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  • The Scene is coming...don't miss your Gazette on Wednesday

    MUSIC? Food? Cinema? the Arts? Whatever your passion then the scene is the place to find quite a few of your favourite things. Our new 12-page pullout leisure and entertainments guide, every Wednesday, tells you what’s on and where to

  • Lifeboat rescues stranded boat

    CLACTON lifeboat went to the rescue of a boat which had broken down two miles out to sea. Thames coastguard received a 999 call from the Arfatu just before 2pm on Saturday. The boat had suffered engine failure at the Eagle buoy, two miles south

  • Colchester: Hundreds run for Sport Relief

    MORE than 700 people took part in Colchester's Sport Relief mile event which was held at the University of Essex. Some runners wore fancy dress to take part in the one, three and six mile runs with costumes including a dragon and the air cadets dressed

  • 'Bikers could die' in Horkesley pot hole

    RESIDENTS say a biker could die if pot holes in a busy Horkesley Heath rat run are not repaired. Old House Road is pitted with craters, with some estimated at one foot deep. Resident John Button, 72, said he and his neighbours had been trying for

  • Deaf dog has learned our sign language

    A DEAF dog dumped as a puppy is enjoying a new lease of life and has learned sign language. Springer spaniel Alice was just eight weeks old when she was abandoned by a breeder in Ireland because she was deaf. She was taken in by animal charity Blue

  • These potholes could be lethal

    RESIDENTS are warning potholes in a busy road near their homes could kill an unwary motorcyclist. Old House Road in Great Horkesley is pitted with holes, some many inches deep. Villager John Button, 72, said he and neighbours had been trying for five