A DARING bid to raise cash for a new cancer centre suffered a setback due to the weather. Five brave women were due to do a skydive on Mother’s Day to raise money for the new centre at Colchester General Hospital. However, the weather was too
ALMOST 90 per cent of bus users in Essex are satisfied with the service, according to a survey by a transport research group. Passenger Focus surveyed 47,000 passengers across England and Scotland and covered 49 bus companies. Essex’s 87 per
FORGET Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly because we have our very own dancing Dermot O’Leary. The Colchester celebrity’s 24-hour danceathon raised more than £660,000 for Comic Relief and the money will be distributed to charities at home and abroad.
MALDON and Tiptree secured a valuable point against promotion-chasing Thurrock. The Jammers battled to a 0-0 draw in their Ryman League division one north match at Park Drive. Thurrock got in the first attacks of the game with Steven Carvell
CHARITY Headway Essex is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a pearl ball. The event is being staged at Stock Brook Manor, Billericay, on June 19. Tickets cost £85 which includes a sparkling/canape reception, a three course meal and unlimited
ENJOY an eggstra special shopping trip to Waitrose. The supermarket, in St Andrew’s Avenue, Colchester, is offering customers who shell out at the store a cracking Easter egg hunt. Hop over between March 25 and March 31, collect a leaflet from
