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Town might go without bus station for months
2:40pm Sunday 21st March 2010
COLCHESTER’S new bus station might not be ready by the time the temporary town centre bus depot closes.
Smuggler caught out by weight of drugs package
12:30pm Sunday 21st March 2010
SHARP-EYED Customs officers checked a parcel bound for a Colchester address and found £40,000 of cocaine inside.
Preacher in the dock over anti-gay rants
10:30am Sunday 21st March 2010
A SELF-STYLED preacher who assailed shoppers with homophobic rants has been released from court without charge.
Go-ahead for parking fees...4 years ago
5:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010
Pay-and-display parking machines were approved for Colchester’s Crouch Street four years ago, it has emerged.
Parents’ hope to find cure to son’s killer bug
3:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010
The parents of a keen sportsman who died from meningitis are staging a week-long fundraiser to help find a cure for the killer bug.
Pedal off in pink and help save more lives
12:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010
A MOTHER and daughter team are getting on their bikes in the fight to beat breast cancer.
£360,000 to fill in winter’s potholes
10:00am Saturday 20th March 2010
POTHOLES in Colchester and Tendring caused by the cold winter weather have added an extra £360,000 to highway repair bills this year.
Ex-U's boss's drink-drive shame
8:40am Saturday 20th March 2010
COLCHESTER United’s former chief executive was more than three times over the drink-drive limit when he crashed his car, a court heard.
Greens campaign for jobs and a walk-in centre
8:00am Saturday 20th March 2010
JOBS with renewable energy companies and the return of a walk-in health centre to Colchester town centre are on the Green’s agenda for Colchester.
MY VIEW: Friendly county welcomes all sorts of cultures with open arms
10:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
Essex author Peter Inson looks at why Germaine Greer and others enjoy living here
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