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  • Tendring book their place in National Shield final

    TENDRING Volleyball Club have powered into the men’s National Shield final. They thumped York 3-0 in Saturday’s semi-final, thanks to a 25-15, 25-21, 31-29 success. Ironically, the Frinton-based side now meet rivals Team Essex in the showpiece

  • Braintree Town lose out in Grimsby

    Braintree Town lost out to a solitary strike on the road. They lost their Vanarama Conference match at Grimsby Town 1-0. Craig Disley scored the only goal of the game on 47 minutes. And it got worse for Braintree as Chez Isaac was sent

  • Maldon and Tiptree were held to a 1-1 draw at Aveley.

    Maldon and Tiptree were held to a 1-1 draw at Aveley. After a goal-less first half, the visitors took the lead in their Ryman League division one north encounter. Nathan Korangten opened the scoring on 61 minutes. However, Theo Jones equalised

  • Humes: There wasn't a gulf between us and Rovers

    Other than taking goal-scoring opportunities Colchester United manager Tony Humes didn’t feel there was much between his relegation-battling U’s team and promotion-chasing Doncaster Rovers. Rovers won the League One clash between the pair at the

  • Elderly man distracted during burglary

    A MAN tricked his way into an elderly man's house. The victim, in his 70s, was distracted when his wallet containing cash and cards was stolen by the thief, who had broken away from a group of three other people. The burglary happened at 4.15pm

  • I was in denial about my anorexia... but I needed help

    I HAVE lived with anorexia for six years, although I harboured disordered attitudes towards food from the age of eight or nine. Neither my parents nor I registered these signs as an issue because, like most people, we knew very little about eating

  • Narrow victory for Wyatt and Jay

    SCOTT Wyatt and Ben Jay carded an impressive 45 points to claim a narrow victory in Playgolf Colchester’s Four Seasons Cup opener. They finished a point ahead of runners-up Martin Kilbey and Nathan Soton, after they registered 44 points in the

  • Magician to appear on children's TV show

    A MAGICIAN will make a robot levitate on a popular children’s TV show today (Saturday). Michael Fitch, 36, from Marks Tey, will appear on CBeebies’s Justin’s House to teach how to do magic tricks for a talent show. During the programme Michael