A HOSPITAL trust has turned itself around and has passed new national standards in quality and patient safety. Sir Peter Dixon, chairman of Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, said he was pleased it had been given a green light by the
IT’S a bit like not asking George Michael about Wham! or a famous EastEnders actor about their role in the soap. I feared it might provoke a frosty reaction, but I simply had to ask Laura Solon how it felt to be one of just two women to win the Edinburgh
THOUSANDS of new eco homes are to be added to communities near Colchester. The Haven Gateway Partnership has been given £200,000 by the Government to find suitable sites for 8,000 homes. But David Ralph, its chief executive, says the homes will not
FOUR people have appeared in court after a series of street robberies across Essex led to a man being stabbed. A 21-year-old man was attacked in Magdalen Street, Colchester. He received injuries to his arm, hand and pelvis, a court heard. Colchester
COLCHESTER United legends have been practising their penalties on a piece of hallowed turf from the old Layer Road football ground. MP Bob Russell bought the turf from one of the penalty spots during an auction when the U’s moved in 2008. He invited
Colchester United's poor run of form continued this afternoon when they were beaten 2-0 at Exeter City. Goals from Stuart Fleetwood and Ryan Harley saw the U's fall to defeat at St James' Park, leaving them seven matches without a win in Coca-Cola
A MUGGER knocked a pensioner, 62, to the ground in the NCP car park, in Nunns Road, Colchester, and stole her handbag. The woman, from Great Bentley, walked into the car park through department store Williams and Griffin before she was attacked
FANS queued around the block to get the autograph of a multimillion-selling thriller writer. Lee Child, who penned the hit Jack Reacher series, made a guest appearance at Waterstones in Colchester High Street yesterday. Clive Parsons, event manager
TV chefs the Hairy Bikers drew the crowds to a Colchester department store. Police looked in at Williams & Griffin to help keep order after bosses were taken by surprise when more than 200 people turned up to get their photograph taken with the celebrity
THE boss of Essex’s fire brigade has hit out at the Government’s botched plan to axe the county’s emergency control room. Chief fire officer David Johnson, of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, said he had serious concerns over the project, which
A MUM has launched a campaign to get special schools created to teach children with behavioural problems. Liz Boyer, from Priors Way, Coggeshall, has started a petition because her son Brad, 13, faces being expelled from his school if his behaviour
A TOP Colchester Council officer was paid nearly £80,000 when he was made redundant. Mike Crouch, executive director, got the pay-off when he lost his £91,000-a-year job last year, as part of a council restructure. The figure has been released by the
WORRIED parents fear their children could miss out on pre-school education after a popular nursery announced plans to close. Families are frantically trying to find new nursery places for their youngsters because Bizzy Bees Pre-School, in Brightlingsea
A TEENAGER punched his mum’s abusive partner who died when his head hit the ground, an inquest heard. Malcolm Jamieson, 54, suffered a brain haemorrhage when he was floored by Adam Barrett at the family’s home in Halstead. Adam, who was 18 at the time
THE family of a boy born severely disabled, after he was starved of oxygen during birth, has been awarded a £1.75million compensation package. Kyle Burch, eight, suffers severe cerebral palsy, mental retardation, epilepsy, partial blindness and deafness
PEOPLE often complain they do not understand the language of today’s youth. But things are about to get a lot more difficult now youngsters are rapping in German. Thomas Lord Audley School, in Colchester, invited a rap artist to help pupils, aged 13
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RESIDENTS living near Colchester General Hospital are outraged after highways chiefs claimed there were no parking problems in their streets. Essex County Council said it would not introduce yellow lines near the hospital, in Turner Road, because it
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All eyes will be on Roy Keane when Ipswich Town and Reading step out at Portman Road tomorrow. The lukewarm message coming out of Portman Road is he will be staying in charge, but for how long? The nation has been bracing itself for, if the national
Aidy Boothroyd believes his Colchester United team are living in the shadow of their red-hot form earlier in the season. The U’s head into their clash at Exeter City this afternoon in need of a win, to boost their Coca-Cola League One promotion hopes
Colchester United’s players should embrace their on-going promotion push. That’s the view of U’s assistant manager John Ward, who feels they should not be scared of the important season run-in. Colchester travel to play Exeter City at St James’ Park
