A BUILDING in a holiday park has been deliberately set on fire. Firefighters were called to the Seawick Holiday Park, in Beach Road, Clacton, just before 6pm this evening. The two-storey derelict building was completely alight. Crews from
DAMON Albarn’s former music teacher has rubbished claims he is hiding his “privileged” background. Singer James Blunt says he is the only singer who has not hidden his posh accent – and accused Albarn of having “an orchard full of plums in his
A RETIRED civil engineer has come up with a plan he says would end north Colchester’s traffic jams. Wilf Ring is suggesting the answer is to build two new relief roads linking the congested North Station area with points to the north and east.
DRIVERS are experiencing long delays on the A12 due to two crashes. Police closed off a stretch of the road between Eight Ash Green and Spring Lane northbound following a crash involving two cars ajust before 5.30pm. Ambulance crews were called
Meet Colchester’s very own Roy Orbison superfan, who even shares her birthday with the singer-songwriter. Jean Baker, 57, has a lifesize cardboard cut out of the singer, known as the Big O, watching over her and a copy of every one of his songs
MOST of us can only dream of someone giving us hundreds of pounds out of the blue. But Lesley Quilter, 58, is going crazy trying to work out who sent her £200, without a note or any explanation. Her neighbour in Wickham Road, Colchester, was
A SEXUAL health clinic is set to open in Colchester's High Street. It would be based in the former NSPCC building, next to the Natural History Museum. Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust said the clinic would replace services
Hundeds of guests filled Colchester Castle for a preview of the £4.2million renovations which will allow visitors to explore the history of the keep using tablet computers. About 300 people, including councillors and local businessmen, were invited
Detectives are trying to trace a woman who challenged three suspected burglars. It is thought the woman confronted them in Braeburn Road and they left and walked up Coach Road towards West Bergholt. The men, described as of Eastern European
A FAMILY are still fighting for their daughter’s health fours years after she was born at 24 weeks. Holly Young weighed just 1lbs 7oz when she was delivered. Her twin sister, Abigail, only survived for an hour after the birth. Holly spent
BRIGHTLINGSEA Regent have given their promotion hopes a major boost by winning twice in four days. James Webster’s Thurlow Nunn League premier division high-fliers followed up Saturday’s 1-0 victory at Haverhill Rovers with a dramatic 2-1 success
HARWICH ABC’s John Wheatley dug deep to lift an Eastern Counties crown. The reigning Essex elite welterweight champion defeated Liam Goodjohn, of Haddenham, in the elite final on Canvey Island. Wheatley drew on his experience and dug deep to
