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  • Berechurch Road Post Office reopens after two years

    A COLCHESTER post office has reopened after being closed for more than two years. Berechurch Road Post Office closed in 2007 as part of Government cutbacks. Service resumed yesterday after Essex County Council stepped in and helped to bankroll the

  • Colchester United are stung by Bees

    Colchester United slumped to their first defeat in six league and cup matches after losing 1-0 at lowly Brentford tonight. Charlie MacDonald scored the Bees' winner early on to sink the U's at Griffin Park. Colchester received a scare early on when

  • Bob Russell MP tops MPs' voting list

    COLCHESTER’S MP Bob Russell took part in more Commons votes than any other opposition MP in the past year. Figures show the Lib Dem member was present for 86 per cent of Parliamentary votes between December 3, 2008, and November 12, 2009 – the ninth

  • Colchester youngsters set for half-price bus travel

    YOUNGSTERS from Colchester will get half-price bus travel from April next year, providing county councillors rubber-stamp proposals today. Anyone from five to 19 living in the borough will be able to use the discount tickets to travel anywhere

  • Colchester's Castle Park is best in Britain

    IT’S official! Colchester’s Castle Park is the best park in Britain. A panel of judges has decided the Victorian park, opened in 1892, deserves to be named “Britain’s Best Park 2009”. The park was awarded the title after beating competition from dozens

  • Colchester gardener's Olympic victory

    A COLCHESTER gardener has won a competition to help design a garden at the Olympic Park. Rachel Read, from Layer de la Haye, was short-listed in the adult category of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Olympic Park Great British Garden Competition.

  • Construction work to start on long-awaited A12 junction

    Construction work is finally beginning this week on a new junction linking the A12 with the north of Colchester. Work is getting underway on building a bridge, two roundabouts, four slip roads, an underpass and a link road to Axial Way. The £12.4

  • Growth plans for houses in Colchester slammed by councillors

    PLANS to increase the number of houses in Colchester by 34,000 have been labelled as ‘madness’ by council chiefs. John Jowers, cabinet member for localism and planning at Essex County Council, made the comment as the council’s cabinet discussed their

  • Okuonghae pens contract extension at Colchester United

    Magnus Okuonghae has signed an extension to his current contract with Colchester United. The 23-year-old has been in impressive form for the U's since joining them from Coca-Cola League Two side Dagenham and Redbridge in the summer.

  • Updated: MP calls on Basildon Hospital bosses to quit

    MP Andrew Mackinlay has joined the growing list of people calling for Basildon Hospital chiefs to resign. Speaking in the House of Commons the Labour MP for Thurrock said it was “incredible” Alan Whittle, chief executive of the hospital trust

  • Boothroyd challenges U's to turn up the heat

    Colchester United manager Aidy Boothroyd has challenged his side to turn up the heat on Coca-Cola League One’s top-two teams. The U’s head into tonight’s clash with Brentford at Griffin Park lying in third place in the table. They

  • Fox may follow Rooney into the oxygen chamber

    David Fox could be set to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Wayne Rooney and use an oxygen chamber in his quest for fitness. The Colchester United midfielder has been suffering from a rib injury over recent weeks. Fox received

  • U's will not make rash decisions in transfer window

    Aidy Boothroyd will not make any rash decisions in the transfer window. But the Colchester United manager has hinted that a new central midfielder could be on the cards. The month-long transfer window opened today for clubs to buy and sell players.