A COLCHESTER-based paratrooper started the fight in which he was killed after being struck once in the face, a court heard. Private Rory McWilliams, from Second Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was on a night out in Northampton town centre during his
A COMPLAINT by convicted killer Jeremy Bamber about a documentary over his crimes has been rejected by communications watchdog Ofcom. Bamber was jailed for life in 1986 after he was convicted of murdering his adopted parents June and Neville, sister
A HEALTH trust has spent £360,000 in the past 16 months on making its staff redundant. Of the sum paid out by NHS North East Essex primary care trust, £339,180 was for voluntary redundancies and £20,000 was on compulsory job cuts. The figures were revealed
FIREFIGHTERS completed a daring river rescue after a man jumped off a bridge and sank up to his neck in mud in the river Colne. Police, fire and ambulance crews were all called to East Street, Colchester, to help with the rescue before the man, in his
A NEW round-the-clock airport link has created 18 jobs. The coach route from Colchester, Ipswich and Braintree to Stansted and Heathrow airports was being launched today. The round-the-clock National Express service runs 10 times a day. The first
A DERELICT warehouse in Colchester’s Hythe is to be turned into a huge antiques warehouse. Halstead Antiques Centre has won planning permission to turn a 12,000 sq ft warehouse bordering Haven Road and King Edward Quay into a base where more than 100
A BRIGHTLINGSEA soldier has become the envy of his comrades after he caught the eye of Cheryl Cole. Andy Baker, a Royal Marine, of Pyefleet Close, is said to have swapped numbers with the 28-year-old singer when she visited Afghanistan.
In reply to Matt Hudson’s letter (September 19), it is all right for him to say the pricing at Colchester United is fair when no doubt he doesn’t have to pay an entrance fee or pay for a car parking spot. Perhaps the club should charge for all
It’s Read for RNIB Day on Friday, October 14, and I am appealing to readers to help the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) celebrate the joy of reading, and raise money for reading services, such as braille and Talking Books for
As Bob Russell has recently introduced the subject of Parliamentary donations to the letters page of this newspaper, perhaps he would be kind enough to explain his own position with regard the donation of £2.4million made to the Lib Dem party
So, here we are – it is upon us. Love it or hate it, the Firstsite building is iconic and it will be interesting to see what it brings to Colchester. A couple of things, though. First, why did the management find it necessary to have a separate
As one travels into the Queen Street bus station past the two stops outside the old Keddies, and adding the nine stops in the station itself, one tries to picture the outcome at Osborne Street when it all moves. I know they don’t need 11 pull-up
A FORMER Colchester soldier has swapped the paras for the pulpit. Jamie Kidd faced almost certain death twice but survived, found God and has started as minister at Pinner Free Church near Harrow. The married father-of-two, 31, turned from bullets
FUNDRAISING firefighters hope to reach half a million pounds when they take to the pool this Saturday for the 30th annual Colchester Fire Swim. Each year Colchester’s firefighters take the day off from helping the community by saving lives
COLCHESTER’S school of rock is vying for votes to win £500. Superstars Academy, which teaches youngsters how to form bands and play gigs, needs at least 500 votes. The group, set up in January by musician Stuart Hardy, teaches youngsters aged eight
ST Helena Hospice's annual meeting will take place at the charity's education centre in Barncroft Close, High Woods, Colchester on Monday, October 3 at 6.30pm.
John Ward has admitted Colchester United still need attacking reinforcements after seeing them get back to winning ways. Anthony Wordsworth’s first-half penalty helped the U’s beat ten-man Walsall 1-0 and halt a run of four games without a League One
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IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: * More than 3,000 people went through the doors of Colchester's new £26m art gallery on its first day. The soaring costs, legal battles and delays the project faced were not forgotten in the opening speeches but a mood
TWO people had to be rescued after their laser dinghy overturned. Another yacht called the coastguard to report the capsized 14ft dinghy off Mill Creek in the River Blackwater. The crew had climbed onto the upturned hall and the West
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