A TALK on how children develop language skills through games is being held next month. Dr Sonja Eisenbeiss from Essex University’s language and linguistics department at the Cafe Scientifique event. A general discussion will follow Dr Eisenbeiss’s
A SINGER who narrowly missed out on a place on hit BBC talent show the Voice is recording a charity single with fellow rejects. Daniel Bowyer, 17, of Titania Close, Colchester, made it through several auditions, but didn’t get the call to sing in front
THE headteacher at a new studio school wants his pupils to be the next Alan Sugars and Richard Bransons. Ian Pearson has been appointed as principal of the Tendring Enterprise Studio School, the first of its kind in the east of England. The school,
THE opening of a new bus station in Colchester should be delayed to bring it in line with a park and ride scheme, a councillor has said. The controversial Osborne Street station, which is set to replace the current Queen Street site, is scheduled
A POTHOLE at a busy road junction in Wivenhoe caused tyres to burst and damaged wheel rims. Three motorists have reported serious damage to their cars after the hole appeared in the road on the B1028. The hole, measuring about half a metre wide and
PROTESTERS demonstrated outside a Brightlingsea cafe, calling for it to be reopened. Up the Creek, part of Brightlingsea Watersports and Yacht Club, was closed by club directors after its first day of trading on April 7. They claimed there had been
COLCHESTER photographers are being encouraged to take part in a project to celebrate High Woods Country Park. The competition is part of the park’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Funded by Marks and Spencer and the @myurbangreen campaign, it is part
A TOWN council has defended a rise in council tax. West Mersea Town Council has increased its precept from £50.66 to £59.30 per Band D household. The decision has been criticised by some residents. Dave Tucker, town council clerk, said: “We do not
A GOOD Samaritan had his generosity betrayed by a criminal gang operating in Colchester. Police are appealing for information after a necklace was stolen from the neck of a 66-year-old man who had stopped to give directions to four foreigners in a car
A PUB celebrated St George’s Day with bands, bunting and beer. The Hare and Hounds pub in Layer Breton marked the patron saint of England’s day with a special beer festival. A number of live bands provided entertainment over the weekend, and classic
A SERIES of Olympic-themed events are being held at Essex University next week, with Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls displaying their talents. Paralympic javelin thrower and student Scott Moorhouse and Olympic speed-walking hopeful Dominic King are
VOLUNTEERS began work on a wildlife garden in Wivenhoe which will become a haven for stag beetles. A team of green-fingered enthusiasts cleared the site ready to plant flowers and shrubs which will attract butterflies, bees and other insects. The
PRE-SCHOOL kids helped to celebrate ten years of Busy Bees Nursery on Saturday. The nursery, based in Phoenix Square, in Wyncolls Road, Colchester, invited families to enjoy a fun day and to meet cartoon hero Fireman Sam. Jodie Cherry, nursery manager
A COUNCIL tenant has been forced to wait nearly four months for essential repairs to be carried out in her home. Vi Minns, of Defoe Crescent, in Mile End, reported her badly damaged living room wall to landlord Colchester Borough Housing in
The trial of David Oakes, who is accused of murdering his daughter and her mum, continued today. The Chelmsford Crown Court case began last Wednesday and has already called a number of witness who knew Christine Chambers and her two-year-old
Tom Eastman wants to play a major role for Colchester United next season. The 20-year-old Colchester-born centre-back has already established himself as a regular in the U’s side and has made 31 appearances so far this term, following a loan
ROAD and rail problems greeted commuters at the start of the new working week. Signal problems between Bethnal Green and London Liverpool Street delayed trains to London from this region from 8am today. And a rogue piece of plasterboard blocked the
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IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A FATHER suffered a brutal beating in an alleyway in Colchester. The thugs launched the unprovoked attack on the 26-year-old and tried to steal his phone. * A singer who narrowly missed out on al place in the BBC talent show The
