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  • Police investigate party rape

    DETECTIVES are investigating the reported rape of a teenager at a party in Colchester. A 17-year-old girl was found lying drunk in Magdalen Street at 6.30pm on Saturday and told police she had been raped. Officers have searched a house and are due to

  • Pupils catch speeding drivers on death road

    DRIVERS are still speeding on a Colchester road where two students died, a traffic survey led by youngsters has found. Year 11 students from Alderman Blaxill School, in Paxman Avenue, Colchester, measured the speed of vehicles in nearby Layer Road for

  • Fire alert women praised

    FIREFIGHTERS have praised two women who raised the alarm after spotting flames in the early hours of Sunday morning. The women were driving along Ipswich Road when they spotted a fire and went to investigate. The found a burning shed in Rouse Way, dialled