A MOTORCYCLIST has been rushed to hospital after colliding with a HGV and a lorry on the A12. The road was closed in both directions. The crash took place shortly after 3.30pm. The biker suffered severe and multiple injuries in the collision
CELEBRITIES donated prizes to a charity auction which raised almost £100,000 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices and the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. F1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton, songwriter Ed Sheeran and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver were
THESE aerial shots show how engineers are building a massive new road in Colchester. The multi-million pound extension of the Northern Approach Road through the former Severalls Hospital site is due to open in December. The link road, under
RESIDENTS have called on Colchester Council to pay off the developer behind the controversial Prettygate Tesco - and stop the shop from opening. Council planning officers had already given their blessing to plans to knock four shops into one, in
AN ancient Egyptian sarcophagus believed to be more than 3,000 years old has been found in a north Essex home. The 6ft tall coffin was found by Mark Stacey, from Colchester’s Reeman Dansie Auctioneers, during a house clearance for an unnamed woman
Colchester United have suffered an injury blow after winger Drey Wright was ruled out for the rest of the season with a cruciate ligament knee injury. And U's boss Tony Humes could be prompted to make a move in the transfer market to bring in a replacement
A school is celebrating after driving up standards to be rated “good”. Gosbecks Primary School, in Owen Ward Close, Shrub End, was praised by Ofsted this month for improving its teaching. When it was last inspected, in 2012, the school was
LIFE, for Noel Thompson, is like a game of snakes and ladders. There are times when he makes great strides in his enduring battle against cancer. Other times, he slips back and the fight begins all over again. Noel lives with myeloma, a
THE NORTHERN Approach Road has re-opened today. The closure, designed to help provide a new link road into Colchester, caused traffic chaos. However engineers have worked tirelessly to get it opened ten days ahead of the original six week target
11-YEAR-OLD Thomas Bellinger is already making waves at Microsoft. The Gilberd School pupil created two dictionary apps which the tech giant has added to its list of add-ons for its Office programme on the Windows phone. It means when millions
THIS is the horrifying moment a thug threw a blind man onto railway tracks during an argument at a train station. Daniel Webster, 23, of Colchester Road, Coggeshall, and Niall Martin, 24, of Speedwell Road, Colchester, attacked the 31-year-old,
WORK to build Colchester’s first new council homes for 20 years could be finished by the end of the year. Colchester Council is building the 34 new homes at former garage sites across the borough. The five sites are at Monkwick Avenue, Windsor
TWO Colchester town centre churches used for major concerts, civic funerals and services have been labelled “at risk” by English Heritage. The conservation group today revealed St Botolph’s Church, a regular concert hall venue in Roman Road, and
A SAFETY group watching over the cancelled I Am Music festival has been criticised for not making organisers stick to time frames in the lead up to the event. Members of Colchester Council’s scrutiny committee grilled the council’s community group
ESSEX’S Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston has hit out at the National Crime Agency after its top boss said thousands of paedophiles will escape investigation. Keith Bristow, the director general of the National Crime Agency, days said it
A SECRET stash of counterfeit cigarettes worth £10,000 were discovered in hidden cupboards at a Colchester newsagent. A clever canine sniffed out hundreds of cigarette and tobacco packs at Geylanii in St Botolph’s Street and a room above. The
Tony Humes believes the character Colchester United have shown in recent games shows the growing belief that exists among his players. The U’s came from behind to beat Chesterfield 2-1 on Tuesday night and have lost only one of their last six League
Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy has said he is open to Elliott Hewitt extending his loan spell with Colchester United. The 20-year-old right-back has made four starts for the U's since joining them on a month's loan from Town, on October 6.
CAMBRIDGE has claimed victory in the first Varsity horse race - with Colchester Royal Grammar School celebrating success in the competition closer to home. Oxford and Cambridge universities renewed old rivalries to do battle on the turf at Newmarket
