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  • The blogger who is helping thousands cope with cancer

    THIRTEEN thousand people have read an online blog started by a runner diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Marcus Evans, 30, decided “life was too short” to not try and achieve his goals, so started the blog. It has been viewed by people from 70

  • Colchester snap up Kiwi youngster Cam

    Colchester and East Essex Cricket Club have been boosted by the signing of Kiwi teenager Cam Hawkins, ahead of a brand new season. The talented 19-year-old, who hails from Christchurch, has most recently been playing his cricket Down Under for

  • Vose is still sure that U's will beat the drop

    Dominic Vose is adamant out-of-sorts Colchester United can rediscover their spark and stay in League One. The U’s have endured a miserable run of four straight defeats and only goal difference is keeping them above the relegation trapdoor.

  • Our minibuses really have got the X Factor

    TWO minibuses have been given an X Factor makeover. Esign, based at Farrows Business Centre, in Thorrington, was asked to wrap two Mercedes vehicles with the TV show’s logo. They will be used during the filming at talent auditions. The

  • Sheffield race didn’t pay us for the water

    A COMPANY has defended its decision not to provide water for the Sheffield Half Marathon causing the event to be cancelled. The race, on Sunday, was scrapped at the last minute because water for the runners did not arrive. The 4,100 runners

  • Boats damaged in blaze

    FOUR boats have been damaged by a fire in West Mersea. A 10 metre yacht caught alight in the boat yard in Coast Road at 3.39am this morning. The cause of the blaze is unknown and the fire service and Essex Police will carry out an investigation