Colchester United boss Aidy Boothroyd was left angry with referee Steven Cook after Wycombe Wanderers scored a stoppage-time equaliser. The U's drew 1-1 with the Chairboys at the Weston Homes Community Stadium after Gareth Ainsworth appeared to steer
AN Afghan student told a Government minister British troops were forcing people to side with the Taleban. Hameed Shuja challenged Armed Forces minister Bill Rammell during a discussion at Essex University in Colchester about the conflict in Afghanistan
Colchester United were denied a vital victory this afternoon after drawing 1-1 with Wycombe Wanderers. Gareth Ainsworth appeared to punch the ball into the net for the visitors, in the third minute of stoppage-time. However, the incident was not spotted
A HOSPITAL trust ordered by the Government to improve standards is set to miss a key target – because of a nightmare weekend, when patient numbers soared while it was short of beds and staff. Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust is under
Ipswich Town secured a hard-earned point from this afternoon's 0-0 draw at Swansea City. In a game of few chances and little incident, Grant Leadbitter and Daryl Murphy went closest with shots that were saved by goalkeeper Dorus de Vries. Cedric van
FOR all those club-goers of a certain age, the name Jeff Scott is fairly legendary in Colchester. The DJ has been spinning the discs, predominantly at the Colchester Arts Centre, for more than 20 years. After a groundswell of nostalgia for a certain
TO call Lee Child a bestselling author is a bit of an understatement. Illustrating just how popular he is, it has been worked out that every five seconds one of his books is sold somewhere in the world. With sales in excess of 32 million copies, losing
COLCHESTER needs a top-of-the-range concert hall to attract the best bands and orchestras, it has been claimed. The idea has been suggested by one of the Tory borough councillors behind the town’s ill-fated Visual Arts Facility. Christopher Arnold,
“TWO pints, a packet of crisps...and some sequins, please.” It might sound an unusual order at the bar, but one Colchester pub has come up with a crafty solution to pull in the punters. Pub customers are now gathering for a Sunday afternoon of stitching
An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire which damaged three flats on a new estate. The blaze began yesterday evening in the kitchen of a first-floor flat in Robin Crescent on the Lakelands estate in Stanway. Fire crews
A BID to give Manningtree and Mistley a status afforded to the country’s most treasured rural areas has been backed by businesses. Calls have been made to extend the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty south of the River Stour
