A goal from David Wright early in the second half gave Colchester United a 1-0 win at Blue Square Bet North side Histon tonight. Wright's cool finish two minutes after the break gave the U's a narrow victory at the Glass World Stadium, in their
A NEW notice board has been installed in St John’s for groups to display community news. The board, which was paid for out of the St John’s Jubilee Fund, which each ward in Colchester borough was given last year, was unveiled by Paul Smith, borough
FORMER cafe workers are owed thousands of pounds after it closed without notice, a tribunal has ruled. Pavla Cervinkova and her partner Michal Patrovic, of Rotary Way, Colchester, lost their jobs when the CO1 Cafe in Trinity Street, Colchester
A FLOTILLA of dinghies were sailed across the English Channel to raise money for research into brain tumours. Six sailors from Brightlingsea Sailing Club overcame huge waves and dodged giant ships to sail from Sandgate near Folkestone to Sangatte
A COLCHESTER specialist who spearheaded a patients’ revolt against NHS plans to stop funding an asthma drug has welcomed plans to make the drug more widely available. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which decides
CONTROVERSIAL parking charges supposed to start in Dedham this summer have been put on ice until next year. A packed residents’ meeting was held in the beauty spot to discuss Colchester Council’s proposals. It has suggested charging motorists
A school which teaches children with special needs has won extra funding of more than £1 million for its new building. Market Field School was allocated £8.5 million earlier this year to build a new school. The Elmstead Market school
A SQUADRON has been mothballed at a ceremony in Colchester. Troops from 15 Air Assault Close Support Squadron, based at the town’s Garrison, marched off the parade square in their final act on Tuesday. Colchester-based 13 Air Assault Support Regiment
As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge get used to the world of parenthood, new mothers who gave birth on the same day as Kate are also celebrating their new arrivals. At Colchester General Hospital’s maternity ward five women joined Kate and gave
FUNDING has been secured to create a new primary school in Colchester. A slice of £13 million awarded to Essex County Council by the Department of education will fund a 420-space school on land between Bergholt Road and Apprentice Drive, in New
Camera crews descended on Colchester to film the hit BBC antiques show Flog It. Hundreds of people visited Layer Marney Tower today to have their treasures valued by experts. The tower was last used for the show about six years ago.
ESSEX is embracing Ukip according to leader Nigel Farage - but he is keeping realistic. His party is on the crest of a political wave but he knows Rome wasn't built in a day. His party has not set its sights on the next General Election in
John-Joe O'Toole has left Colchester United to join League Two side Bristol Rovers. The midfielder, who had a year remaining on his U's contract, has penned a three-year deal with the League Two side after joining them for an undisclosed fee.
RESERVOIRS supplying Colchester residents are almost entirely full despite the baking sunny weather. Ardleigh reservoir is 94 per cent stocked with Alton Water, near Ipswich, sits at 88 per cent. Groundwater sources which supply a lot of Colchester
SIX months ago, brothers Lee and Dale Connelly picked up a garden spade for the first time after landing an allotment plot in Colchester. This weekend, shortly after making their first live television appearance on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, the
A MAN will be sentenced next month after he admitted charges of possessing fake bank notes worth £520. Jonathan Jackson, 23, of Goring Road, Colchester, will return to Chelmsford Crown Court for sentence once reports are prepared. He was told
A SENIOR councillor has told protesters he is in favour of keeping Colchester’s threatened Abbots Activity Centre open. More than 120 protesters gathered outside a meeting of Colchester Council’s scrutiny panel, which was last night discussing
Craig Eastmond will continue his injury comeback tonight when Colchester United travel to play Blue Square Bet North side Histon to play another pre-season friendly. Eastmond, who featured in the U's 3-0 defeat against Ipswich Town last night,
DAVE Griffiths prides himself on “keeping it together”. Despite losing his wife to cancer a little over a year ago and the tragic death of the couple’s son six years ago, he has always tried to remain as stoic as possible. Then he saw his 16-year-old
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In today's Gazette: Seriously ill Debbie Bond could be jailed after she was sued by her niece for £30,000. Debbie, 49, is due to get a £1 million pay out from the NHS after doctors failed to diagnose a bleed on her brain. She is being sued by her
A MAN who bit his cousin’s nose when trouble flared at a pub has been jailed for more than two years. Jamie Edwards, 24, went on the rampage at the Live and Let Live in Stanway. He got into a row with his cousin Carl Ellis and while they wresteld
