A TEENAGER had to be cut out of a car following a crash in Clacton. Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to Lymington Avenue at about 2.30pm today. Fire crews from Clacton spent 30 minutes cutting away the car to allow paramedics
A PAINTING by Dedham artist Sir Alfred Munnings has been sold at auction. The painting, a portrait by Munnings of his friend and fellow artist Maurice Codner, was one of the star lots in Bonham’s 19th century European, Victorian and impressionist
THREE days of intense competition brought Copford powerlifter Mick Amey a hat-trick of titles at the Single Lift World Championships in Telford. The 65-year-old grandfather undertook the gruelling challenge of lifting on all three days of the competition
A ROAD was closed after a car crashed into a barrier. At about 1pm a BMW collided with the barrier along Westway heading towards Colchester North Station. The road was closed so repairs could be carried out. Nobody was seriously injured
A MAN needing medication who disappeared from a Colchester hospital has been found. Mark Twyman, 36, was last seen by a nurse at Cambian Fairview Hospital at about 5.15pm on Friday. Essex Police officers searched Colchester rail station area
A MAN was struck in the face during a robbery. The victim, 38, was walking in an alleyway near the RSPCA veterinary clinic in Harwich Road, Colchester, when the offender demanded his wallet. The robber struck him in the face before running
POLICE are searching for a driver who crashed into a disabled man and drove off. At about 6.30pm on Friday a car crashed into a man in a wheelchair on a pedestrian crossing. It took place near The Slug and Lettuce pub in Colchester High Street
ALEX Dowsett opened his debut Tour de France with a tough time-trial. The Maldon-born Movistar rider’s attempt to claim the yellow jersey in the opening 13.8km time-trial stage, in Utrecht, on Saturday was made even harder by a record-breaking
A TEENAGER and his mum are preparing to trek the same route over the Pyrenees soldiers and refugees used to escape Nazi-occupied France. Jaigo and Belinda Gardener, who live in Prettygate, Colchester, will spend six days tackling the route to raise
