A DERELICT pub has been transformed into a restaurant. Italian restaurant Finezza has opened at the site of the former Robin Hood pub, in Osborne Street, Colchester. The rundown pub has been given a £100,000 makeover by Harwich-based Flying Trade Group
THE best of Colchester’s produce will be on show in a new ITV programme. Celebrity teams have gone head to head in a contest in which they have to cook a three-course meal using ingredients sourced within a ten-mile radius. Cameramen
A Government minister has promised to tour a Colchester site where more than 2,000 homes are set to be built. Colchester Council’s planning brief includes proposals for 2,200 homes and community facilities, off Nayland Road, in Mile End. Colchester
WORK is very much a family affair for Colchester grandad Martyn Rayner. Seven members of his family work with him at Colchester General Hospital. His wife Maria, 49, and daughter Ashlee, 22, are receptionists in accident and emergency
MONEY-SAVING plans to shut seven police stations in Essex will go ahead if cops deem a pilot scheme in Tiptree a success. A three-month trial has seen Tiptree’s 13 police officers move into the village's fire station and library. A further
Colchester and District branch of the MS Society wishes to thank Colchester Council for granting permission to collect in the town on September 25. Thanks to the generosity of the people of Colchester, the day raised £877.28, with no deductions
Thank you for printing my letter, informing fellow Colcesterians of our young swimmers’ plight. I am writing to let all the well-wishers and supporters of our youngsters know Colchester Leisure World is reviewing and will shortly respond to the
The fact Colchester councillors have opposed the concept of an elected mayor should be no surprise. They all have a vested interest in retaining as much power in their own hands as possible. Asking them to vote for an elected mayor is like
I write in response to your article about the local authority governor position at the new Colchester Academy (Gazette, October 18), which has gone to Labour councillor Julie Young. During my five years as parent-governor at Sir Charles Lucas
COLCHESTER MP Bob Russell says he will not support any cuts in public spending put forward by the coalition Government. Lib Dem Mr Russell described Chancellor George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review announcement as thoughtful, but said
POLICE in Essex will have to make devastating cuts of £50million over the next four years as part of the Govern-ment’s spending review. The figure is £5million more than Essex Police’s Chief Constable Jim Barker-McCardle predicted the force
John Ward is confident his goal-shy U’s side will rediscover their scoring touch. The U’s entertain Notts County tomorrow, having lost only one of their opening 12 games in npower League One. However, Colchester have drawn eight of those matches and
A MEETING will be held to discuss building a new sports and community centre in Wivenhoe. Early plans for the facility will be available to examine and residents will be asked for their suggestions on how the project should take shape.
AN illegal immigrant living in Colchester, who helped set up a series of cannabis factories, has had his pleas for a lighter sentence thrown out by top judges. Wen Xian Lin, of New Kiln Road, was jailed for four years and two months at Liverpool Crown
