A SURVIVOR of Auschwitz says the horrors of the Nazi death camps must never be forgotten. Frank Bright lit one of 70 candles commissioned by the UK Holocaust Memorial Day Trust at the University of Essex. Seventy years earlier he was a 16-year-old
THEY are every sports coach’s worst nightmare - the pushy sideline parents. To listen to them, you’d scarcely believe their taunts and foul mouthed punditry are aimed at children. Whether questioning tactics, screaming abuse or demanding their
TUCKED away in a serene corner of Colchester is Jo Wheatley’s little gem – and she’s delighted to share it. The Big Garden occupies a former agricultural field in High Woods Country Park. Established eight years ago, it has blossomed into a
CROOKS duped a man during a distraction burglary and stole hundreds of pounds in cash. Four men knocked on the door of a man aged in his mid-70s in West End Road, in Tiptree on Monday at about 4.15pm. One of the four men tricked his way into
Josh Thompson has left Colchester United and signed for League Two side Tranmere Rovers on a permanent basis. Thompson, who has been on loan at Prenton Park since last October, had his U's contract cancelled by mutual consent and has now sealed a switch
TRAIN services at Colchester Town are running as usual again following an afternoon of cancellations. All services from the station were cancelled this afternoon because a piece of plastic sheeting is caught on the overhead electric wires.
SCHOOLCHILDREN turned alien investigators when a “spaceship’’ landed in their playing field. Once specialists had made the crash site safe, curious pupils at Boxted St Peter’s Primary School wrote about what they had witnessed. They also measured
THIS is one of the men wanted in connection with a break-in in Ardleigh. Two men broke into Stephen Ellis’ home, in between 9.45pm and 10.15pm on Friday. But Mr Ellis was just returning to his home, in Harwich Road, and saw a downstairs window
Colchester United have completed the permanent signing of defender Jamie Harney from Premier League side West Ham United. The centre-back, who initially joined the U's on loan last November, has now signed a deal with the club that will keep him at the
TOWN centre traders have appealed for customers to return to Colchester’s High Street after a slump in sales this month. Jamie Milleare, who runs Darcy’s Traditional Sweet Shoppe, in Eld Lane, has experienced his quietest January for years.
THIS year more than 500 mums and dads will be told their child has a brain tumour. While relatively rare, the impact the disease has on young lives can be immeasurable. Reporter JAMES COX talks to the families affected. JAMES Copping
A MENTAL health crisis centre has been given a glimmer of hope amid fears over its future. The Haven Project, in Glen Avenue, Colchester, is due to close in February because its NHS funding has ended. The service provides roundthe- clock crisis
SOMEBODY will get hurt if Essex County Council goes ahead with plans to close a pedestrian crossing in Colchester’s Cymbeline Way, green campaigners have warned. Colchester Green Links and Open Spaces has written to Rodney Bass, county councillor
A PROCESSION of light was held at Essex University to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Holocaust survivor Frank Bright lit one of 70 candles specially-commissioned by the UK Holocaust Memorial
Tony Humes insists there has been no interest in defensive lynchpin Kaspars Gorkss in this month’s transfer window. But the Colchester United manager says he has put plans in place, should the Latvia international quit the Weston Homes Community Stadium
A PANEL of experts will discuss the future of Colchester’s transport network – but the public has not been invited to attend. Essex County Council is hosting the Colchester Transport Symposium where highways bosses will present their plans for
TEACHERS will go on strike again after crisis talks failed to put an end to a dispute over management practices. Members of the National Association of Schoolmasters/ Union of Women Teachers will walk out of Harwich and Dovercourt High School today
A CHARITY said the number of people in Colchester contacting it with debt problems had risen by 27 per cent. The Stepchange Debt Charity said its helpline was called by 1,341 people from the Colchester area last year, compared to 1,059 in 2013.
A DRIVER who was diverted by police along a buses-only route after a fatal accident is furious he was sent a £30 fine notice. Queen Street, in Colchester town centre, is normally off-limits to cars turning right from the High Street. Police
