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£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
£3m appeal launched to build hospice for children
8:40pm Friday 19th March 2010
AN appeal has been launched to raise £3million to build a hospice for children from north Essex.
Tesco will be ‘one too many supermarkets’
7:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
Halstead has enough supermarkets without the imminent arrival of Tesco, a chamber of trade boss has warned.
More than £1m raised to fit out arts facility
6:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
More than £1million has been given to Colchester’s Visual Arts Facility by private donors.
Villages to get own volunteer lifesavers group
4:59pm Friday 19th March 2010
FOUR villages are to get a dedicated emergency first aid group to provide potentially life-saving back-up to paramedics.
Fish and Chip 'Oscars' launched by local chippy
3:20pm Friday 19th March 2010
THE OWNER of the Brightlingsea fish and chip named the best in the South East has launched the ‘Oscars’ for the chippy industry.
Kelvedon shop staff's charity fun
2:41pm Friday 19th March 2010
A shop has taken part in fun-filled week of activities to raise money for charity.
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