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  • "We demand a re-think over Wivenhoe parking charges"

    Angry residents who claim they were not consulted on parking charges are demanding a re-think. Wivenhoe Town Council have installed meters in the Cook’s Shipyard car parks in Walter Radcliffe Road and have asked the North Essex Parking Partnership

  • Community centre's £7,400 boost for kids exercise club

    A COMMUNITY centre has been given a £7,400 boost to run children’s exercise classes. The Oak Tree Centre, in Harwich Road, has been awarded the grant by Heart Research UK as part of the charity’s Healthy Hearts for Kids programme. It means

  • Six pupils taken to A&E in poison plant scare

    Six children were taken to A&E after playing with a potentially poisonous plant on their school field. The pupils at Parsons Heath Primary School in Templewood Road were taken to Colchester General Hospital on Thursday afternoon. One of

  • Princess Anne is coming to Colchester

    PRINCESS Anne, The Princess Royal, is coming to Colchester.   The daughter of Queen Elizabeth II will be given a Royal preview of the Colchester Castle refurbishment on March 20, according to the official Royal diary.   She will also be

  • Emergency flooding cash released by County Hall

    COUNTY Hall is releasing £1million of emergency funding to tackle road flooding across Essex. Each district is being asked to identify five hotspots for urgent action. Work could include clearing culverts and removing debris. Rodney Bass

  • Woman in critical condition following A131 crash

    A WOMAN is in a critical but stable condition following a car crash in High Garrett. Emergency services were called to the A131 at about 2.15pm yesterday after a black Ford Ka and a black Mercedes convertible crashed. The woman driving the

  • Long-serving Barbara reopens new-look store

    A LONG-SERVING shop worker helped to re-open Brightlingsea’s Co-op supermarket after a £450,000 refit. Barbara Steel started working at the Station Road shop after leaving Colne Community School in 1965. She is the shop’s longest-serving employee

  • 13 cars damaged in Harwich Road

    AN UNLUCKY 13 victims had their car wing mirrors smashed by vandals in Colchester. At about 2.45am yesterday police were flagged down by a man who found his car damaged in Harwich Road. A 28-year-old from Colchester was arrested on suspicion

  • Major delays after person hit by a train at Brentwood

    Passengers are facing major delays after a person was hit by a train at Brentwood.  The emergency services are on site and Greater Anglia is warning that the delays could be up to 60 minutes.  The lines have now reopened and services are expected

  • Three robbed in separate attacks in Colchester

    DETECTIVES are investigating three robberies in Colchester within 12 hours. It is not yet known if the robberies, in Port Lane, Castle Park and Maldon Road, are connected. Yesterday, at 12.15am, an 18-year-old from Colchester, was pushed to

  • U's boss may raid loan market

    Colchester United manager Joe Dunne admits the club’s punishing fixture schedule may prompt him to raid the loan market. The U’s face a hectic run over the coming weeks, after seeing their last four scheduled League One games postponed. Colchester

  • Charity donation raises 20,000 smiles

    A CHARITY which helps health projects has distributed nearly £40,000 to worthy causes. The Colchester Catalyst Charity has given out £8 million since it was created in 1990. And in the latest round of grants, he has given out £38,810. It

  • Plans for Sainsbury's third Colchester store unveiled

    DETAILED blueprints have been unveiled for Sainsbury’s third store in Colchester. A health centre has been included in the “multi-million pound” scheme on the existing B&Q site in Lightship Way, the Hythe. The plans were revealed firstly