THE owner of an off-licence has buckled under vehement local opposition and scrapped plans to serve booze up to 21 hours a day. Sam Sandhar, of the Beer Tent in Barrack Street, Colchester, asked the borough council for permission to open
A FESTIVAL atmosphere will return to Colchester’s Hythe on Saturday. The Town to Port festival will be the culmination of a project aimed at attracting more visitors to the Hythe and informing them of the history of Colchester’s old port. At
COPS have warned they will clamp down hard on an unofficial school leavers’ party. In the past, year 11 pupils from Colne Community School, Brightlingsea, have held wild celebrations marking the end of exams. The event is usually held in Wivenhoe
LEE Purdy’s trainer Tony Sims has revealed how he made the massive call to pull the Colchester boxer out of his showdown with world champion Devon Alexander in America with a transatlantic telephone call. Purdy's stable-mate, middleweight title-hopeful
PLANS for a dementia care home are set to go on public display for a second time. Developers want to build the 60-bed two-storey home on land in Longview, in Turner Road, close to Colchester General Hospital. Operator Barchester Healthcare
COURT cases ground to a halt on Wednesday as solicitors went on strike. Colchester Magistrates’ Court had to manage with just two duty solicitors throughout the day. By lunchtime only four cases had been dealt with. Solicitors across Colchester
A TODDLER was taken to hospital after being knocked down in Colchester. The three-year-old boy was in Fallowfield Road when he was hit by a car. Police and paramedics were called. Fortunately the boy was not seriously injured
PUPILS, governors and staff are celebrating after inspectors rated their school outstanding. Ofsted gave Brightlingsea Infant School top marks across the board following a visit at the beginning of May. Praise was given for outstanding and
LONG-SERVING Stanway councillor Colin Sykes became Colchester’s 181st Mayor with a promise to further strengthen ties within the borough. Mr Sykes, who has represented the Lib Dems for 19 of the last 25 years, donned the badges of office in Colchester
MORE than 30 residents have objected to plans to build a care home extension. Owner Davard Care Homes plans to demolish a bungalow to build the ten-room extension to Welshwood Care Home, in Welshwood Park Road, in Colchester. But 34 letters
UPDATED: A UNIVERSITY of Essex student has admitted eight assaults on fellow students, including several of a sexual nature. Mingzi Qu, 22, originally from China but living in Forest Road, Colchester, targeted lone women around Greenstead,
CAREERS advice from Essex County Council has been recognised nationally. The authority has been given the Quality in Careers Standard for an award it offers to schools and colleges across the county. Schools can work for a Recognition of Quality
A CAMPAIGN to save a rural bank branch has stepped up a gear. Nationwide is set to close its Brightlingsea branch at the end of the July citing profitability, with staff being transferred to other offices. The decision sparked outrage from
A blind man has triumphed in a David and Goliath-style battle with a major High Street bank. Mark Ellis argued he was being discriminated against because he could not use cash machines without assistance. Now, after an 18 month campaign
A popular school has been rated as good by Ofsted inspectors. Stanway School, which has 1,120 pupils, was assessed to be good across the four judging criteria - achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils and leadership
A TEENAGER has been charged with the murder of Jay Whiston. Jay, 17, of Aster Close, Clacton, was stabbed to death at a house party in Marlowe Way, Colchester on September 8 shortly after 10pm. A 17-year-old from Colchester appeared
PRIMARY school pupils were given a taste of wartime Britain by people who lived through the Second World War. About 60 Year Six pupils from Hamilton Primary School, in Constantine Road, Colchester, welcomed 25 guests yesterday, each of whom had
AN amateur photographer has reacted to a popular video which depicts Colchester as a run-down town. Paul Ost, 55, watched the YouTube video, posted by Terry Earl, and decided to post his own on the sharing website, showing the town’s virtues.
There's more tasty offers in today's Gazette including 15% off all fudge from Roly's Fudge shop in Eld Lane, Colchester.
In today's Gazette: Two men wrongly accused of demanding a hotel worker perform a sex act have spoken of their "living nightmare". Billy Millar and Liam Skinner, who both live in West Mersea, were cleared of the charges but said their lives had
