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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

Steve Bradshaw – outside court

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

Pam Nelson, Peter Lynn and Chris Southall

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

The Undercover Princesses

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

Treehouse target – hospice fundraiser, Melanie Chew, left, and bereaved mum, Tracy Cottis, at the launch of the £3million appeal

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’

Halstead High Street, where some traders are welcoming Tesco

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

New glazing has been fitted to the Vaf

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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