SENIOR solicitor and defence lawyer James Baird Murray says unnecessary new laws do nothing to deter criminals or prevent them reoffending in the future. Mr Baird Murray, who started out as an articled clerk with Colchester law firm Ellison & Co in 1954
A COURT has heard a wedding ended in a mass brawl with up to 25 people fighting. Lee Gramtham and Jodie Hamilton, both 23, attended Hamilton’s sister’s wedding at the Marks Tey Hotel on June 12. Sharon Hall, prosecuting, told Colchester Magistrates’
A CONTROVERSIAL animal circus is returning to Colchester. Last year, the Great British Circus sparked a renewed outcry against the alleged cruelty of using wild animals for pleasure, after footage was leaked which appeared to show an elephant
POLICE are urging homeowners to be careful where they leave their keys after cars worth more than £50,000 were stolen in Colchester burglaries. Two unrelated break-ins in one night has prompted officers to issue the warning. At about 2.45am on Sunday
WORK to build Colchester’s new A12 junction is three months ahead of schedule, but it will still be two years before it is fully integrated with the town’s road network. The £12million junction at Cuckoo Farm is set to open early next year, but it will
THE fate of Colchester’s Thomas Lord Audley School is again hanging in the balance. Along with Alderman Blaxill School, in Shrub End, the Monkwick comprehensive was due to stop taking new pupils from September next year. But the debate
CARDS and donations have been “pouring in” in memory of a teenager killed in a tragic car crash. Snoopies dog grooming salon has set up a memorial fund for 18-year-old staff member Abbie Krinks, who died in a crash on the A133 on Thursday, the day after
A BUILDING programme which was expected to see millions of pounds invested in Colchester schools has been scrapped. Education Secretary Michael Gove yesterday told the House of Commons he was axing the Building Schools for the Future programme. He said
Former U’s legend Richard Wilkins believes Ben Coker has the potential to shine at Colchester United. Wilkins is manager of newly-promoted Ryman Premier side Bury Town, from whom Coker has joined the U’s on trial. Coker – out of contract at Bury – has
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INSTEAD of filling in potholes, workmen painted white lines straight over them. Residents in two Colchester streets were astonished when road markings were painted across the hole-ridden junctions. The lines will have to be repainted
