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School's fresh twist on an artist's vision

Pupils of Frobisher Primary School who have put a new spin on a piece of art by turning it into a Ghanian-style hut

10:00am Friday 10th July 2009

Parts of a piece of art, described as looking like a half-built shed, have been recycled to make a hut at a Clacton school.

Councillor gets £50 fine for dog fouling near playground

8:00am Friday 10th July 2009

A COUNCILLOR has been issued with a £50 fine for dog fouling.

Burglary suspect escapes police’s dog and runs off

8:00am Friday 10th July 2009

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to two attempted burglaries at sports clubs in Colchester.

Greenstead murder: Two charged

1:00am Friday 10th July 2009

TWO men have been charged with murder after a man's body was discovered in a flat.

Danish trip to give Scouts a new view of conservation

Scouts Katie Carter and Jess Carter-Mears look forward to their Danish trip

1:00am Friday 10th July 2009

SCOUTS are jetting off to Denmark to take part in a ten-day international event.

A driver hit me and then just drove off

Kay McShane was knocked off her motorbike by a hit and run driver and is now appealing for the culprit to own up

4:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A MOTORCYCLIST who suffered a broken ankle in a hit and run crash has called on the driver to surrender to police.

Leisure plans axed in U-turn over borrowing

4:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

PROPOSALS for major leisure projects across Tendring have been axed.

£2m deal gets Riverside Quarter scheme moving again

Back to work – builders on the Riverside Quarter development site on Wednesday

3:40pm Thursday 9th July 2009

ANOTHER housing development in Colchester is finally getting off the ground again, after the Government agreed to give a grant of more than £2million, it has been revealed.

120 new homes for rent to town's needy family

Great need – Colne Housing chief executive, Mark Powell Davies in Oakapple Close

3:30pm Thursday 9th July 2009

SCORES of empty former Army houses are to be turned into homes for rent to needy local families A £12.5million deal, funded by Colchester Council, the Government and a housing group will help reduce the town’s housing waiting list, by providing 83 much-needed new family homes in Oakapple Close.

Repairing the Roman wall is like painting the Forth Bridge

Restoration – councillor Paul Smith with builder Peter Acres and heritage manager Philip Wise

12:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

IT’S the Colchester equivalent of painting the Forth Bridge. Safeguarding the town’s Roman walls is truly a never-ending job, but work is finally soon due to finish on the latest section of repairs.



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