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  • Brides and grooms flock to popular wedding show

    EVERYTHING to make that special day perfect was on show at the Gazette's popular wedding fair. Blushing brides to be, would-be grooms, mothers of the bride and bridesmaids were all catered for at the record-breaking event staged at Charter Hall

  • Taxi rank rule 'putting jobs at risk'

    A TAXI company boss claims cabbies’ livelihoods are being put at risk because Colchester bus station has nowhere they can drop off passengers. Christie Wettasinghe, of Hawaii Five-0 taxis, says private hire drivers risk losing their licences if

  • Humes hails "strong" U's performance at Bradford

    Tony Humes heaped praise on his Colchester United side after their draw at Bradford City - despite questioning whether the game should have been played. Humes and his Bantams counterpart Phil Parkinson both had reservations about the state of the Valley

  • Council’s green strategy launched

    RESIDENTS are being challenged to grow their own food, recycle more and suggest ideas to tackle flooding as part of a drive to make Colchester more environmentally- friendly. Colchester Council is the first in Essex to launch its own environmental

  • Pensioner driven to tears by £100 phone bill 'I don't owe '

    A DISTRAUGHT pensioner says a mobile phone firm has turned her life into a nightmare after threatening to call in debt collectors for money she claims she doesn’t owe. Daphne Cairns, 71, got a contract with telecoms giant Vodafone last year. She

  • Elderly man found dead on coast

    THE body of an elderly man was found on the Walton coastline. Police were called after reports of the sudden death of a man in his 70s shortly after 8am on Saturday. His body was found on the coastline on the Jubilee Beach at Walton. His

  • Brightlingsea WinterFest shines

    A MUSIC and arts festival staged to raise awareness of mental health has brought sunshine to dark days. The four day WinterFest in Brightlingsea was the brainchild of Alix Sheppard who hoped the community activity would raise spirits in what is