TWO abandoned kittens born without eyelids have had lifesaving operations. Now sisters Clara and Reene, who were found under a wheelbarrow in the garden of a house in North Station Road, Colchester, need a home. Both had badly infected
A CAFE which caters for the north Essex Turkish community is facing opposition to its bid for a drinks licence – because there are too many licensed premises nearby. The Elite Sandwich and Shisha Bar opened a few weeks ago in a former newsagent’s in
PRINCE Charles is coming to Colchester to present medals to our troops. The Prince of Wales, Colonel in Chief of the Parachute Regiment, will be joined on Thursday by the Duchess of Cornwall. Their Royal Highnesses will watch paratroopers on parade,
A COMPANY has been given planning permission for a commuter car park it is already running near Colchester’s Hythe railway station. The 200-space car park, in Hythe Station Road, was investigated by Colchester Council enforcement officers in April, because
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in a flat in Colchester. Two crews from Colchester fire station were called to the property, in John Bird Court, Catchpool Road, at 3.55pm. A spokesman for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said crews used two
A BURGER vendor has been commended after he dived into cold water to save a drowning woman. Matt Cook, 32, who co-owns Jack’s Snacks burger van at Harwich’s Ha’penny Pier, leapt into action after spotting the woman face down in the sea. The dad-of-two
TRAVELLERS have pitched 12 caravans yards from Colchester’s community stadium. Six caravans stopped on land at Axial Way on Saturday and were joined by six more by on Sunday morning. Police say they are powerless to move the travellers
COLCHESTER gunners are swapping the desert for the sea with a charity sail across the Atlantic Ocean. Soldiers from Colchester’s 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery have just completed an arduous six-month tour in Afghanistan. And instead
A MUSIC teacher and youth orchestra director has been a made an MBE for his services to education. Nigel Hildreth, 57, who has been musical director of the Colne Valley Youth Orchestra for 30 years, said he had dedicated his time to teaching music to
A MUM who has campaigned against knife crime in memory of her son has been made an MBE. Ann Oakes-Odger, from High Woods, Colchester, has been given the honour for services to the prevention of knife crime. Her son, Westley Odger, 27
COLCHESTER MP Bob Russell is proud of being one of the coalition Government’s biggest critics from within. But the Lib Dem backbencher was delighted to welcome Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to his home town to be congratulated on 40 years as an elected
I am writing with reference to the story (Gazette, May 8) headlined: “Forced to share a bedroom with 5-year-old son”. At a time when many hard-working families are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet, we are introduced to a couple
As the county councillor for Stanway, I was appalled to hear that Colchester Council refused to help an 85-year-old constituent of mine by not collecting her old television from inside her house for “health and safety reasons” (Gazette, June
In May 1987, in one of my last public duties as mayor of Colchester, I had the great honour of officially opening Tymperleys, which, for the first time since it was bequeathed to the town several years earlier, had become available for the public
