A PROPOSAL to install a crawler lane on the A12 at Marks Tey will be debated next week. Rodney Bass, county councillor for highways, wants lorries to only use the slow lane between Marks Tey and Boreham from 6am to 10pm. The Conservative member
A FRESH ten per cent government grant cut means Colchester’s front line services cannot be guaranteed, a council boss has warned. Over the last three years, the coalition government has reduced its funding for local authorities by around 25 per
FUNDRAISERS have been left “cross” after thieves stole a trough of plants they donated to a charity shop. Tiptree Co-op Community Group gave the trough to Age UK to display outside its shop in Church Road. It vanished overnight on Monday
A JEWELLERS serving Colchester since 1947 is to close at the end of the month. Closing down sales offering 50 per cent off have gone up outside Victor Hawkins, which has occupied two premises on Crouch Street for the last 66 years. Steve Levy
A ROCK school is opening in Colchester. "Supastars" will be holding a summer school at the Hythe Community Centre and Oaktree Centre in St Anne’s. The group has been given up to £30,000 in the last two years by Youth Music, which encourages
ORGANISERS behind Colchester Carnival have thanked all the partners who are supporting this year’s event. Partners are involved in a number of ways, from funding to offering goods or services which are essential to the preparation or running
A BETTING shop could open at a former Colchester bakery. Ladbrokes wants to take over Ann’s Bakery, in Old Heath Road, Colchester. The shop has been empty since it closed down last year. Colchester Council has the final say and will make
AN AMERICAN diner is opening in Marks Tey. The Bungalow Diner, in London Road, will feature classic cars from across the pond and American style food including burgers and milkshakes. The restaurant opens on Saturday with the ribbon being cut
OWNERS of a historic club, which has been rebuilt, are seeking a new licence. The Colchester’s Officers’ Club, in St John’s Green, was destroyed in a blaze in 2010. Work began earlier this year on a replacement building and it is due to open
SERBIAN soldiers visiting Colchester were shown weapons and vehicles used by the British Army. The Serbian Armed Forces is competing against Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand in the Armed Forces Rugby League World Cup, which is being held
BURGLARS targeted a quiet little village raiding three homes in one night. Residents in Layer-de-la-Haye are being asked to lock up their doors and stay alert with criminals operarting iin the area. It is believed they went around the
POLICE are investigating after a car drove into a wall near Colchester town centre at 3am this morning. Police and paramedics were called to Mersea Road, near St Botolph's Roundabout and found a blue Renault Clio with two occupants. One, a
THE fastest pickers in the east descended on the fields of Tiptree for the annual race. This year’s Tiptree Strawberry Race marked Independence Day with a red, white and blue theme. Strawberry pickers donned the colours while picking up as
FAMILY photographs have been lost after burglars raided a home in Colchester. Police are appealing for information after a home in Heath Road was burgled in broad daylight between 2.45pm and 3.15pm yesterday. The owner returned to find the
TALENTED town arts groups will put on a new free festival in Colchester next week. The first Colchester Lightbulb Festival will kick off with a poetry showcase at the V Bar on the High Street next Thursday. Over the following four days various
Colchester Swimming Club’s Laura Stephens cannot wait to compete on the international stage after being selected to represent Team GB at the European Youth Olympics in the Netherlands. The Colchester County High School for Girls pupil will swim
Colchester United chairman Robbie Cowling has hailed the pulling power of boss Joe Dunne in the transfer market. The U’s supremo believes Dunne’s hunger for success has helped lure some exciting new signings to the Weston Homes Community Stadium
A TEENAGER will next weekend lean off the edge of a 1,168 foot tall tower to support the charity which helped her grandmother in her final days. Anna Macfarlane, 18, will fly out to Toronto, Canada to walk around the edge of the CN Tower in aid
FORMER X-Factor winner Joe McElderry is looking forward to an intimate performance this month at the High Barn in Great Bardfield. The 22-year-old was catapulted to fame three-and-a-half years ago by winning the show, beating Witham’s very own
THE Globe Theatre’s award-winning small-scale touring programme will be stopping off at Hedingham Castle this weekend with a new production of King Lear. Using an Elizabethan-style booth stage – inspired by paintings and etchings from Shakespeare
STANDING in a queue in the supermarket Sandra Young could feel her blood start to boil. Her eyes darted from the cashier to the painfully slow, fumbling customer in front of her trying to buy a lottery ticket. She “tutted” loudly and with the
THE final day of this year’s Bures Music Festival will once again be celebrating the best acts from the Suffolk and Essex music scene. Leading the way will be Colchester singer/songwriter Ady Johnson. Now based in London, for many years Ady
A woman slapped a baby after a row on a bus descended into violence. Katie Browning, her nine-month-old son Zac and her step-daughter Paige, 17, were assaulted in Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester. <i>Also...</i> <li> Family's
ESSEX’S former Chief Constable was paid £112,000 in three months. Figures just released by Police Commissioner Nick Alston reveal when Roger Baker left his post in July 2009, three months into the financial year, he received a £60,000 bonus on
