AN elderly driver whose car veered off the road and fatally injured a teenager in Colchester town centre has died. Cassie McCord, 16, of Drury Road, Colchester, died of serious head injuries suffered in the crash outside H&M, in Head Street
BOSSES at Colchester General Hospital must save £14million next year – the largest savings target they have been faced with. To do this, there are a number of plans in place to try to limit the impact on patients. For a second year, the hospital will
A PAINTER has been named runner-up in a national art competition...even though judges did not know she was blind. Annie Fennymore, of Maypole Drive, St Osyth, entered the painting of her guide dog Amber in the Helen Keller International Award. The competition
CRICKET club bosses are devastated after arsonists targeted their training facilities, causing thousands of pounds in damage. Vandals struck at Clacton Cricket Club’s nets at Vista Road recreation ground. They piled up plastic on the artificial playing
A HORSE rider has recounted the moment she was left fighting for her life. Elaine Serjeant, 35, was grooming her horse, Agord, when he got spooked by a gust of wind and kicked her in the chest. The former Harwich School student suffered major internal
THREE orphaned badger cubs are on the road to recovery after being rescued. Louise Hartshorn spotted one of the cubs from the roadside near her home in Wormingford. After an internet search, she tracked down badger expert, Adrian Hinchliffe, who by
COLCHESTER Council is to build council homes for the first time in 20 years. The authority says it has not been financially viable to build council homes since 1991. But the growing social housing waiting list and the fact the council can borrow money
FIRE service officials say a blaze in a car port and bin store was probably arson. The fire was discovered yesterday at about 3.20am in Windmill Court, Mile End, Colchester, and was the second blaze at the site in as many years. It destroyed the car
FILMED by tv crews from Malaysia and Hong Kong, Helen Chuah became the first foreign-born Mayor of Colchester. Mrs Chuah took her oath of office, put on the ceremonial robes and received the badge and chain of office in front of more than 200
A TEENAGER was indecently assaulted by a man as she walked across a field in Colchester. The 18-year-old, from Colchester, was in Magnolia Fields, on the Greenstead Estate, when she was approached by a the man in the early hours. He spoke to her,
A FAMILY has been left devastated after a blaze ripped through their 16th century thatched cottage. Fourteen fire crews battled the inferno at Thrift Cottages, in Noakes Farm Lane, Boxted. Flames billowed from the roof and the area was shrouded in smoke
TAKING over the helm of the biggest school in Colchester is a daunting prospect. But it is one the incoming head of Philip Morant School appears to be taking in his stride. Roger Abo Henriksen is getting ready to take up the position
FEATHERED headdresses and a giant model dragon are just some of the colourful creations artists have been making for this year’s Colchester Carnival. Professional carnival artists Colin Spalding and Steve Hoyte have been sharing their expertise with
TEENAGERS are putting themselves at risk by running – and even roller-skating – across beach hut roofs in Dovercourt. Police have launched an investigation after several huts, opposite Phoenix Pavilion, were damaged. Betty Holloway, secretary of Dovercourt
SOLAR panels will be installed on thousands of council homes across Colchester in the next year. Colchester Council has confirmed a company will install and maintain solar panels on 2,000 council homes and other council-owned buildings, including the
AN adventurous 83-year-old grandmother has taken to the sky for her first flight in a glider. Joan Leonard’s family treated her to the high-flying experience for her 83rd birthday after she had previously enjoyed hot air balloon flights in
Steven Gillespie is relishing the prospect of being Colchester United’s new number nine. Former Liverpool trainee Gillespie grew up idolising the likes of Kop legends Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler, who both graced the famous shirt at Anfield. Now Gillespie
WHEN a split-second decision can mean the difference between life and death, the pressure can be hard to deal with. Clacton’s volunteer coastguards don’t get paid, but they take pride in their professionalism – including the need to make such decisions
THE Olympic torch will not be spending the night in north Essex in the run up to the London 2012 games, organisers have revealed. Colchester and Tendring councils both applied to host the torch and an evening party, but were not among the 74 towns and
YOU’VE seen them in the action movies, lurking hundreds of feet beneath the sea. But I bet you don’t know half as much about submarines as Robin Webb does. Through his involvement with the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Mr Webb has helped revive two.
