SOLDIERS packed a church for a special pre-deployment church service ahead of their tour of duty in Afghanistan. Members of Colchester’s 16 Air Assault Brigade were given words of comfort and support, by padre and brigade chaplain the Rev Andrew Totten
Col U fans have called for handrails to be installed at the Community Stadium after a support fell down and injured himself. The 20-year-old U's fan tumbled down several flights of steps before coming to a crashing stop at the bottom.
A PLUCKY widow is showing the blitz spirit after crooks stole her RAF hero husband’s prized model warplanes in a raid on her house. Cecelia Wyatt, 84, was devastated when she discovered burglars had escaped with a valuable collection of Second World
Colchester United manager John Ward felt his side lacked a cutting edge in drawing 1-1 with Plymouth Argyle. Andy Bond headed the U's into the lead midway through the first half at the Weston Homes Community Stadium, in the npower League One clash.
ARSONISTS have struck a Clacton business for the second time in six weeks. The firebugs set the rubbish bin alight at the rear of Subway, in Station Road. The blaze then spread to the plastic cladding on the building. A member of staff found the bin
GAZETTE readers are being given the opportunity to win a sneak peek inside Colchester’s Firstsite building. The iconic gallery is expected to be opened to the public by September 2011, but lucky readers will be given a guided tour around the new building
