AN historic painting which has hung in Colchester Town Hall for more than a century is set for a new home - temporarily.Colchester Council chiefs have agreed to loan the impressive depiction of Colchester-born scientist William Gilberd demonstrating static
A CARE worker has denied conning one of her clients out of £500. Lisa Jensen, 46, of Point Clear Bay, Clacton, appeared before Colchester magistrates charged with theft and fraud by false representation. It is alleged she stole a blank cheque
AN appeal to create a garden at Colchester General Hospital for use by terminally ill patients and their families is in the running for a £20,000 boost.The Time Garden, now a quarter of the way to its target, will include a pavilion with space for two
Colchester United are on course to have one of their best-ever seasons at the Weston Homes Community Stadium. But with back-to-back away fixtures coming up, it might well be their form on their travels that actually determines whether or not they
A MAN has been cautioned after sending a series of abusive Twitter messages to Colchester MP Will Quince. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police's parliamentary liaison and investigation team arrested the man on suspicion of malicious communications
FINAL preparations are being made before up to 4,000 runners pound the pavements in Colchester next month. The sold-out Griffin Chapman Colchester Half Marathon takes place on Sunday March 12. A rolling road block will move around Colchester
Sammie Szmodics is expected to return to action for Colchester United under-23s in their Premier League Cup clash with Derby County tonight. Szmodics has managed just 13 minutes of first-team action in nearly four months because of a troublesome
SEVERAL vehicles, including two lorries, have crashed on the A12 near Colchester. Emergency services have been called to the pile up, which includes two vans and a car, between Eight Ash Green and Marks Tey on the Londonbound carriageway. Drivers
JAY Z, Pink and Ellie Goulding have all been announced for this summer's V Festival. They will join the likes of Craig David and Busted performing at Hylands Park in August. Stormzy, Jason Derulo, Sean Paul and George Ezra have also been revealed
CAR enthusiasts have hit back at claims they are out to cause a nuisance after a number of drivers were reported to the police for using a town centre car park as a race track. Colchester Council has issued warning letters to the drivers who race
CONCERNED councillors have demanded a rethink on the location of wheelie bins in their wards after early plans revealed changes. Wheelie bins are set to be rolled out in some parts of the borough later this year as part of Colchester Council’s
A CLEAN up operation to deal with the effects of Storm Doris was launched after high winds battered north Essex. Assessors attended Bentleigh Court off Greenstead Road, Colchester, where the 70mph gusts blew the roof of the block of flats.
FRIENDS of a pint-sized fundraiser have rallied to raise hundreds of pounds for a military charity. Alfie McAnespie, nine, is set to climb Ben Nevis this summer in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for military charity Help for Heroes. Having asked a
A GP surgery has been labelled inadequate by a healthcare watchdog after inspectors found a number of serious problems. A Care Quality Commission inspection found Winstree Medical Practice in Stanway stored out of date medicines and kept some medicines
THE head of an established nursery says it is being forced to shut down after 32 years because of crippling costs and unhelpful Government policies. Springlands Nursery, in Shrub End Road, Colchester, will close its doors in six weeks unless another
Sean Murray says adopting a different mindset helped Colchester United produce an improved second-half performance to secure victory over Hartlepool United. The U’s were not at their fluent best in the first half but improved after the break and
A SECONDARY school will charge parents for GCSE exams if their children haven’t turned up to enough lessons. The move by Colchester Academy comes after pupils in Year 11 who will sit the exams this summer were told in assembly they needed to meet
