THE very best in British film is perhaps the strongest theme that runs through Colchester Film Society’s season for 2010. Starting on Thursday, with Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, half of the films on offer this year are British, with the first one in
A REMARKABLE teenager who cares for her autistic mum and still finds time to help with her local Brownie pack is in line for a prestigious award. Hannah Underwood, 13, of Forest Road, Colchester, has been nominated for an Essex Police Young People of
WHEN hundreds of placard-waving teenagers descended on Colchester High Street and sat in the road for several hours, it was almost as if the town was caught in a time-warp. The scenes were reminiscent of anti-Vietnam war demos of the late Sixties, or
PUBS and clubs in Colchester have seen trade fall as people stayed at home in the big freeze. Establishments saw fewer customers than normal, while one club lost an estimated £25,000 of business as clubbers stayed away. The rise in cab fares has been
AN ARMY driver is taking to the airwaves with his own local radio show in Colchester. Pte David “Geordie” Balshaw, of Colchester-based 16 Medical Regiment, has just started a weekly show on the town’s Army station, 107 Garrison FM. The 23-year-old soldier
FREE trees will be on offer to Colchester residents. More than 1,700 trees will be available to residents and community groups on January 23. Nine primary schools in the borough will also be receiving free trees for every reception or Year 1 pupil who
GRITTING lorries will again take to the streets of Colchester, despite the big freeze appearing to be near an end. With supplies of salt being managed by the Government, Essex County Council has scaled down its gritting operation, but lorries were sent
SALT supplies are being carefully managed by Essex County Council, to ensure they stay ahead of the ice. The county’s 65 gritters were on standby overnight to treat Essex’s major routes. Norman Hume, cabinet member for Highways and Transportation with
A TEENAGE girl who injured her back while sledging was flown to hospital by air ambulance. The girl was enjoying the snow at Tollgate Pit, Stanway, when the accident happened. The emergency services were called at 2.44pm on Sunday and a rapid response
THERE was only one place in north Essex to be on Saturday night for celebrity spotters – a quiet pub in Dedham. It was the watering hole of choice for England footballer Frank Lampard and his girlfriend, TV presenter, Christine Bleakley. The couple
In the Seventies when I was six, I saw my first film at the cinema. It started with a little spaceship being pursued by a much larger ship. That large ship gradually came into view, and the effect of that opening scene on a six-year-old was
How noble of county councillor Norman Hume to admit it was a mistake to not grit the roads, although it was not his mistake – but one of his staff reading a machine in Tendring! That’s rubbing salt into our wounds. As head of that department,
I sometimes wonder why we part with our hard-earned cash and hand it over to persons mostly unknown to us to spend in a manner they deem appropriate. Unfortunately, we have no option but to hand over our money as this age-old system is known
NEW Ipswich Town goalkeeper Brian Murphy is facing a fortnight on the sidelines. The Irishman suffered ankle ligament damage during the warm-up to Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Leicester City. For the full report, see Wednesday's Daily Gazette.
U's new-boy Ian Henderson believes his Turkish experience has made him a stronger person. And Colchester United’s latest signing is hoping playing abroad will help him become a big hit, upon his return to England. Henderson joined the U’s on a free
TAXI drivers have welcomed the opening of two new taxi ranks in Colchester, having called for the new facilities for three decades. But the new chairman of Colchester Hackney Carriage Association, Tony Saunders, says it will take a while for members
NEARLY a fifth of Colchester’s paratroopers cannot serve on the front line ahead of their expected return to Afghanistan this year. Figures released by the Ministry of Defence show 241 soldiers in the town’s two battalions of the Parachute
A VAN driver lost control and crashed onto the embankment of the A12. The crash happened today at about 8.30am on the London-bound carriageway, near Eight Ash Green. Emergency services were sent to the scene, but the man was uninjured. One lane
Colchester United is to get a controversial new training ground in Tiptree at the third time of asking. Councillors dramatically approved the club’s bid to set up a clubhouse and five pitches on land off Grange Road. The decision,
