Colchester United striker Jamie Cureton has reportedly handed in a transfer request. Reports suggest that the U's hotshot, who was the Coca-Cola Championship's leading goalscorer last season, has asked to leave Layer Road. The former Reading player
Much has been said over the last few months about whether the housing market is finally slowing down. We are so used to it changing - one week it's near a crash, the next it's a boom - that we start to lose interest. However, one survey has come up
Police have set up an Essex-wide investigation over fears that specialist gangs are targeting schools for valuable IT gear. Officers from divisions across the force are understood to be gathering details on raids at education premises where laptops and
Antisocial hooligans could be in line for stiffer punishments under tough new measures, which will see their personal details logged on a database. The electronic file will store information of culprits who are caught by police causing trouble in hot
Police have boarded up a crackhouse where a court heard neighbours were fearful of leaving their homes after encounters with addicts. Magistrates yesterday ordered a three-month closure of the address in Maidenburgh Street, Colchester, after burnt tin
Elephant dung diaries and handbags fashioned from juice cartons may sound unlikely, but they really do exist. They feature among a range of goods that started life as something else and could have ended up on a rubbish dump somewhere. Shoppers in Colchester
An elderly gardener suffered burns to his hands after trying to fill a paraffin burner in a greenhouse. Firefighters from Frinton and Weeley treated him after being called to the blaze in the garden of a house in Frinton Road, Holland. A spokesman for
Lifesaving cutting equipment worth £13,000 has been stolen from coastal firefighters. The heavy duty hydraulic equipment, nicknamed the "jaws of life", was stolen from Frinton's retained station. It is the third time this type of specialist equipment
Hundreds of residents descended upon a village hall to protest against plans for a wind farm between Clacton and St Osyth. More than 220 villagers turned out to a public meeting at St Osyth Village Hall to discuss the blueprint for five 410ft turbines
GREYHOUND trainer Dave Smith knows that David occasionally topples Goliath in sport. And he is keeping his fingers crossed that there will be another bit of giant-killing tonight at the William Hill TV Trophy - one of the biggest annual events in greyhound
ESSEX have moved to bypass the jinx that has struck their bowling attack this season by bringing former England medium-pacer Martin Saggers to the Ford County Ground. Kent's Saggers has joined the Essex ranks on a one-month loan and could make his debut
COLCHESTER United are set to miss out on the signing of Chris Barker. The reliable defender made a big impression for the U's last season, on loan from Cardiff City. The 26-year-old announced last week that he was keeping his options open and was considering
