THE schools row will rumble on in Colchester, after a decision not to sell a vital piece of land was put off. A meeting of Colchester Council strategic overview and scrutiny panel voted to send the decision back to the cabinet to be looked
THE driver of a car involved in a horrific road crash which killed his friend, is still in a critical condition in hospital. Mitchell Welham, of Rotary Way, Colchester, has been at the Royal London Hospital since the smash in the early hours
A 28-year-old man has been arrested after officers searched a house in Mersea. The house, in Ray House, Carrington Court, West Mersea was raided by six officers exercising a drugs warrant at 6.45am on Wednesday. For the full story see tomorrow's Gazette
VOLUNTEERS joined fire service staff to help create a new home for rescue dog Darcy. The border collie has been looked up in kennels in Stanway under quarantine after she returned from a mission in Indonesia where she helped in the rescue efforts following
CAMPAIGNERS against plans to expand Stansted Airport claim the Government is “flogging a dead horse”. Carol Barbone, campaign director for Stop Stansted Expansion, spoke out after an influential group of MPs said the case had not been made for building
A CONTROVERSIAL school access road is being debated again tonight. Five councillors have “called in” Colchester Council cabinet’s refusal to allow an access road to be created from Norman Way to Philip Morant School in Colchester.
At last week's cabinet meeting, Colchester’s Lib Dem councillors voted down plans to allow an access road to be built at Philip Morant School, and thus put at risk the £130million of Government investment into Colchester’s secondary schools.
It is very depressing to see Clacton Shopmobility may be closing at the end of 2009 for lack of funding. Unfortunately, employing staff is expensive, but there is still time to move to a completely volunteer operation. Locally, Colchester Shopmobility
With regard to the debate about the proposed closure of south Colchester secondary schools – I feel I need to comment about how the transport of 1,500-plus young people across town will make a difference to traffic on a daily basis. I live
George Purcell scored twice as in-form BRAINTREE TOWN moved up to fourth in Blue Square South with a 2-0 win over Bath City. Both goals came in a first half in which Bath had by far the most possession. But they failed to capitalise on it and saw their
I am searching for my mother Joan Burles who left Gravesend in 1949. She is beleived to have gone to Grays with her cousin Monica Wilson. Any information regarding her whereabouts may help me trace her, or what happened to her. My email address is: maggieaburles
MOTORISTS faced delays on the roads today after a crash in rush-hour traffic. A motorcyclist and a car were in collision at the Middleborough roundabout, Colchester, at about 9am today. The biker was treated at the scene by paramedics
A YOUNG film-maker has won an award at a national film festival with his first film. Dan Allen, 15, entered his sci-fi film End into the Cinemagic's Young Filmmaker 2009 contest. The teenager of Swan Street, Kelvedon, was one of three
THE first shots in the battle to secure the future of the Colchester-based Parachute Regiment have been fired. The Government is scheduled to hold a strategic defence review after next year’s election, examining how the Armed Forces are set up to face
ESSEX’S “fat cat” public servants could have their salaries slashed as part of Government plans to curb a “culture of excess”. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to rein in senior public sector pay and bonuses in a bid to cut £3billion
A BURGLAR broke into a secure block of bedsits and is not believed to have left until six hours later. The intruder was spotted on CCTV at 12.40am on Sunday, outside Jackson House, in Honorius Drive, High Woods, Colchester. He got into a bedsit within
