A SHELTERED housing complex is set to be sold and will become a centre for Gurkha military veterans. Colchester Council created a storm of controversy when it announced it was selling off Abbeygate House and Joyce Brooks House. It said the homes were
SCHOLARSHIPS totalling £27,000 are on offer to students at the Wivenhoe House Hotel. The Edge Hotel School will be the first of its kind in the UK where students learn in a fully-operational, commercial hotel when it opens in June. Nine students will
A MAN was injured after he was attacked on Clacton seafront. Police were called to Marine Parade West at 2pm on Sunday after reports a 30-year-old man had been assaulted. An off duty police officer helped the man with the injury until
A COLCHESTER road was closed after a crash between two cars. Police were called to Old Heath Road at 2pm on Sunday after a blue Fiat Qubo and a blue Rover 25 collided. No one was thought to have been injured in the smash. A man was arrested on suspicion
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attempted street robbery. A 22-year-old man from South Woodham Ferrers was attacked in Clements Green Lane at around 10pm on Friday. As he reached the junction of Hither Blakers, he was approached by a man who
CARAVAN site operators fear for their futures if Government plans to impose VAT on static caravans goes ahead. The price of static caravans is set to rocket in October when standard VAT of 20 per cent will be placed on them for the first time in 40 years
WIVENHOE could be set for a sparkling diamond jubilee after a lottery grant lit up the way for fireworks. The organising committee for the town’s jubilee celebrations has been given £2,400 by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All scheme. The cash
A CARE home is set to open in St Fillan Road, Colchester, with 70 new jobs. St Fillan’s Care Home, run by Excelcare, will provide care for 71 elderly people and is due to open on May 24. Paul Smith, councillor for St John’s ward, has called on the firm
THE Gazette would like to wish everyone running the London Marathon today the best of luck. Hopefully the sun shines and the miles fade away as you reach the dreaded wall, climb over it, and keep on going. To see who is running from north Essex visit
AN eco-friendly school criticised Tendring Council for refusing to collect its tins and plastics. Elmstead Primary School is proud of its green credentials, which include planting hedges, growing food and recycling. Council contractors, Veolia, previously
