A COLCHESTER hospital admitted its oldest patient, after it volunteered to scan a 2,500-year-old mummy. Lady Ta-Hathor, whose name was written in hieroglyphics on her sarcophagus, is tightly wrapped in layers of bandages. She was X-rayed in 1967, but
A POWER company with plans to put up 18 miles of pylons in countryside on the Essex-Suffolk border says it would be far too expensive to bury its cables. National Grid says says it could cost 17 times as much to bury the planned 18 miles of
PASSENGERS on a Harwich-based cruise ship have been struck by a highly-contagious virus for the second time in a month. More than 80 people aboard the Jewel of the Seas, were said to be suffering symptoms of the norovirus when it docked yesterday.
A SUPERMARKET giant has reportedly splashed out millions of pounds on a derelict warehouse to transform into a new store. Plans are thought to be in the pipeline to build a Tesco superstore on the Delfords site, in Main Road, Dovercourt, which the company
A man has received an ASBO for intimidating residents in a Halstead street. Daryl McMahon, who lived in Halstead but now has no fixed address, received the two-year anti social behaviour order for his aggressive and threatening conduct in Parker
Colchester cricket star Graham Napier is set to miss the rest of the season after the Essex all-rounder was disgnosed as having a stress fracture of the back. The news comes as a blow to Essex, who face Surrey Lions in the Friends Provident
Colchester cricket star Graham Napier is set to miss the rest of the season after the Essex all-rounder was disgnosed as having a stress fracture of the back. The news comes as a blow to Essex, who face Surrey Lions in the Friends Provident
While England’s footballers were making hard work of their World Cup campaign, West Mersea sailor Saskia Clark was busy winning her own World Cup glory for her country at the Kiel Week Olympic Class regatta. Clark capped an excellent week’s sailing
A CAMPAIGN group has been formed to make Colchester’s Roman Wall a tourist attraction in its own right. Heritage enthusiasts plan a fundraising drive to help pay for repairs and will be lobbying council chiefs to improve the setting of the ancient fortifications
TWO CCTV cameras are set to be installed in Jaywick. Police hope the cameras, on land near Brooklands Gardens, will make the resort safer. Jaywick has high crime levels, particularly of violence and criminal damage, and accounts for more than one in
ANOTHER half a million pounds of taxpayers’ cash may be reserved for court action against a firm involved in building Colchester’s Visual Arts Facility. Colchester Council’s cabinet will next week be asked to approve plans to set aside £500,000 for a
New Colchester United manager John Ward feels the U's are a club that need to be nuturing local talent through into the senior ranks. In the week when the club announced that it is holding talent days next month - when it will be looking
PLANS to shut at least 13 Essex Police and fire stations will be set in motion, if a pilot in Tiptree is successful. A public meeting in the village heard emergency services chiefs were using their plan to move police officers to the fire
Sarah Claxton feels her decision to take a complete break from competitive athletics will enhance rather than harm her Olympic ambitions. The 30-year-old double Olympic sprint hurdling star from Colchester has made the decision to take “time out” for
COUNCIL houses could be built for the first time in Colchester for more than 30 years. The administration running Colchester Council wants to build homes to try ti cut the borough’s near 5,000-long waiting list. Town Hall bosses believe
