COLCHESTER MP Bob Russell’s lobbying effort has helped secure tens of millions of pounds for an airport on the south Atlantic island of St Helena. The Government has announced the tiny British overseas territory, which shares its name with Colchester
TRADERS are furious after a council official ordered them to remove signs pointing customers to their businesses. Bosses at the Cowdray Centre were threatened with heavy fines by Colchester Council staff who told them to take down advertising
CONCERNS have been raised at plans to open a £9million unit for mentally ill youngsters in Colchester. North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has put forward designs for the unit for 11 to 18-year-olds at the former Severalls Hospital Site in Boxted
THE First phase of Colchester’s over-budget, behind-schedule arts complex has been completed. Funders used the occasion to insist the building is now referred to as Firstsite, after the organisation that will run the gallery, and not its
A ROLLING road block had to be put in place on the A12 after a car struck a six foot piece of metal in the middle lane. Police were called to the northbound A12, between the junctions for Marks Tey and Eight Ash Green, just before 4pm on Monday July
THE owner of a haggard cat has urged well-meaning passers-by to stop “rescuing” him. Taffie is so old and unkempt that people keep mistakenly handing him over to the authorities. He has been taken to the RSPCA or police five times because members of
THOUSANDS of soldiers past and present joined their families to mark the 70th anniversary of Britain’s airborne forces. The day of fun was one of the last opportunities for members of 16 Air Assault Brigade, based in Colchester, to relax before their
COMEDIAN Griff Rhys Jones has received an honorary degree from Essex University. The star of stage and screen was educated at Brentwood School and graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. His brother and sister live in the county.
RUSH hour traffic was delayed after two cars crashed into the central reservation on the A12. Two ambulance crews and the police were called after reports of the collision on the northbound carriageway, between the Eight Ash Green and Spring
POLICE are searching for a missing person after reports of a man absconding from The Lakes, Turner Road. The police helicopter was seen searching over Castle Park, Colchester and around the surrounding streets after the man ran out of the mental
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TYRES on fire caused a thick cloud of smoke to cover the north of Colchester. Firefighters from Colchester were called to Chapel Lane in Boxted to battle the blaze at 11am today. For the full story, see Tuesday's Gazette.
Colchester United new boy Ben Coker could be sidelined for up to two months after damaging ankle ligaments. The left-sided youngster, who only joined the U's on a permanent basis last week following a successful trial, suffered the injury during a training
RESIDENTS had to be evacuated from their homes after a Colchester Officers Club went up in flames. More than 40 firefighters were called to the club on St Johns Green at 11pm on Sunday night to tackle the blaze. No-one was in the building
