Colchester United were held to a 0-0 draw by Brighton and Hove Albion tonight. The U's struggled to break down a well-organised and lively Seagulls side, at the Weston Homes Community Stadium. Colchester goalkeeper Ben Williams denied both Alan Navarro
A PETROL station owner fears he could lose thousands of pounds of trade due to work repairing a medieval wall. A one-way system is in place in Mersea Road while restoration work is carried out on the wall, which once marked the boundaries of St John
TWO women have been banned from starting up new companies after their Colchester lettings agency went bust, owing tens of thousands of pounds. An Insolvency Service judgment reveals Nicola Hamblion and Lyndsey Ives spent tenants’ deposits and pocketed
A BIG-hearted schoolboy has once again given money to the hospital unit which saved his sister’s life. It is the second year 11-year-old Kristian Williams decided he wanted to give up some of his Christmas money to say a special thank you to Colchester
A NEW atrium for a Colchester school has been dedicated to a long-serving governor, who died last year. A stained glass window in a new extension at Parsons Heath Primary School, in Templewood Road, was designed as a dedication to Stelios Sparsi. Mr
A NURSE battled a storm to raise cash for charity in memory of her son, who died at the age of 22. Veronica Sunnassee has handed £410 over to the Willow Foundation, which supported her son Daniel before his death from cancer five years ago, after completing
ALMOST 20 infant, junior and primary schools from across Colchester took part in a music festival. The concert takes place annually involving dancers, choirs and orchestras from a range of schools in the borough. It was a particularly special evening
A ROGUE builder who targeted pensioners has avoided jail. James Brown made cold calls across north Essex in a bid to get building work. One pensioner, aged 90, paid Brown more than £40,000 for work to his Alresford home, but a court heard surveyors
U's winger Simon Hackney has signed for Coca-Cola League Two side Morecambe on a month's loan. The former Carlisle United player has found first-team opportunities hard to come by at Colchester under manager Aidy Boothroyd. Hackney was signed by former
A SUMMIT to tackle Colchester’s congestion problems, a clampdown on rogue pubs and clubs and no more public money for the Visual Arts Facility, are among the policies promised if Labour wins May’s Colchester Council elections. The Labour
UNIVERSITY students who say they are sick and tired of continuous building work plan to cause “mass disruption” on campus in protest. Hoards of students currently renting rooms at Essex University’s North Towers, in Wivenhoe Park, have organised a demonstration
FOUR Colchester families who agree to take up cycling are set to become stars of the silver screen. The families will star in a cinema advert, due to be aired at the Colchester Odeon this summer to help promote cycling. The Cycle Stars Project is
CUTTING congestion must be the main aim of revamping the North Station Road area of Colchester, residents have overwhelmingly said. About 100 people made their views felt at a public meeting at Myland Parish Halls, as part of Colchester Council
A SOLDIER who fled the country instead of serving a second term in Afghanistan has been imprisoned for nine months. Lance Corporal Joe John Glenton, of the Royal Logistic Corps, admitted absence without leave after failing to return to duty in June 2007
ENGINEERING students from Colchester Institute were put through their paces by the Army. A group of 70 students tried their hand at military tasks from building a bridge to navigation, and put their skills into practice by dismantling the engine of
COLCHESTER MP Bob Russell will today meet Education Minister Vernon Coaker over plans to close two schools in the town. The Lib Dem is campaigning against Essex County Council’s plans to close Thomas Lord Audley and Alderman Blaxill schools, both in
POLICE have named the pensioner who died after a crash in Tiptree. The driver of the Ford Granada has been named as 79-year-old John Swann, from Kelvedon Road, Tiptree. FULL STORY IN TUESDAY'S GAZETTE
I feel sick at heart as I study Colchester Council’s plans (local development framework), which include the building of 2,200-plus homes between Mile End Road and Bergholt Road. I am not a nimby, as along with every other resident in this area
I assume the report in the Gazette (February 23) headlined “Have your say on how £100k should be spent”, was a wind-up, to motivate local opinion to react to the cabinet member for localism and planning, with respect to, the £100k grant for
I have just been in Colchester General Hospital for four weeks. I feel I must write to tell what good treatment I received. The staff, including nurses, domestics and doctors, were so dedicated and the food was excellent. When
Janet Fulford, of Mile End, is perfectly correct to state North Station requires “some” radical thinking (Letters, March 3). The problem is the “radical thinking” should have been done 20 years ago, with radical application for the future – which
We now learn the A12 roadworks will finish over a month late (Gazette, March 3). The Colchester to Chelmsford stretch is regularly dug up over the winter. This is the second, consecutive winter that the works have over-run. Is the Highways Agency
COLCHESTER Borough Homes has been recognised as an employer which treats people with disabilities positively. Only 12 organisations in Colchester were recognised by the Jobcentre Plus for their work. Claire Holland, Colchester Borough Homes equality
WITH less than two weeks to go before the Colchester Sports Relief Mile, residents are being encouraged to sign up now. The Colchester Garrison Mile takes place at Abbeyfields on Sunday March 21 and is set to be day of fun for all the family. On the
THE husband of a woman who died after being pulled from the River Colne has paid tribute to her as a caring woman who was devoted to the community. Gillian Tipton, of Wells Road, Colchester, died at Colchester General Hospital after heroic efforts by
Star striker Kevin Lisbie wants Aidy Boothroyd to put a smile back on his face – by restoring him to the U’s starting line-up. The on-loan Ipswich Town player has been out of action over recent weeks, following a combination of a thigh injury and then
Jon Walters is sick and tired of feeling deja vu. The Ipswich Town skipper, often elected to face the media as part of his duties as captain, has been brutally frank in his assessment of some recent performances. And he was forced to repeat himself
