PLANS for 90 extra parking spaces at Colchester General Hospital have been uneviled. Bosses at the Turner Road hospital want to placate residents who are fed up with patients and staff parking in their streets. The existing car park
COLCHESTER Theatre Group’s latest play will get a special preview on Wednesday – to raise money for St Helena Hospice. Aptly, Colder Than Here, by Laura Wade, tells the story of terminally-ill Myra, who is busily organising her own funeral while her
TRIBUTES have been paid to a teenager who died in a crash the day after she qualified as a dog groomer. Animal lover Abbie Krinks died when her Ford Sport Ka was in collision with a van on the A133, near Heckfords Road, Great Bentley.
A PROBE into alleged bribes over a planning application for student flats in Colchester has found no evidence of wrongdoing. Vincent Pearce, Colchester Council planning officer, interviewed councillors after a resident alleged a developer had offered
A MAN has been cleared of assaulting his then girlfriend’s mother. Adam Boyton had been accused of assaulting Felicity Miller and driving his car at her after a row between them at her West Bergholt home. It took a Chelmsford Crown Court jury just over
TUNNELS could hold the key to breathing new life into Colchester, according to a radical report. Campaign group Save Britain’s Heritage says the ring road surrounding two sides of the Roman wall is an “impossible canyon, creating a fortress-like
AN outdoor theatre production has been scrapped after council bosses told the troupe to pay £2,000 towards security costs. The Priory Players planned to return to its historic home in the grounds of Colchester’s St Botolph’s Priory this summer, after
A BUSINESS owner says she is “over the moon” after an application for a trampolining centre was approved at the second attempt. Bounceability owner Rosie Amoss applied to relocate the centre for disabled people from Severalls Industrial Park
A SCHOOLBOY composer from Colchester is to see his work performed at the Proms. Sebastian Black is giving famous child music prodigy Mozart a run for his money after earning his big break aged 14 by winning the BBC’s Young Composers Competition. The
Mark Pettini has resigned as Essex captain in all formats of the game, saying pressure and exhaustion were the reasons behind the decision. James Foster, who replaced Pettini as T20 captain a couple of weeks ago when he took a break from cricket, has
Robbie Cowling is more optimistic about Colchester United's chances for the forthcoming season than any other during his time in charge of the club. The U's executive chairman was speaking at the club's Open Day at the Weston Homes Community Stadium
A former Harwich police sergeant has appeared on TV gameshow, Deal or No Deal – and was rewarded for a cheeky comment he made to host Noel Edmonds. Darren Deex, 28, got a £100 on-the-spot prize for a quip about Edmonds’s dress-sense. He asked
