THIEVES who had no luck pinching a van part ended up trashing it instead. Ken Garrard hoped installing an anti-theft cage around his vehicle’s catalytic converter would prevent it being stolen for the fourth time. It did, but as this
A HOSTEL worker has told of the moment she helped to save a man who had been stabbed in Colchester. Melissa McNaughton, 40, had to use a tea towel to stem his bleeding after she was confronted with a 21-year-old man suffering stab wounds.
A YOUNG man is breaking boundaries in more ways then one as he makes a bid for fame. Ben Pelham, 21, is a keen breakdancer and hip-hop rapper who has been wowing crowds with his performances and has landed appearances in TV adverts, documentaries
ASPIRING artists in Colchester have transformed a run-down part of town by spray-painting a row of blank hoardings. The group of six created the art work outside Roman House, in Queen Street. The display is part of a long-running project organised
RESIDENTS can once again use the Essex Police non-emergency number, after a fault caused it to fail this morning Anyone trying to call the force was unable to get through following the fault early this morning. People were asked to avoid
A DRIVING test centre threatened with closure has been given a stay of execution after hundreds of people backed a campaign to save it. Clacton’s test centre was due to close in June, but has been given a six-month reprieve by the Driving Standards Agency
COLCHESTER’S MP has claimed changes to rules over expenses could cost taxpayers £15,000 more a year. From August 2012, Bob Russell will no longer be able to claim the mortgage interest on the one-bedroom London flat he shares with fellow Liberal
AN A&E consultant is calling on the people of north Essex to be extra careful when doing jobs around the house at Easter. During his six years at Colchester General Hospital, Stephen Hughes has grown used to dealing with the fallout from
WORK to expand a reservoir to stop Essex running dry has started. The first shovel-load of earth was moved yesterday as part of a £150million project to expand the volume of Abberton Reservoir by 60 per cent. This is being achieved by
I fully agree with your correspondent, E S Parsons (Letters, March 22) that angled parking should be allowed at the shopping parade in Marks Tey. Vehicles have always parked this way in front of shops, as you can park twice as many in the same
Having read the article (Gazette, March 23) regarding the Olympic torch, we have just returned from a holiday in Antigua and while we were there the Commonwealth Games baton passed through on its way to Delhi. We were luckily enough to carry
In reply to your news story about a £72,000 grant for “flooded” roads in Colchester (Gazette, March 25), Brooklands in Jaywick IS better than Colchester, and the proof is this: It never floods in Brooklands. It has flooded quite a few times since
It gave me much pleasure to read that Labour councillor Dave Harris is still taking a firm stand on keeping Thomas Lord Audley School open in Monkwick (Letters, March 18). I live on the Shrub End estate and would like to know just what is being
I would like to know the names of the prize buffoons on the council who came up with the solarpowered TV aerial amplifiers (Gazette, March 18). I recently fitted an aerial amplifier to a block on Mersea. This unit could supply up to 24 outlets
LOOKING at baby Faith today, you would never guess there is anything unusual about her. Only a scar on the eight-month-old’s stomach hints at her recovery from a 1-in-7,000 medical condition which saw her born with her bladder and bowel outside
DAREDEVILS scaled the dizzying heights of a Colchester landmark to raise thousands of pounds for charity. About 60 people abseiled from the 130ft Jumbo water tower, at Balkerne Gate, in aid of the Stroke Association. Many came in fancy
WORK is to start on a new toilet block for sports ground in Broad Lane, Wivenhoe – despite the ongoing tug-of-war over the site. Wivenhoe & District Sporting Facilities Trust has announced it has hired builder WJ Sparrow and Sons to put up the building
RESIDENTS in Mile End have signed up in force to a grassroots campaign opposing a development which would see 2,200 homes built on their doorstep. More than 700 people have registered their support for the Love Myland group, organised by Nayland
TWO rail staff were confronted by a man wielding a mallet at Colchester North station, a court has heard. Robert Bell had a grievance because he had been issued with a fine. The 49-year-old, who was holding a 10ins mallet, demanded the
FEWER beds could be available for cancer patients under plans to close Essex County Hospital. Despite a £20million extension at Colchester General Hospital, beds in cancer care could be cut when the service moves out of Essex County Hospital, in Lexden
A RESIDENT has slammed the position of a new pedestrian crossing near his house, claiming it will cause traffic chaos on a busy main road. Stanway householder Darryll Pinder says the crossing, which is being built in Church Lane, Colchester, will cause
Contrasting stories of rags and riches in London, atmospheric streets where silk weavers built their grand houses, the crowded lodging houses for the Victorian poor, how Goldsmiths began lending money for interest and discover the story of banking in
At the Queen's Gallery discover an exhibition of some 400 objects celebrating Albert and Victoria's mutual enjoyment of collecting and displaying art, it was the way they expressed their love for each other and many items were exchanged as gifts and the
THE generosity of north Essex residents has been taken overseas to benefit people in eastern Namibia. Roger and Linda Bullen, of Colchester Road, West Mersea, travelled to the African country as part of their charity work to improve schooling
Colchester United’s head of youth Tony Humes believes the club has the foundations to produce more home-grown stars. And if they prove their worth, their talented youngsters will be given opportunities to shine at first-team level. The likes of Tom
A NEW support group has been set up in Colchester for people affected by gastro-intestinal cancer. The Gastro-Intestinal Cancers Support Group is run by specialist nurses at Colchester General Hospital on the third Thursday of every month. It is for
TAXI fares in Colchester are to be frozen for at least another year after a ballot of drivers. Colchester Hackney Carriage Association members voted on whether they want to seek an increase of the price of trips, having agreed not to raise them at a
