THE fifth Cosmic Puffin Festival has been hailed a success, despite the miserable weather. Starting on Friday, the three-day festival at the Mersea Outdoors Centre, East Mersea offered music, stalls, attractions and side shows. Organiser
METAL thieves stole lead worth £1,000 from a primary school’s roof. The theft at Birch Primary School coincided with torrential rain that caused the walls and floors to be damaged. Lessons had to be moved to the school hall. See Monday's Gazette
POLICE are looking for two men who tried to rob a school boy. The 13-year-old was approached by two black men in Heatley Way, Greenstead, as he walked to school. He was at the junction with Magnolia Drive when one of the men assaulted him. The other
A LEGAL row has broken out over a historic Colchester building. There was a furore when Colchester Council announced it wanted to off-load the former clock museum because the cost of maintaining it was too high. Opponents accused the council of selling
Colchester United manager John Ward admitted Notts County deserved their 4-1 win at Meadow Lane. The U's tumbled to a heavy defeat on the final day of the season, with Anthony Wordsworth's fine stoppage-time strike proving only a consolation. Goals
