IT’S winner takes all for Anthony O’Riordan’s Colchester in their top-of-the-table promotion clash. The Mill Road side’s head coach takes his side to Eton Manor in a final day battle for a place in the national league. London and South East
A FUGITIVE allegedly responsible for major drug deals in Colchester has been captured. Paul Monk, 54, originally from Romford, was named as one of the ten most wanted fugitives by the National Crime Agency. He was arrested in a luxury villa
A LITTLE ship is preparing to sail back across the Channel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the rescue of troops at Dunkirk. Stenoa has helped to save lives as a lifeboat, to rescue troops in the evacuation of Dunkirk and has taken part in
COLCHESTER Market will officially reopen in its new High Street home this weekend. The mayor and mayoress will cut the ribbon at 10am on Saturday, followed by a day of entertainment including music from the Blackwater Jazz Band and a meet and greet
IT'S time to raise some dough for our heroes! Wounded soldiers charity Help for Heroes is hosting its seventh annual charity bake sale in Colchester on Saturday, May 2. The mammoth mouth-watering event attracts hundreds of baked goods every
A COLCHESTER gym is set to close at the end of the month. Potentia Performance, which is based in The Crescent, in Severalls Business Park, will close at 3pm on April 30. The move comes as the gym’s landlord plans to convert the space used
A SUPPER club run exclusively by homeless people is set to return to Colchester. Beacon House Supper Club, which is run entirely by homeless men and women, will return to Slack Space, in Queen Street. People helped by Beacon House, a charity
GUNDOGS stolen from their home near Colchester have been reunited with their owners. Ruby and Skye were taken from kennels at Holten St Mary, near East Bergholt on Easter Sunday by thieves, who forced a lock with a screwdriver. Owner Sarah
A PARATROOPER from Colchester has been critically injured during a training jump in the US. On Monday about 50 paratroopers were injured. About 48 hours earlier a member of 16 Air Assault Brigade was critically injured. A spokesman from
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a cricket club from closure after high winds destroyed its nets. Abberton and District Cricket Club needs to raise £22,500 to buy new 40ft-high netting which protects nearby homes from flying cricket balls.
A large field turned out for the Playgolf Colchester club championship qualifying medal. Rob Wareing (six) ran out as the winner in division one with a superb gross 73 and Mick Seaman (nine) took second place with his gross 78. Third place
A MOTORIST caught drink driving for a third time has still been offered a drink driving rehabilitation scheme which could see him back on the road in less than two-and-a-half years. Steven Antoniou, 48, of Clacton Road, Thorrington, did not learn
THE woman who subjected child abuse campaigner Shy Keenan to a barrage of online abuse has avoided a prison sentence. Penny Mellor bombarded Colchester-based Ms Keenan with hundreds of offensive tweets and emails, calling the campaigner a liar
A CAT has been stolen from a home in Colchester. Charley was taken from their home in Jasmine Close, Greenstead, on Wednesday, April 8. Owner Carol Hills said: “Charley is lovely big ball of ginger fluffy loveliness and I can’t believe someone
BBC Radio 4 will be at a Colchester pub to find out students’ views on the General Election. The World This Weekend presenter Mark Mardell will be in the Bull, in Crouch Street, from 7pm on Friday to speak to students. The show is broadcast
Colchester and East Essex will be hoping to register back-to-back wins this weekend after getting their North Essex Cricket League division one season off to a fine start with victory over Wivenhoe Town. Last year’s premier division winners, who host
The Colchester seniors’ team came up against an in-form Three Rivers to lose out in the first round of the Essex Seniors Team Championship. Played at Three Rivers, Colchester, the champions of two years ago, realised they were up against it when
JIMMY Carr is returning to Colchester later this year. The comedian will be performing his show, Funny Business, at Charter Hall, on Friday, July 31. He has been to Colchester several times to perform, the last time being last year. Jimmy
Alan Devonshire will not be leading Braintree Town into a fifth year in the Vanarama Conference Premier as the Iron's manager. The Gazette revealed yesterday that the club had given Devonshire a deadline to decide if he wanted to accept a new contract
MUM Dee Culley warned her ten-year-old daughter Trinity not to watch graphic TV show One Born Every Minute – but she’s glad she did. The youngster was able to put her skills to work when she delivered her baby sister at home, two weeks ahead of
DRIVERS are warned they face fines for using a stretch of North Station Road, Colchester, which is now a bus lane. The northbound lane between the Albert roundabout and Essex Hall roundabout is now bus-only, although residents can still access
Colchester United’s season reaches a critical stage tomorrow. And U’s boss Tony Humes has vowed to stick by his squad and not make any “knee-jerk” changes for their vital home clash with Scunthorpe United. Colchester will be aiming to bounce back from
EVER fancied jamming at 10,000ft? Now could be your chance. Andy Fiore, 59, will be playing his guitar on a small plane as it climbs into the clouds before skydiving back to the ground. He is looking for other musicians to join him for the
PLANS have been announced for a new music festival in Colchester this summer. The Sound of Colchester Festival has been teased on social media, but the event is still shrouded in secrecy. The organisers, who have not been revealed, stated via
A TEENAGER has been disqualified from driving after being caught almost three times the legal limit sleeping in his car following an England football match. Dozey Stephen Fenn, 19, of Broome Grove, Wivenhoe, an administrator at Essex University
