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  • Wootton Bassett mayor is among Colchester Oyster Feast guests

    THIS year’s Colchester Oyster Feast will have a distinctly military flavour. Among the guests of honour at next Friday’s event will be Mary Champion, mayor of Wootton Bassett, the Wiltshire town through which Britain’s returning war dead are

  • Football course for bored kids

    A FOOTBALL course aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour kicked off on Saturday. Police have drafted in UEFA qualified coaches to give bored youngsters a sporting pass time. Sessions are being held every Saturday at Colchester Academy

  • U's to host Bradford City in FA Cup

    Colchester United will host npower League Two side Bradford City in the first round proper of this season's FA Cup. The U's will take on Peter Taylor's City side for the first-ever time in the competition at the Weston Homes Community Stadium

  • High Woods Country Park parking vote delayed

    A DECISION on possible new car parking charges at High Woods Country Park has been put off. Charges to park at the park’s visitor centre, off Turner Road, were proposed by senior Colchester councillors Tina Dopson and Martin Hunt. The move drew criticism