TEMPERS flared when roads were blocked as pensioners flocked to a doctor’s surgery to get flu jabs. Military police stepped in to control traffic around the Creffield Medical Centre, in Cavalry Road, Colchester, when it was besieged on its annual
AN independent music shop is set to close after more than 40 years in Colchester. Allegro Music’s manager Jon Scott said the shop’s grotty surroundings in St Botolph’s Street have done trade no favours. The shop’s last day of trading will be
LITTLE ones and staff are celebrating after raising £100,000 in eight years to refurbish their dated pre-school. When Milldene pre-school playgroup, in Barbrook Lane, Tiptree, opened in the grounds of Milldene Primary School, in 1992, it was initially
Essex University students are more likely than ever to secure top jobs after graduating, according to a national study. The Complete University Guide shows 64.2 per cent of Essex students go on to find graduate-level employment or post-graduate
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Essex University student Hannah Witheridge have quizzed a group of footballers. The 23-year-old’s body was found on a beach on the tiny island of Koh Tao on September 15, along with the body of David Miller
COLCHESTER town centre’s poor air quality should improve after nearly £200,000 of funding was secured to install emissions reducing technology in ten buses. Much of the town centre, including the High Street, Queen Street and Head Street, has been
PLANNING issues around Colchester United’s training ground should not be used as a “political football”, it has been claimed. MP Priti Patel has accused Colchester Council of continuing to “let down the people of Tiptree” after concerns were raised
POLICE officers are continuing their search for a heavily pregnant woman missing from Colchester General Hospital. Pham Flu Na is believed to have left the Turner Road hospital on Saturday at about 10pm. She is aged between 16 and 19 and speaks
A developer wants to convert an office block into 12 apartments. Neeb Holdings has lodged an application to create homes at the Coach House, in East Street, Colchester. The proposed development would include six one-bedroom and six two-bedroom
Dozens of Essex schools are in need of new lollipop men and women. Essex County Council is launching a recruitment drive to fill 30 vacancies at established crossings. Earlier this year, the authority scrapped proposals to stop providing patrols
Two thirds of patients arriving by ambulance at Colchester General Hospital’s A&E are waiting in the vehicle for more than 15 minutes. Only 31 per cent of handovers from April to July this year took place in the national target time. In
PLANS for a £5million primary school which have divided two communities have been approved. The 420-place New Braiswick Academy, in Apprentice Drive, is set to open in September next year, after it was approved by Essex County Council. Residents
A NEW ultrasound which allows patients to be tested for feared problems with their airways in Colchester instead of Basildon or London has been unveiled. The £132,000 endobronchial ultrasound, or Ebus, can help detect tuberculosis, lung cancer
DOZENS of fundraisers took part in Macmillan coffee mornings across north Essex. Coffee mornings took place in cafes, shops, homes and care homes across the area, to raise money for cancer support charity, Macmillan. Events were hosted by
A COUPLE seen sitting on a bench close to where Jim Attfield’s body was found have emerged as prime suspects for the murder. Today marks six months since Mr Attfield was found with 102 stabs wounds near Colchester Castle Park. In the hours
ALAN Kimble has been appointed as the new manager of Maldon and Tiptree. Anwar Uddin has also joined the club as assistant boss. Kimble replaces Terry Spillane, who recently left by mutual consent.
THIEVES stole six camping items from outside an outdoors store in Colchester. The items, which included a tent, ground sheet, a windbreak and a tent porch, were taken from a compound outside Go Outdoors, in Petrolea Close, Colchester, in the early
A VILE pervert who filmed himself sexually abusing a baby girl has been jailed for 12 years. The owners of Martin Hunt’s former home in Southcroft Road, Kirby Cross, tipped off police when they found a disc with sickening images on, hidden behind
A WALK from the spot Nahid Al-Manea was killed to where Jim Attfield died was held to show the Colchester community is unbowed by the tragedies. Mr Attfield’s mum, Julie Finch, was joined by residents and representatives from Essex Police, the
