A BENCH has been put up in memory of a teenager who died after a car crash. Abigail Krinks, 18, died after her car was in a collision with a van on the A133 near Great Bentley in July when she was on the way to work. Residents raised money for the bench
AN Army band is getting ready to join troops for its first tour of Afghanistan. Members of the Colchester-based Band of the Parachute Regiment will be sent out over Christmas, for six weeks, to boost morale and offer respite for serving soldiers, including
MORE students are set to take to the streets of Colchester for yet another day of action to oppose government education cuts. Tens of thousands of students across the country are expected to take part in a third day of action next Tuesday to
A THATCHED cottage in Wormingford caught fire. Crews from Colchester, Nayland and Sudbury responded to reports that the cottage, in Church Road, was on fire. It took more than an hour to extinguish.
ANGRY parents have hit out at education bosses and claimed they secured the downfall of their children’s school. More than one hundred concerned parents packed out a meeting at Alderman Blaxill School, in Paxman Avenue, Colchester. Many
RESIDENTS enjoyed a wartime day in Little Oakley yesterday. Staff dressed up in period clothes while serving people at Waters View residential home, on Harwich Road, sandwiches and fairy cakes. Wartime music was also played for residents to
DECISIONS on more than 40 major issues are expected to be made by Essex County Council by the end of the month. The council is due to decide on the closing and moving of schools, development of waterfronts, road improvements and the opening of new council
A TASK force has been created to stop vagrants intimidating and frightening residents and commuters using a Colchester town centre roundabout. In recent months, St Botolph’s Circus roundabout has become a notorious hotspot for drinking and
A WOMAN was left trapped in her car after coming off the road at Salcott-cum-Virley. Emergency services were called to Colchester Road, near the Five Lakes Hotel Golf and County Club, at 6.35am yesterday. **Nov 25** Firecrews from Tollesbury, Tiptree
THREE villages will be left without a bank when the only branch serving them shuts next year. Barclays is closing its Kelvedon office on February 11, which will also affect Feering and Coggeshall. The nearest branches will be Tiptree, Witham, Braintree
The bee in my bonnet Mr Lines (Letters, November 19) is very much alive and well, and is always stirred when I think about the Tendring taxpayer. It’s quite simple, and you can tell everyone the answer, did you or did you not put up council
May I express my thanks and gratitude to St Peter’s Hospital, in Maldon, for saving me after my stroke. I went into Broomfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, on September 1 and couldn’t walk or talk. I was transferred to St Peter’s and they got me
CLACTON’S MP has hit back at claims Government spending cuts are to blame for a rise in suicides. Labour has highlighted a report claiming the number of people trying to kill or hurt themselves is increasing. National NHS figures reveal
I must comment on the recent stories and letters about 6,300 more homes in Tendring. I must be missing something. Why does the council want to build all these homes in an area where there is already high unemployment, low pay, poor work prospects
We should all beware what is in store for us in the New Year. This so-called coalition has no mandate to pursue its programme of cuts, as it is a minority Government. Also, it has no mandate to stay for five years. This is undemocratic. I don
I came home to find a leaflet on my porch from Clacton MP Douglas Carswell. Apart from the usual diatribe mentioning immigration, what I really found amusing and annoying was the information and advice concerning Clacton Pier Ward and its neighbouring
COLCHESTER politicians have waded into a row over a BBC drama about soldiers serving in Afghanistan. Accused, shown on BBC One on Monday night, depicted a soldier killing a corporal who had bullied his best friend so badly he had committed
MOTORCYCLISTS, singers and staff celebrated the opening of a revamped charity shop. The Helen Rollason cancer charity shop in High Street, Braintree, underwent refurbishment to open a new floor of vintage clothing and offer more items such as toys and
Colchester United manager John Ward has admitted Magnus Okuonghae’s troublesome ankle problem is becoming a concern. The powerful U’s defender is set to see a specialist over the injury, which has hampered him on and off for nearly two months. Okuonghae
