Ipswich Town conceded another late goal as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion. Grant Leadbitter slotted home a penalty midway through the second half to give them the ascendancy at Portman Road. Referee Stuart Attwell pointed
A 200-year-old mystery surrounding a painting of an Essex village by John Constable has been solved. No one was sure of the exact spot where he painted Stour Valley and Dedham Village in 1814 and 1815. The site has now been discovered
RESIDENTS will find out more next month about plans to build more than 10,000 homes in two new villages in north Essex. A consortium of landowners wants to build a new village called West Tey – comprising between 6,000 and 10,000 homes, with schools,
BRITAIN’S last military officers’ club looks set to be saved, as its members are poised to buy it from developers. Colchester Garrison Officers’ Club hopes to get a mortgage approved this week following years of negotiations. The club, behind the 15th-century
THE road network around Colchester’s North Station could be completely overhauled as part of a masterplan for the area. The Cowdray Centre, which was ravaged by fire in 2006, could also be transformed into shops, offices and homes under the
ESSEX Police has overhauled its budget plans at the last minute because of political pressure, it has been claimed. Officers from the Police Authority proposed a 5 per cent rise in the council tax precept last week and said if it made any savings
GRAHAM Napier is officially the highest wicket-taker in the world in Twenty20 cricket. The Essex all-rounder, from Colchester, is currently playing for Central Districts in New Zealand. And his three-wicket haul in his side’s victory over Northern Districts
WEEKEND visitors to a Colchester florist’s are in for a saucy eyeful for the next few weeks. Dilly’s Florist, in Crouch Street, has arranged for a different scantily-clad hunk to lounge in the shop window every Saturday until Valentine’s Day. At the
ESSEX County Cricket Club’s first XI will prepare for their return to top flight four-day competition with a tour of Barbados. The county were promoted to Division One of the County Championship last summer and will warm up for the new season on the
A COMMUTER group has issued a wish list of services wanted from the next operator of Essex’s railways. A new company will take over the Greater Anglia franchise from National Express in April 2011, with the Government insisting bidders promise
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PLANS to increase the amount Essex residents pay to their county council by 1.9 per cent have been rubberstamped. However, full details of the council's spending plans, including which services will see more spending and where cuts will be made, will
FIREFIGHTERS spent more than an hour tackling a fire in a large chimney. They were called to a house in Spring Lane, Colchester, at 12.40am where they found the large chimney, attached to a wood burner, was well alight. They initially used chimney
I have recently discovered that Eleanor Rosina Haysman was a sister to my grandfather. Unfortunately, all of the children were placed into orphanages in the late 1890s and early 1900s and lost touch as a result. Eleanor went into domestic service
I would like to state how disgusted I was to read in the Gazette three weeks or so ago, that a disabled lady was fined £60 for displaying her blue badge with the photo showing, therefore, back to front. In my view, so many people use these badges
SOME people claim classical music can soothe stressed animals. But one farmer has come up with a different method of curing his livestock’s ailments. David Hampton, who owns and runs Willow Hall Farm, in Wix, uses flower essences to
I am sure the Clive Owen connection with the Electric Palace cinema in Harwich is a good thing (Letters, January 15), even if tickets are like gold dust whenever he is in the audience. It seems they are for the good and great of Harwich only.
I am in favour of the proposed alcohol-free zone along Dovercourt seafront. Not only would the ban be beneficial to the dog owners, whose animals are getting injured by the broken beer bottles, it would also be beneficial to the general public
Whatever your motoring needs, make award winning vehicle service and repair centre, Frank Shaikly and Son, your first port of call. Established in 1977 the company has grown to be one of the largest independent repair centres in Colchester.
SWIFT action by firefighters prevented a car fire spreading. One crew from Colchester fore station’s White Watch was called the blaze in Taylor’s Road, Rowhedge, at 3.30am. One car, at the end of a line of vehicles, is believed to have been deliberately
Colchester United have signed Leeds United midfielder David Prutton on a month's loan. And the move could eventually become a permanent one. The 28-year-old former Nottingham Forest and Southampton player could make his U's debut tonight
POLICE have issued a website warning after a Colchester man almost lost £7,000 to a fraudulent internet car salesman. Stewart Dryburgh, 36, said he found the advert for the Jaguar car via reputable sites on the internet, and had no reason to doubt the
I am writing with regard to the article in Monday’s Gazette about our new “health boss”, Dr Paul Watson. I welcome Dr Watson into his new post, and wish him every success in the daunting task which he is undertaking; but I would be most grateful
THE appeal to save Colchester’s Roman circus now has its own range of merchandise. Organisers have teamed up with an internet mail order firm to launch mugs, t-shirts and shopping bags, branded with the Gazette’s special circus logo.
DRUGS with a street value of £400,000 were found inside the wheel of a truck at Harwich Port. Cannabis resin was found by UK Border Agency officers, hidden in the fifth wheel of a refrigerated trailer. The drugs had arrived at the port from Rotterdam
HEARTLESS thieves stole a Haiti collection from a charity shop. Staff in the Age Concern shop, in Crouch Street, Colchester, had put the box on the counter to raise money for the victims of the Caribbean earthquake. It was stolen between 9am and 3.10pm
Aidy Boothroyd believes MK Dons are back on track in Coca-Cola League One, after a mid-season wobble. Boothroyd’s Colchester United side take on the Dons at the Weston Homes Community Stadium tonight, in an important promotion clash. He said: “It will
TWO bus routes have been highlighted as the worst in Colchester. Passenger watchdog C-Bus has been monitoring bus traffic in the town and says the numbers 2 and 62 are the most unreliable. According to C-Bus, problems include buses not turning up at
