THERE’S a lot to be said for being out of the loop. Tomorrow, artist Steven Claydon launches two exhibitions at Colchester’s Firstsite art gallery. One, Culpable Earth, features his own, newly-commissioned work. But it is the other one – a collection
A RESPECTED and dedicated headteacher is retiring. David Young was heading for a career as an accountant, but a job with a children’s holiday company changed his life – and he doesn’t regret a single moment. Mr Young, who has been headteacher
A PERVERT who filmed a family getting changed at a leisure centre has been banned from swimming pools for three years. Nathan Hull, 28, of Harwich Road, Colchester, admitted filming a woman at Colchester Leisure World. Initially, the Crown Prosecution
THEY are weird, wonderful and slightly whimsical to boot. That’s the Curious World of the Grymoire, a hurdy-gurdy trip into a musical world to make Lewis Carroll gulp. Perhaps better known to local audiences as Mark Shillaker and Adam Scott, from the
ACOUSTIC music is on the menu for a monthly event at the Bull in Colchester. The Significant Others are a five-piece band featuring artists known for other Colchester groups. They are Jeanette Lynes, of Lady Bird and the Larks; Anton Pace, of the Judith
THANKFULLY the legal profession missed out in Ola Onabule’s case. If a chance encounter with a man on the street hadn’t taken place, the London soul singer and former law student’s life could have been very different. He explains: “I was studying law
PERFORMANCE artist Lee Ashcroft likes a project. At the moment he’s got five on the go. There’s the Nearly, an audio-visual electro-acid music act; Digital Vomit, a record label he established in America; Za Ginipiggu, an experimental music project aiming
COLCHESTER should be enormously proud of its history and what it has to give, according to the Shadow Defence Minister. Jim Murphy visited Colchester Garrison and 16 Air Assault Brigade. He spoke out about defence cuts, Army housing, treatment of injured
SEVERE weather is predicted with snow set to hit Essex across the weekend. Gritters will be out across the county from 7pm Friday and more runs could be scheduled depending on up-to-date weather reports. And 120 staff will be on standby across the weekend
A TEENAGER threatened to stab his grandad after he refused to give him money, a court has heard. Jamie Brown, 18, of Speedwell Road, Colchester, became threatening to step-grandfather Steven Collins during a conversation on the Facebook website. When
A LEADING police officer has praised the courage of a campaigning mother who is fighting for a change in the law after her 16-year-old daughter was killed. Colchester Sixth Form student Cassie McCord died after a car driven by 87-year-old Colin Horsfall
THE father-in-law of a Colchester solder killed in Afghanistan hopes to boost his fundraising campaign by holding a collection at a supermarket. Mike Jackson, from Lexden, has this year set himself the challenge to run, swim and cycle 1,000 miles to
I am writing with regard to the A120 road junction at Great Bromley. I have seen letters in the Gazette, pointing out that the drivers, not the road, are to blame for the many accidents there. I would point out, however, that some of the road
I am amazed at some of the responses made to the proposed housing development in the grounds of St Osyth Priory. Reading the correspondence in Tendring Council’s planning applications, it seems those charged with the responsibility for wildlife
Colchester United's League One clash with Sheffield United has been postponed. Following a 1pm pitch inspection at the Weston Homes Community Stadium, referee Trevor Kettle said it was an "easy decision", following freezing temperatures.
It is a great shame so much money was spent on the Clacton leisure facilities and the budget dried up when it came to Walton’s turn. I use the pool twice a week and we are so much the poor relation. It is a friendly pool and staff are very pleasant
It seems the more we hear from Colchester Council regarding its sheltered housing policy, the more contradictory the rhetoric grows. At the last council cabinet meeting, council leader Anne Turrell tried to claim the decisions had nothing to
COLCHESTER United have called off Saturday's match because of a frozen pitch. Referee Trevor Kettle made the decision after an inspection of the Weston Homes Community Stadium today. He found one 20 metre strip of the pitch frozen solid and postponed
John Ward has urged his Colchester United side to stand up to high-flying Sheffield United tomorrow. The U’s entertain the promotion-chasing Blades, in front of what is expected to be the biggest crowd of the season at the Weston Homes Community Stadium
COOKERY demonstrations revealing ways of using leftover food will be given in Colchester town centre this week. Tasty food samples will be on offer and residents can quiz chefs on what to do with items they throw away the most. The event is part of
MEMBERS of the Colchester Film Society are enjoying their new season of films in a new home this year. Following their move to the Firstsite art gallery from the Headgate Theatre, the group have announced a series of films they hope will make use of
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE, get £10 off at a Colchester beauty therapy centre.
Martin Rowlands said John Ward helped to convince him to join Colchester United. The experienced Republic of Ireland international had offers from other clubs, after deciding to end his long stay at Queens Park Rangers. But Rowlands, 32, had been speaking
COMEDIAN Jimmy Carr is the star attraction as Braintree Arts Theatre announces its spring line-up of shows. The stand-up star will give fans a sneak peek of his new tour Gagging Order when he plays the warm-up show on March 1. It will be a chance
A GRAMMAR school is celebrating its second highest number of students accepted into Oxford and Cambridge universities. Colchester Royal Grammar School, in Lexden Road, saw 34 pupils receive offers from the Oxbridge colleges. They have all received letters
A COLCHESTER man says he was shocked to get an “insulting” letter from Sir Bob Russell after he wrote to his MP about the call for a new Royal yacht to be built. Dominic Bell e-mailed the Lib Dem asking why he had supported a Parliamentary
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: AN elderly woman has spoken of her terror after waking to find a burglar in her home. * Burglarly victims hit out at the "soft" sentencing of the teenager who stole irreplacable photographs in a raid at their home. * A teenager threatened
