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  • U's blow as Gorkss "signs for Ergotelis"

    Kaspars Gorkss has left Colchester United, according to reports in Greece. The Latvia international, who has been at the U's on a short-term deal, has tonight been unveiled by Greek club Ergotelis as their new signing on an 18-month contract. Gorkss

  • U's close to clinching loan deal for Spurs youngster McEvoy

    Colchester are closing in on a youth loan deal for Tottenham Hotspur youngster Kenny McEvoy until the end of the season. The 20-year-old, who spent two months on loan at the U’s League One rivals Peterborough United earlier in the season, has been training

  • Diabetes campaigner voices concerns to MP

    A CAMPAIGNER has called for action to tackle poor diabetes healthcare in Colchester. Colchester’s Chris Chaplin, 67, who has Type 2 diabetes, travelled to Westminster to meet MP Sir Bob Russell as part of a lobbying event organised by Diabetes

  • Lee makes his intentions clear from the very start

    LEE Wicks started as he meant to go on to win Playgolf Colchester’s all-day stableford competition. Wicks (four) secured a birdie on the par-four first hole on his way to recording an impressive winning card of 37 points. He also recorded a

  • YOUR SNOW PICTURES: Weather warning still in place

    THE Met Office's yellow weather warning is still in place for Essex. The yellow 'be aware' warning for snow and ice was issued yesterday, and is due to remain until this afternoon. Snow fell in Colchester yesterday afternoon, and while it didn't

  • Lorry crashes on A120

    A LORRY driver was unharmed after the vehicle crashed into a lamp post on the A120 at Marks Tey. Emergency services were called to the road's junction with Church Lane around 12.50pm today, Thursday January 29. An Essex Police spokesman said

  • Boost for villagers’ Ardleigh Hall hopes

    VILLAGERS’ hopes of buying and reopening a defunct leisure centre as a community centre have been backed by Tendring councillors. Local people set up the Ardleigh Hall Fall Outs group when Ardleigh Hall Leisure Club closed last August. The

  • Residents rejoice as road improvements carried out

    CAMPAIGNERS say they are “over the moon” work to fix an eyesore has finally been carry out. A verge between numbers 360 and 392, in Mersea Road, Colchester has been plagued by heavy goods vehicles using it has a shortcut for years, turning it into

  • Ex-Roberto’s boss Ben dies in France, aged 40

    A FORMER bar owner from Colchester has died in France, aged 40. Ben Smart, of Maldon Road, Colchester, fell ill in Chamonix on January 4 and died in hospital in France with his parents, Bryn and Jane, at his bedside on January 21. Mr Smart

  • Grammar is best in country

    TOP of the class! Colchester Royal Grammar School has topped the national education league tables in results released today. The school was the best in the country for A-level results although it lost out to its counterpart Colchester High

  • Ex-jockey’s first runner set to race

    A FORMER jockey-turned racehorse trainer is bidding to put his new stable yard on the map with his debut runner. Charlie Wallis and his wife, Hayley, run Benson Stud, in Harts Lane, Ardleigh, with help from Charlie’s parents Ben and Judy, who have

  • Town's Tescos escape axe

    ALL of Colchester’s Tesco stores have escaped the cull of branches announced by the supermarket giant yesterday. After announcing a big reduction in profits last month, Tesco yesterday named the 43 branches it wants to close nationwide, to save

  • Healey recovering after "scary experience"

    Colchester United loanee Rhys Healey admits being rushed to hospital with a burst appendix was a “scary experience”. Healey, who is on loan at the U’s from Cardiff City, is recovering at home after undergoing emergency surgery last week. The 20-year-old

  • Back in prison: The drinker who was in last chance saloon

    AN alcoholic is back behind bars – just three weeks after a judge told him he was in the last chance saloon. Neville Dickinson, 63, was given a suspended prison sentence at Chelmsford Crown Court on January 5 for breaching his Asbo. He then

  • Well...it is certainly not jam-packed up here!

    A JAM factory worker landed himself in a sticky situation when he scaled its chimney – but it was all for a good cause. Gutsy Stephen Cook decided to scale the 20 metre-tall chimney at Wilkin and Sons, in Tiptree, despite being scared of heights

  • Park and Ride opening date 'set'

    COLCHESTER’s long awaited park and ride centre will open on April 6, the Gazette understands. The centre, by the A12 at Cuckoo Farm, will be the base for a fleet of new buses running every day to Queen Street and back. The buses will run between

  • PE teacher vows to fight on for practical assessment

    A CAMPAIGN to keep GCSE PE physical is celebrating a victory - but there is still more work to do. Tom Chapman, PE subject leader at Philip Morant School and College in Colchester, was one of the campaigners fighting plans to change the marking