies successfully chased down a revised target of 80 at The Brit Oval. Essex batsman Ravi Bopara top-scored for England. He opened the batting and put on 55 before he was out lbw off
THE number of swine flu cases in East Anglia has reached 50. Health officials in Essex insist there is still no need for panic, even though the virus has now claimed its first British life. Jaqueline Fleming, 38, died at the Royal Alexandra
COLCHESTER Arts Centre has named some big names it is lining-up for the coming year. And they don’t come bigger than Julian Clary, especially when it comes to camp comedy. Starting off on the alternative comedy circuit as the Joan Collins Fan Club,
MP Bob Russell completed a terrifying leap from the skies to honour a promise to the widow of a courageous paratrooper. The Lib Dem MP and defence minister Kevan Jones joined Victoria Bateman on the 13,000ft parachute jump over Salisbury Plain, to mark
BUS users, pensioners and politicians of all colours have united to call on Colchester Council to keep a bus station in the town centre. Lyn Barton, portfolio holder for regeneration, has revealed attempts by the coalition cabinet to find an
THE woman who died following a crash on a farm in Little Wigborough has been named as 37-year-old Rachel Louise Andrews. She died after a crash at New Hall, in Copthall Lane, on Friday afternoon [12/6]. Ms Andrews, from Coggeshall, had
A COLCHESTER fast food chain is celebrating its 25th birthday with a member of staff who started before the restaurant opened. Gloria Saul, from Brightlingsea, started working for McDonald’s a week before it first opened its High Street branch in 1984
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SO you thought the average politician couldn’t put up a bookshelf without hanging it vertically, not to mention claiming £65,742 for rawlplugs to fix it to the wall. A secret document smuggled out of Essex Conservative Party headquarters reveals, in
TIES between a town near Colchester and friends in the USA have been strengthened by a school exchange. The fourth exchange between the Colne Community School and College, in Brightlingsea, and Valdosta Middle School, in Georgia, has taken place.
THE failure of councillors to consider the lack of travellers’ sites in Tendring was “almost perverse”, according to a lawyer representing travellers in a planning appeal. Tendring Council turned down Tom Doran’s retrospective application for three pitches
Colchester United’s former head of youth development Steve Downey has taken over in the managerial hotseat at Stanway Rovers. The vastly-experienced Northern Irish coach, who also managed Colchester United Ladies and was football development manager
U’s manager Paul Lambert will make no guarantees over Chris Coyne’s Colchester United future. The tough-tackling defender needs to be a first-choice for the U’s next season, with the World Cup just 12 months away. Coyne has helped Australia book their
Former U’s defender Alan White has backed the club to do well in their quest for promotion next season. White, 33, has just re-joined Luton Town from Darlington and believes Colchester have what it takes to bounce back at the second attempt. White told
Ipswich Town are set to play in a testimonial match for long-serving FC Clacton skipper Paul Hillier. The Blues will send a reserve side to the Rush Green Bowl on Thursday, July 23. Hillier has spent nine seasons with his home-town club over the course
A SCHEME to refurbish historic waterside buildings is back on course following fears developers would pull out. Colchester-based Lexden Restorations secured planning permission to transform 26 Hythe Quay into flats as part of a major regeneration
A SCHEME to refurbish historic waterside buildings is back on course following fears developers would pull out. Colchester-based Lexden Restorations secured planning permission to transform 26 Hythe Quay into flats as part of a major regeneration for
Oooh arrrrr to S Wilson, from the Pirates (credit where credit’s due. Gazette letters, Monday). As members of the Wivenhoe Town Pirate Kung fu Line Dancing Display Team (with a bird of prey twist), without doubt winners of next year’s final
I was interested to read last Friday thatMr Jephcott and Destination Colchester wants to set up a heritage trail to celebrate the town’s Roman past. While applauding the idea of a heritage trail, I would suggest that concentrating solely on
In these tough times we are all facing, surely it is time for the Government to seriously shake up the country’s benefits system; not only MPs’ taxpayer- funded benefits, but the benefits that are squandered away in their thousands each year
A NEW farmers’ market has been hailed a huge success by delighted shoppers and traders. The market was launched in Clacton in a bid to attract more people to the shops in Jackson Road. Shoppers voted with their wallets with some stalls selling out.
BLUR played their first gig for almost ten years in front of a tiny crowd at the East Anglian Railway Museum. Just 150 fans, friends and family were invited to the event, held in the goods shed at the museum, in Chappel. The event was a homecoming gig
A VETERAN councillor and former town hall chairman has been quizzed by police over corruption allegations. Peter Balbirnie was arrested at his home in Great Bentley and questioned over allegations of “historical” offences believed to date back
A PRIMARY school said its doors will stay open after one of its pupils developed swine flu. The Great Bentley Primary School youngster first developed signs of the illness when on holiday abroad. She tested positive for the swine flu
UP to four people have been arrested by police in drugs raids on two properties in Clacton and Bocking. Officers swooped on the two homes as part of a co-ordniated national crackdown on drugs crime. Class B drugs were recovered from both of the homes
