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  • Evie’s doing it for the girls

    FEATURING iconic artists such as Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, a club night dedicated to the best female-fronted bands is taking place in Colchester. Fell in Love With a Girl is at Twisters, in North Hill, tomorrow from 8pm until

  • Grand renovation makes the Ashes a dream home

    FROM shabby chic to dream finish, this Grade II listed farmhouse took three years and more than £100,000 to bring it up to scratch. With pipes and wires exposed on the walls and extensive repair work needed, the Ashes, in Kirby Road, Walton

  • Businesses voice support for A12 patrols

    A business group has welcomed news that some dedicated police patrols will continue on the A12. Essex County Council announced last week it was all but axing the A12 Alliance. From the end of March its officers will be redeployed to other parts of the

  • Artists’ inspiration for exhibition was out of this world

    AN art exhibition inspired by Britain’s most famous UFO mystery is now showing at Essex University. Strange Lights is the work of Wivenhoe artists Joe King and Rosie Pedlow, who photographed Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, at night using a time-lapse camera

  • Cousins ready to take his U's chance

    Bring on the big games! Shot-stopper Mark Cousins cannot wait to return to League One action with Colchester United. Cousins is set to start his first U’s game for more than four months tomorrow when they travel to play Hartlepool United

  • Ofsted: Teacher training is ‘good’

    TEACHER training in Colchester has been rated “good” in a new Ofsted report. The report looks at the training provided by University of Essex Partnership, which was set up in 2007 to run courses at Colchester Institute and South Essex College, Southend