FINDING something for the children to do over the summer is a perennial nightmare. So parents should be delighted with tomorrow's Young Children’s Festival at Colchester’s Castle Park. Situated on the lawn area beside the new playground
A CLEANER who stole more than £5,000 from a social club’s holiday fund has been spared jail. Arthur Glynn, 62, of Marine Parade East, Clacton, worked as a cleaner at the Comrades’ Sports and Social Club, in Colne Road, Clacton. He collected cash from
HOW do you offer taxpayers the level of services they expect when your budget has been cut? That is the problem facing councils all over the country. On a basic economic level there are two approaches – collect more money or spend less. One option
AGE Concern have been handed £30,000 to help elderly residents claim the benefits they are entitled to. Colchester Council has awarded the grant to Age Concern Colchester to help the rising number of aging residents struggling in the town. The charity
TWO of the biggest events in Walton’s calendar could be under threat because of a row over traffic cones. Colchester Council has told carnival and classic car show organisers they will be charged for cones for the first time in years. The volunteers
MIDWIVES are staging an event in Castle Park, Colchester, to encourage mothers to breastfeed their babies in public. It has been sparked by the Gazette report about Lisa Willis, 36, who says she was told to stop feeding her ten-month-old daughter, Connie
A PARK and ride scheme has been agreed by council bosses despite an ongoing campaign by residents to stop it. The planning committee at Colchester Council recommended the controversial scheme at Cuckoo Farm, in Boxted Road, for approval at a meeting
COMMUNITY members are being given the chance to get creative for this year’s Colchester Carnival. Free workshops are being held at Slack Space, in Queen Street, in which groups and individuals taking part in the event can make their own headdresses and
Ipswich Town will visit Bristol City on the opening day of the new npower Championship season. Paul Jewell's side get their campaign under way at Ashton Gate on Saturday, August 6. They then face two home games in quick succession, against
TOURS, information brochures and art exhibitions to celebrate the Essex coast could all take place as part of a new tourism strategy. The Essex shoreline is being been branded the Discovery Coast by the county’s tourist board in a bid to attract more
Colchester United face a trip to Preston North End - relegated from the Championship last season - on the first day of the new npower League One campaign. The U's will make the long trip to Deepdale on Saturday, August 6. John Ward's
CONTROVERSIAL proposals for thousands of new homes on the outskirts of Clacton are clouded in a “fog of confusion”, according to MP Douglas Carswell. A blueprint outlining how the town will grow over the next two decades is currently being examined by
BRITAIN’S oldest rose farm has erupted in a riot of colour three weeks early – because of the drought. About 40,000 roses are in full bloom at Cants Farm, in Mile End, Colchester. The flurry of flora is due to the drought in the south east of England
