A CASUALTY was rescued by fire fighters after a crash in Great Bentley Road, Frating. Fire crews from Brightlingsea and Weeley were called to the two-vehicle smash shortly after 4pm today. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said one person
APPROACHING Christmas, we find ourselves dangerously close to the bottom of the league, on the back of a run of five consecutive league defeats. Rather than being up the creek without a paddle, it’s more a case of being up the creek with plenty
WHO will be this year’s Christmas number one? I’m not talking about some Simon Cowell-hyped talent show warbler or the annual social media campaign to send Anthrax, Einstürzende Neubauten or whoever to the top of the charts, but the more important
PARATROOPERS are hoping for victory...with a new bobsleigh. Soldiers from Colchester-based 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment are competing at the Army Bobsleigh Championships in La Plange in France in January. To help them on their way,
THE family of a man who vanished from Colchester have urged him to come home for Christmas and make them complete again. Anthony Stammers, whose birthday was yesterday, left his home in Mile End Road on May 27, 2012, and has not been seen since
PLANNING bosses have been warned not to cut the number of parking spaces when Essex County Hospital is redeveloped. Colchester Council put forward a brief on the future use of the site when services are transferred to Colchester General Hospital
THE former commander of the British Forces in Afghanistan says it would be a “big mistake” to allow women to serve on the front line. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said he hopes women will be allowed to serve in British Army infantry and
A CAFE worker has spoken of his shock at the terrorist siege in Sydney. Elliott Vale had given up working at the the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in central Sydney, Australia, a few weeks ago to prepare for a surprise flight back to Essex. The 23-year-old
A MUM whose ill-health left her unable to work for a year has launched her own business in Colchester town centre. Kerry Easter, 24, was signed off sick for months after juggling her job at a beauty salon and caring for five-year-old daughter Felicity
VICTORY was sweet for the winners of Colchester Golf Club’s ladies’ Christmas Cakewalk competition. Linda Freeman, Heather Dennis, Claire Croger and Catherine Chick won by six points. They collected 57 well-earned points from their 14 holes
ONLY 96 affordable homes were built in Colchester in the last year. The Annual Monitoring Report said only 13.5 per cent of all homes built were affordable units during the period of 2013- 14. Of these 85 were affordable to rent, two were intermediate
COLCHESTER Harriers’ Nicola Rogers produced one of her finest-ever runs to claim bronze at the SEAA Masters and Southern Inter Counties Cross-Country Championships. She battled against top-class opposition at Oxford to claim an individual third
BRAINTREE RUFC will be looking for a little bit of Christmas cheer this weekend. They suffered an 11th straight defeat last weekend in a 17-10 reverse against bottom side Old Cooperians, which saw the Black and Ambers fall to the bottom of the
COLCHESTER pushed East Men’s League division one leaders Spalding all the way after producing a determined display but lost out 3-2. The visitors travelled to the Garrison on a 10-game winning streak but they were given a real fright by their struggling
A PUBLIC servant paid more than half a million pounds to save the ambulance service is leaving before his own plan has been fully implemented. Chief executive Anthony Marsh and the East of England Ambulance Service are parting company next year
TIPTREE retained fourth place in Pool B of the 53-12 cross-country league following the third race in the series at Harwich. In the ladies’ race, Lyndsey Rollerkite finished 49th, Abigail Morgan 75th, Zoe Gould 76th and Dawn Shilling 85th to take
FEARFUL residents have called on Salary Brook to be made a country park to save it from housing. Colchester East Community Association has set up a Save Salary Brook Valley initiative amid fears hundreds of houses could be built there under both
UNHAPPY meals were served up at a world famous restaurant after customers were charged for months of food in one day. Dozens of families ate at McDonald’s Tollgate, paid by card, and went on their way... not knowing they had not been charged
THE rightful owner of two sets of medals has finally been reunited with them after an eight-year search. Last month, the Gazette appealed to find the relative who owned the Second WorldWar and Boer War medals to come forward after their details
A PROJECT to replace a tiny bridge has been delayed again – and will have taken at least a year by the time it is completed. The bridge in Spring Lane, Colchester, was closed last January and was due to be replaced within six months. Frustrated
Rhys Healey will stay at Colchester United for the rest of the season - but Freddie Sears’ future remains uncertain. Healey will remain with the U’s on loan until the end of the season from Cardiff City, who have an option to recall the striker if required
IT has been another week of blustery winds with the odd day that boats have been able to launch, but all in all this winter we have not fared too badly on our part of the coast. We have still to see a double-figure cod to be caught on rod and line
