A COUNTRYSIDE group says it will demand National Grid is banned from creating any development in north Essex without permission. The Dedham Vale Society is set to make the request after a series of nine feet tall florescent orange posts have been
A “STORM in a teacup” has brewed up over who spends £1 million of road cash in Colchester. Will Quince, leader of Colchester’s Conservative group, has slammed a decision to have no borough council Tories on the local area highways panel. But
100 JOBS are set to go from an insurance firm’s Colchester office. Equity Insurance Group, which has 300 employees at its Bergholt Road office, is to cull 200 jobs nationally as part of a company restructure. Up to 100 staff at the Colchester
A WOMAN was attacked at Colchester Town train station. Police are appealing for information following the attack at 7.45pm yesterday. Officers sealed off the area following the brutal attack at the entrance of station, commonly known as
A DRESSMAKER has spoken out after graffiti vandals attacked her home and car. The yobs went on a one street crime spree using black marker pen to draw on half-a-dozen homes and several vehicles in Magdalen Street, Colchester. The spate
AROUND 1,500 children from across Colchester will get safety advice during a series of events at Weston Homes Community Stadium next month. Classes of Year 6 pupils will take part in Crucial Crew events, where they will learn about rail and road
A £150 million expansion of a north Essex reservoir has landed an eco award. Essex & Suffolk Water’s £150 million Abberton Reservoir Scheme has been awarded a Green Apple Environment Award for being environmentally-friendly. The project
A COUNCIL scheme to help first-time buyers on the property ladder has been given go-ahead. Up to £4 million is on offer to Colchester residents help guarantee part of their mortgage after the initiative got the green light at an Essex County Council
THE new organisation in charge of north Essex health services will meet in Lawford next week. The board of North East Essex NHS Clinical Commissioning Group will discuss mortality rates, plans for social care services and more at Venture Hall 2000
A RESTORED vintage mobile cinema will be open to visitors at Colchester Castle Park. Film footage of old East Anglia will be screened when the Archive Alive 1960s cinema rolls into town on Sunday, June 2 from 3pm to 6pm. Entry to the 22-seater
Colchester United are in “advanced discussions” with other potential new signings following the capture of Craig Eastmond. The midfielder has agreed to sign a two-year deal with the U's, once his current contract with Arsenal expires at the end
A NEW chairman has been appointed to head the ambulance service. Dr Geoff Harris will be the interim chairman, following the resignation of Maria Ball, for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Sir Peter Carr, chairman of
Growing a baby in your womb and handing it over to a couple who cannot conceive is no easy decision. However, Roselle Moss, 33, from Bocking, has done exactly that. She is a first-time surrogate mum to a couple who could not have children naturally
BRITISH comedy treasure Julian Clary is back doing what he does best, making people laugh. And what better place to do it than on home turf – well sort of. By his own admission, the comedian’s birth was apparently the result of a passionate
BOAT owners are being urged to lock up their motors after a break-in in Brightlingsea. Essex Police are advising people to make sure outboard motors are secure following the raid. Burglars broke into a boat repair firm on Waterside in the town
THE A12 and A120 roads will struggle to cope with demand if they are not upgraded, according to a new report. The Highways Agency has revealed a new strategy for the A12 between the M25 and Ipswich and the A120 to Harwich. The strategy
A TAXI driver has been sentenced to four years in jail after sexually assaulting a passenger in Colchester. Peter Teye, 33, committed a serious sexual assault on a 21-year-old woman in Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, in the early hours of June
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In today's Gazette: Equity Insurance Group is to axe 100 jobs at its Colchester office. The firm says it will minimise redundancies by offering transfers to its bases in Brentwood and Swansea. * The daughter of a woman killed by a convicted
