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  • Colchester United sunk by dramatic late goal

    Lee Novak scored a dramatic late winner for Huddersfield Town with the last kick of the game to inflict a 2-1 defeat on Colchester United. It looked as though the U's had earned a well-earned point at the Galpharm Stadium, after Simon Hackney had cancelled

  • We got just £26 for cancelled trip

    A MUM and daughter who scrimped and saved to pay for the holiday of their dreams received just £26 back from their cancelled trip. Sun Island Holidays were forced to cancel their long-awaited holiday to Jersey, due to take place this week, after holiday

  • Man suffers fractured skull in hit-and-run

    A MAN is in hospital after being involved in a hit-and-run on Friday evening. The 31-year-old was struck by a silver coloured car in West Stockwell Street, Colchester at around 6:30pm on Friday April 30. The pedestrian was taken to Colchester General

  • It’ll be a very senior prom

    THEY left school decades ago...but that has not deterred Colchester old boys and girls from staging a (very) senior prom. Ex-pupils of Sir Charles Lucas Arts College and the town’s former East Ward and Endsleigh schools will head to the May 30 bash at

  • Why have party leaders not campaigned in Colchester?

    THERE has been no escape from politics for the past three weeks. The build-up to what could be the most dramatic general election in a generation has taken over TV screens, radio airwaves, and even social networking websites, such as Facebook

  • Could ‘poor cleaning’ spell end for hospital contract?

    A HOSPITAL trust has threatened to axe its contractors in a row over cleaning. Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has said it may not renew its multi-million pound contract with Carillion after a slip in cleanliness at Colchester

  • Bid to lift gag on Hanningfield expenses trial

    A BAN on reporting the court case of former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield is to be challenged. Newspapers are set to argue for the right to report on a court hearing of Lord Hanningfield – real name Paul White – and three former Labour