STANWAY ROVERS ran out 6-0 winners in tonight’s Thurlow Nunn League premier division contest at Haverhill Rovers. Angelo Harrop’s side netted three goals in each half to emphatically bounce back from Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of Gorleston
TOM Bowdidge’s girls took it literally when he told people to “crack on” without him. Inspirational Tom died in October after fighting an aggressive stomach cancer for more than a year. Before he died, he raised £170,000 for the Teenage Cancer
COMIC book stars are preparing to invade Colchester for a charity fundraising day. Invasion Colchester, which is now in its fourth year, will see about 100 characters meet in the town centre on Saturday in aid of St Helena Hospice and the Colchester
Magnus Okuonghae admits he was shocked to learn that Joe Dunne had left his role as Colchester United manager. The U’s longest-serving player says he learnt of Dunne’s departure on Twitter, yesterday morning. Dunne parted company with Colchester
THE East of England Ambulance Service has been fined £1.2 million for failing to reach three quarters of life-threatening emergencies within eight minutes. The trust handles more than 900,000 emergency 999 calls a year in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk
ARMED police have raided a cannabis factory in Copford. Officers discovered what is believed to be about 150 cannabis plants inside an industrial unit off London Road. The unit, which is behind Wass’s Fishing Tackle and Nevada Bob’s Golf, but
COLCHESTER MP Sir Bob Russell has quizzed Prime Minister David Cameron over cuts to the Army. Since 2011, more than 12,000 service personnel have been made redundant under the Ministry of Defence Army 2020 proposals. Britain’s rapid response
A TEENAGER who faces spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair after an horrific accident said he is grateful to be given a second chance at life. Tristan Green, 18, has been paralysed from the chest down after diving into a shallow swimming
Colchester United legend Karl Duguid will revert to a position of youth-team coach, in the wake of Tony Humes' appointment as manager. Duguid had been working alongside previous manager Joe Dunne and his assistant Mark Kinsella as first-team coach
HUMAN rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti CBE has been named the new chancellor of Essex University. The director of Liberty, the civil liberties and human rights organisation, becomes the first woman to hold the position at Essex. She said
A MAN has been jailed after a £3million cannabis factory was discovered near Ardleigh. Anthony Davis, 48, of Newbridge Farm, Fox Street, Ardleigh, was sentenced to three years and four months at Chelmsford Crown Court today. Police discovered
New Colchester United manager Tony Humes deserves his chance to prove himself as a Football League manager, according to U’s supremo Robbie Cowling. Humes has been appointed as Joe Dunne’s successor as first-team boss, following a successful five
A CHARITY combating child sex abuse has defended a judge’s decision to let a paedophile walk free for a second time because it may be the best way to prevent further abuse. Hugh MacLean, 65, of Bergholt Road, Colchester, admitted downloading indecent
ROYAL Anglian soldiers have celebrated their golden jubilee during a special service. The regiment, whose Viking battalion recruits from Essex, received new colours at the service in Duxford on Sunday prsented by the regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief
A PROHIBITION notice has been issued on a site where hundreds of tonnes of wood have been dumped. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service fears the wood, in Hawkins Road, Colchester, is going to be set alight and cause a dangerous blaze. Firefighters
BRIGHTLINGSEA REGENT boss James Webster hopes his side’s dramatic FA Cup victory at Royston will spark an improved run of Ryman League form. Regent have had a tough start to life in division one north, winning only one of their opening six fixtures
IS this the next Olly Murs? Perhaps not, but Stevie Ritchie gave it his best shot. Stevie, 33, from Colchester, impressed X Factor judges, despite forgetting most of the lyrics to Olly’s hit, Dance With Me Tonight. The former Stanway School
TESCO’S bid to open a ninth store in Colchester have been put on hold after a planning U-turn. Colchester Council gave Hills Building Group permission to convert four shops in Cotman Avenue into one unit, paving the way for Tesco Express store.
STANWAY ROVERS manager Angelo Harrop has challenged his players to bounce back from one of the biggest lows of his time in charge. The Hawthorns boss admitted his players were “in bits” after Saturday’s deflating 2-1 loss against Gorleston.
