A FATHER is to climb Africa’s tallest mountain in memory of his daughter. Philip Kitchener will scale Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania later this month, in a bid to raise £20,000 for the fund set up after his daughter, Sarah, 27, died of a brain tumour
A BUILDER says he won’t be put off by heritage experts who dismissed his plan to get volunteers to repair Colchester Castle’s crumbling walls. Mick Bates came up with his novel plan to repair the castle’s walls after the Gazette reported on the lack
A COUNCIL chief has pledged new guidelines banning roll-down shutters from shop windows will not leave businesses unprotected. Next month, the council is to adopt new guidance aimed at making shopfronts in the town centre and borough more attractive.
Residents in St John's can speak to their councillors about their problems tomorrow. St John's ward councillors Ray Gamble and Paul Smith and county councillor Theresa Higgins are holding a ward surgery at St John's Church off Ipswich Road, Colchester
I have been working for Bunting and Sons for the past 11 years and I would like to make the following points, which may help to set the record straight. I feel some of the work we do with Suffolk Punches has been very badly misinterpreted by
For the past year-and-a-half, I have been quite ill and unable to get out on my own. I am now trying very hard to get some confidence back and go for a short walk on my own. On my second trip, with the aid of a stick, I was suprised when a whole
I am writing to offer my support to Lisa Willis (Gazette, May 18). It is a very sad day when the feelings of adult males, who are presumably able to avert their eyes, are given more importance than the needs of a mother and baby who are following
I take it Norman Hume does not live in Colchester, judging by his comments about road congestion and his attack on Bob Russell (Gazette, May 11). I am happy county councillor Hume has stepped down, as it was on his watch we endured the worst
I feel compelled to write in response to the letter from Keith Henderson (May 17). I think there is one clear message from the council election results in Tendring, and that is the electorate are confident with the management of the Conservative
THE man gunned down on his doorstep in St Osyth has been named as Anthony Prickett, 42. Mr Prickett, who worked for Bulat Roofing in Walton, was taken to Colchester General Hospital but died of his wounds to his face and stomach. Police
TV crews from Malaysia and Hong Kong were on hand to film Colchester councillor Helen Chuah as she became the town’s first foreign-born mayor. Mrs Chuah received the badge and chain of office, watched by more than 200 friends, relatives and fellow councillors
TOWNHOUSES could line the entrance to Colchester’s new £26million gallery after Colchester Council agreed to sell a strip of land to a developer. The authority has agreed to sell the land in order to narrow the entrance to Firstsite, which is due to
Colchester United will now set their sights on bolstering their attacking options after wrapping up the signing of Tom Eastman. The Colchester-born centre-back became the second defender to sign for the U’s this week, following his free transfer switch
THE Olympic torch will not be staying overnight in Colchester on its journey across the country. The 70-day, 8,000-mile journey will begin in Land’s End on May 19, 2012, and reach the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium on July 27. The overnight
Detailed plans for hundreds of homes on the Severalls Hospital site have finally received the go-ahead. Colchester Council’s planning committee yesterday unanimously approved plans for 248 homes - the first phase of a 1,500 home scheme at the former
A MAN has been ordered to pay £300 after his dogs kept neighbours awake at night. John Barrett, of Severn Road, Clacton, admitted failing to comply with a noise abatement notice ordering him to keep the dogs quiet. The order was issued after complaints
A MAN has been convicted of ignoring council orders to demolish a cottage he built without permission. But leading councillors from the authority that prosecuted him say they will not force him to knock it down. Zippy Moonflower denied breaking a planning
