COLCHESTER’S Roman circus heritage centre appeal has suffered a setback – the withdrawal of a key investor lined up to help fund the work. Colchester Archaeological Trust is now seeking a new partner with £270,000 to invest in part of the building beneath
WHEN you’re young there are no boundaries, such as putting on theatre productions. That’s certainly the case for the young actors behind Mad Hatter Productions, who, as their name suggests, are slightly bonkers when it comes to choosing their plays.
IT'S time for the final chorus for a country singer who has clocked up hundreds of gigs over a 50-year career. Ollie Austin is one of England’s top country soloists, notching up 20 albums and at one point performing six or seven shows a week. But Ollie
A POLICE officer put his foot on the head of a man he was trying to arrest, a court has heard. PC David Hurst appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with assaulting Stuart Smith, who died three days later from unrelated causes. The
COLCHESTER’S Roman walls could crumble away if more than half a million pounds is not found to repair them soon, it is feared. Colchester Council faces a race against time to secure £550,000 to carry out work on three stretches of the town’
IF it’s high-grade music you’re after, then tonight’s club night at V Bar in Colchester does exactly what it says on the tin. Hi Grade promises the “finest and freshest reggae and dubstep the town has to offer” and, judging by the popularity
A FORMER prisoner of war says he is just happy to still be alive, 65 years after Victory over Japan Day. Roy Blaker, of Upland Drive, Colchester, spent three-and-a-half years in captivity before being released on VJ Day – August 15, 1945. The 89-year-old
INFECTION controls have so far prevented a new superbug sweeping Colchester’s hospitals, as scientists fear it will go global. The NDM-1 bacteria is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics, and has already entered UK hospitals. Although there
A SECURITY guard was slashed in the hand during a bungled robbery. The man, in his mid-fifties, had parked his Group 4 Securicor van in an empty lay-by off the A133. He had picked up cash in Colchester and was heading towards Elmstead
MORE than 120 residents have now signed a petition objecting to bus changes which routed double-deckers past their Colchester homes without warning. Last week, as many as a dozen No 8 buses an hour started running all the way along Gavin Way, in High
Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed his intention to allow a free vote on repeal of the Hunting Act during this new Parliament. The Hunting Act has been founded on compassion for our wildlife, to protect it against callous cruelty. The
I am writing in response to the story (Gazette, August 2) about the threat by police to destroy marsh frogs in a Colchester pond after complaints about the noise they made in the mating season. These defenceless, harmless frogs are only doing
In response to the recent letters complaining about the smell at the Hythe, I think the River Colne is being wrongly accused by new residents. I grew up “down the Hythe” in the Fifties and Sixties and there was no smell, whatsoever, from the
The late-night drinking/ drugs behaviour issue in Colchester is a British problem, which is even taken abroad by young Brits to holiday locations. It seems to be part of young Brits’ psyche that having a good time and being legless are synonymous
So the NHS is spending more money on another programme to help people lose weight. Why? This money should be used to treat sick people, since there is a shortage of funds. What has been the success rate of previous courses? Has there been any
Responding to three letters (Gazette, August 5), councillor Martin Goss is quite correct, I am aware that some residents in north Colchester are calling for a review of our core strategy. I have already spelt out in detail why I believe such
By using a photograph of people who had been told to remove signs from the Cowdray Centre above councillor Martin Hunt’s My View article (Gazette, August 5), in which he said people cannot break the law or evade regulations, you implied the signs
At last, somebody is highlighting what Greenstead’s residents have had to put up with for years – the disgusting smell coming from the Hythe (Gazette, August 6). There was talk that all the mud was going to be dredged away, but because of the
HIGH Woods Country Park needs you! Staff and councillors are asking everyone who loves and uses the Colchester park to back a council bid for grants to fund £300,000 of improvements to its visitor centre. Colchester Council hopes to double
John Ward has challenged his Colchester United players to show just how good they really are against Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow. Ward is preparing to take charge of his first home game as U’s boss this weekend against the Owls. After two impressive
AN angry resident claims “someone will end up in a morgue” if urgent action is not taken against drunken revellers. Dave Dowton, 45, has called for more police patrols in Military Road, Colchester, to tackle revellers returning from the town centre on
ABOUT £50million could be cut from services in Essex next year as the council asks: “What are you prepared to lose?” Essex County Council is already having to find £300million of savings in four years by changing the way it works, selling property and
THE victim of a random hammer attack has spoken of his shock. Paul Creighton, of Colchester, was attacked from behind by a man with a claw hammer while walking along Marine Parade, Dovercourt. Mr Creighton, 50, suffered shock and severe bruising on
