A late headed goal against his former club by Rob King gave Canvey Island a 1-0 victory over Colchester United in the Essex Senior Cup final tonight. King, who is a former U's youngster, headed in Ashley Dumas's free-kick with seven minutes
A JIGSAW commemorating life in Wivenhoe during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year is nearing completion. Volunteers have been working on designs for their piece, which are ready to be transferred on to 11 large wooden pieces. Funding for the project
A COLCHESTER resident is bemused after binmen gathered his street’s rubbish, dumped it on his driveway and left it for a week. Ian Oxborrow, 30, put his black bags and clear plastic recycling rubbish out for collection outside his Apprentice Drive home
A FAMILY heirloom that was wrongly auctioned off is being sought by its former owner. Gayner Porter, 53, took a box of her late father’s belongings to Colchester’s Reeman Dansie auction house last October. After a change of heart she tried to get the
EMERGENCY services and volunteer groups involved in disaster relief swapped skills during a conference in Colchester. Speakers with first hand experience of events , either as victims, support workers or rescue teams, shared what they had learnt from
RUBBISH collections will continue as normal after fears that broken vehicles would cause delays. Colchester Council last week announced that some council houses and flats would miss collections due to malfunctioning bin lifts on its dustcarts. But the
A JIGSAW commemorating life in Wivenhoe during the Queen’s diamond jubilee year is nearing completion. Volunteers from different parts of the town have each been working on designs for their piece. Funding for the project has come from local groups
A YOUNG singer who wowed the Britain’s Got Talent judges has filmed a music video in Colchester. Charlie Green, 15, who was a semi-finalist on the ITV show in 2008, shot the video to his new single Liquid Ice at Rollerworld on Monday.
SLIMMERS are being encouraged to take part in a weight loss programme which has already seen 600 people lose 200 stone in the last year. The My Weight Matters programme is coming to north Essex and is specifically designed to help people lose weight
Richard Hall wants to lead Colchester United to Essex Senior Cup success tonight. Hall will take charge of the U’s side that will take on Ryman League premier division outfit Canvey Island in this season’s final, at Thurrock FC (7.45pm kick-off). Colchester
Gavin Massey has returned to Championship club Watford following his loan spell at Colchester United. The 19-year old returned to Vicarage Road prior to the U's 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. Massey is hoping to play some part in the Hornets' remaining
Ian Henderson wants to finish the season as Colchester United’s leading goalscorer after denting Sheffield Wednesday’s automatic promotion hopes. Henderson marked his return to the U’s starting line-up with an early goal in their 1-1 draw with the Owls
THE GAZETTE HAS TEAMED UP WITH COLCHESTER PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND THE LONDON CAMERA EXCHANGE IN A PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION - WITH THE WINNERS SNAPPING UP NIKON CAMERAS.
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A SUB-POSTMASTER has been jailed for defrauding the Royal Mail out of nearly £50,000. Hitesh General Store and Newsagent in Berechurch Road, Colchester, could now be forced to close because of Harenda Patel's scam. * Fire has swept
