Danish trip to give Scouts a new view of conservation

1:00am Friday 10th July 2009

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

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A driver hit me and then just drove off

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.

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£2m deal gets Riverside Quarter scheme moving again

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.

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120 new homes for rent to town's needy family

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.

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Repairing the Roman wall is like painting the Forth Bridge

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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Killer fails in bid to get sentence cut

11:00am Thursday 9th July 2009

A MURDERER, jailed for life after a St Osyth man was shot dead through the door of his home, has failed in a human rights challenge to his conviction.

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