A PROLIFIC shoplifter has received a five-year ban from 14 stores as part of an antisocial behaviour order. Judge George Bathurst-Norman told Christopher Fisher, 33, that Clacton shopkeepers “deserved a rest”. Fisher, who has 25 previous convictions
TRAINS between Harwich and Manningtree could be cancelled for more than two weeks after a landslip. The incident, halfway between Harwich International Port and Wrabness train stations at about 6pm on Wednesday, caused the track to move 5mm. Network
ONE of the great operas takes to the stage of the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, this week. Mozart’s the Marriage of Figaro heralds the return of Mid Wales Opera, the company which wowed Colchester audiences last year with Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman
It is interesting there have been two letters in the Gazette, in as many weeks, from Frinton folk complaining about cars being parked in the road through Thorpe-le-Soken. A problem many of us who live there face daily, is cars parked on the pavement
It is a shame we can’t have positive letters (Letters, October 19) from Tory wannabe MP for Colchester, Will Quince. The Lib Dems have been the most consistent party when it comes to green policy for many decades now, and trees have been planted
Comments I made at a council meeting regarding Lamaid Developments have been reported, saying, “this developer seems ready to rape and pillage” Frinton. I wish to unreservedly withdraw this remark. I am fully aware all developers can
I am immensely saddened to read about the fencing off of the Army training ground, in Middlewick, because of vandalism. I was an Old Heath boy in the 1940s and 1950s and we, like previous generations, had unlimited access to all areas of the
Roy Keane believes striker Jon Stead could be the man to help his side claw their way up the Championship table. The Blues are rooted to the bottom and still without a win, following Saturday’s 1-1 draw at fellow strugglers Plymouth Argyle. Stead emerged
Magnus Okuonghae has revealed that a desire to protect their unbeaten record is driving Colchester United’s players on. The U’s made it nine matches undefeated when they beat Walsall 2-1, at the Weston Homes Community Stadium. Stand-in skipper Okuonghae
ROAD improvements costing £850,000 have failed to tame Colchester’s nightmare traffic, a Gazette investigation has shown. A year ago, our reporters drove the same route through town at different times of the day, to discover how much longer the journey
LAST month, thousands of people saw Joanna Peagram represent Colchester as the town’s carnival queen in the first parade in a decade. It was a proud moment for the determined beauty consultant, who has overcome major setbacks in her career path to be
BUS drivers in Chelmsford, Colchester, Braintree, Clacton and Harwich are continuing their strike in the ongoing dispute over pay. Services from Chelmsford and Stansted Airport to Southend and Basildon were expected to be affected by the strike. Steve
