Colchester United have moved quickly to fill the gap left by Magnus Okuonghae's injury by signing Birmingham City defender Will Packwood on loan. The USA under-23 international, who has progressed through the Blues' academy, has joined the U's who have
A CAR salesman has been ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work after taking items from part-exchange cars and selling them on eBay. Graham Mays, 53, from Alan Way, Colchester, would collect cars which were included in deals at Lancaster
Magnus Okuonghae could miss the rest of the season after it was confirmed he has suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. The Colchester United skipper is set to undergo surgery later this week, after suffering the injury in the 1-0 defeat against Coventry
A BUSINESSWOMAN has topped an Essex business poll - batting off competition from Lord Sugar. Suzanne Howlett, who runs Howlett’s Chartered Accountants, in Elmstead Market, topped the Essex Means Business poll. The accountant, who employs two
A WHALE found dead off the north east Essex shoreline probably died of starvation, according to an expert. Police officers were called in to escort the 40 pilot whales away from Brightlingsea on Friday, but one was later found on land. Rob
THE law firm behind more than 200 clinical negligence cases against failing hospitals is coming to Colchester. Leigh Day represented hundreds of patients with grievances following the Mid-Staffordshire Hospital crisis, in 2013. Health lawyer
Meg Wall-Peters was part of the East Angels side that won the 2014 Under-14 Girls’ Inter-Regional Water Polo Championship. The Colchester player set off to Liverpool to take on teams from Scotland, North East Region, London, East Midlands and two teams
A trio of Essex University boxers travelled to London to contest the Mayor’s Cup and provide support bouts in the London NW versus Southern Counties team match. First on was welterweight Aaron Spenner who was unlucky in losing a split verdict to Basingstoke
Hockey player Alex Went has been selected for the National Age Group Academy Squad at under-16 level. This selection is more impressive for the 14-year-old from Weeley Heath as she is only in year ten at school. It means the Felsted School
By Ron Fosker Six of the seven matches in the first round of the Braintree Table Tennis League Handicap Cup went in favour of the underdog. Division two leaders Black Notley B were the only team to buck the trend, with a 7-2 win over Rayne
The Essex Invitation Petanque Winter League opened with a local derby at Bocking as Bocking 1 beat their second string 2-1. Pam Adams, Trevor Turner and Malcolm Smith took the triples, while Turner partnered David Adams to a pairs win for Bocking
STANWAY ROVERS have been handed a trip to St Margaretsbury in the third round of the FA Vase. BRANTHAM ATHLETIC, meanwhile, are at home to Yaxley. The ties will be played on Saturday, December 6. For the full story and reaction, see Tuesday's
Colchester United boss Tony Humes is set to raid the loan market this week with skipper Magnus Okuonghae facing a lengthy lay-off. Okuonghae was carried off with an Achilles tendon injury in the closing stages of the U’s 1-0 home defeat at the hands
Cole Kpekawa says he was pleased with the way he performed after making his first-ever Football League appearance for Colchester United. But the on-loan QPR youngster says the U’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of Coventry City tarnished his senior professional
Scroll down for updates. COMMUTERS could face delays on the trains this morning due to a broken down freight train. Services from Colchester, Clacton and Witham towards Liverpool Street may be cancelled or delayed by up to
A MOBILE phone app invented by a group of north Essex teenagers to help the victims of bullying has caught the eye of Dragon’s Den businesswoman Kelly Hoppen. Ramsden Hall School pupils Nick Nash, 14, Alex Stephens, 14, Ray Grice, 13, Lewis Smith
