TRAIN services were delayed this evening due to a train hitting an obstruction on the line. Services from Manningtree towards London were delayed from about 4.30pm this afternoon. The line was reopened at about 6.20pm. For information on
RESIDENTS are being given the chance to have their say on plans to provide health and social care services closer to homes. The North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has started a ten-week consultation to find ways to provide effective
APUB is getting into the festive spirit with some Christmas ales. The Purple Dog in Eld Lane, Colchester, has launched its winter ale festival, whichwill run until Sunday. A total of 15 different ales will be served during the festival and
A SCHOOL has held its last ever event after 59 years. Alderman Blaxill School in Paxman Avenue, Colchester, saw its last GCSE pupils return for an awards evening and to collect their examination certificates. The school closed in August after
COLCHESTER paratroopers are poised to go back to Iraq in a bid to halt Islamic State fighters. Two companies from the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, based at Merville Barracks, have been placed on standby to fly to Iraq to provide “force
AMAN has been left homeless after a fire caused by his hair straighteners destroyed his flat. Kirk Kavenagh, 26, left the appliance on in his bedroom while he played on his games console in the lounge next door. The straighteners overheated
Ian Henderson admits Colchester United are in a transitional period after putting his former club to the sword. Henderson, who made more than 100 league appearances for the U’s between 2010 and 2013, was in impressive form on his first return to the
RESIDENTS have less than a month to have their say on proposed changes to Colchester’s electoral boundaries. The Local Government Boundary Commission has outlined its proposals to change the face of Colchester, by cutting the number of councillors
THEIRS is a friendship forged in childhood with bonds strengthened as brothers in arms. John Garrard and Albert Smith were 12 when they first met playing football for opposing teams and their friendship has lasted a lifetime. In the past 80
IT has been eight-and-a-half months since James Attfield was murdered. The 33-year-old father-of-five, who was living in East Bay, Colchester, was stabbed 102 times on a path. His body was found shortly before 6am on Saturday, March 29. Det
COLCHESTER is one of the most car-dependent places in England, according to new research. Pressure Group, the Campaign for Better Transport has listed Colchester residents as the country's second most motor dependent. In one section, the
OPPOSITION councillors have hit out at County Hall bosses after they poured scorn on proposals for LED lighting across Essex. Liberal Democrat county councillors put forward a motion for cash to be set aside in next year’s budget to convert the
IT has been almost six months since Essex University student Nahid Al-Manea was murdered. The 31-year-old, who was living in Woodrow Way with her brother, was stabbed 16 times and killed on the Salary Brook Trail, Colchester, on June 17. The
A THREE-MAN protest was staged calling for the Colchester bus lanes to be scrapped. Ian Goldsworthy, James Blyth and Michael Franklin held placards and handed out leaflets to drivers. Under the restrictions, car drivers are only allowed to
Colchester United’s players and management held a frank and open discussion about their poor form in the immediate aftermath of their heavy home defeat against Rochdale. The entire U’s squad spent around half an hour in the changing room following the
SWIMMERS have reacted angrily after it was announced they will have to pay more at Leisure World. The swimming pool and fitness centre is changing the way its concession scheme is run. From January, My Leisure Card holders will no longer qualify
A MILLION-TO-ONE chance has seen a father donate stem cells which have helped to save a child’s life. Stephen Gibbons, 36, has spent this week in hospital donating about 85 million blood stem cells. Although he is not allowed to knowanything
