NEED a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday working life? Then pop along to Lion Walk Church, on a Wednesday, for one of its lunchtime concerts. The series of classical recitals were first set up in 1986 by director of music at the church, Ian
WATERFOWL have taken up residence in gardens in Colchester’s Shrub End estate to escape the work at Abberton Reservoir. Residents have noticed an influx of ducks and herons since work started. Kevin Starling, of Eldred Avenue, which is four miles away
ONE of the biggest empty shops in Colchester town centre could be turned over for charities, arts, community groups and social enterprises to use for free. The three-storey former JJB Sports building in the High Street has stood empty since last June
STAFF and customers at Colchester’s Asda supermarket have raised money for a terminally ill boy. The store, in Petrolea Close, collected £1,400 for Kenzie Cackett, four, from Clacton, who has cancer. He had pioneering treatment in the USA for a brain
A Colchester Hospital has defended discharging some patients overnight. Around 100 Colchester General Hospital patients a month are sent home after 11pm it has been revealed. Dr Gordon Coutts, chief executive of Colchester Hospital University
CHARITIES and community groups are celebrating after receiving donations from the fire service swim. The annual event raised £10,000 during its 30th year and £491,000 has now been donated since the event began. Half the money raised every year goes
Well said Angel Kalyan (Letters, Gazette 25/4/12). Of course a council officers’ role does need debate and of course the system within our council is breaking down, or more to the point, has broken down. I see little of the seven Nolan Principles
So we now know that during the reign of Lord Hanningfield the council had no proper accountability for its personal finances and there was no system in place for periodic audits. It is difficult to believe such an organisation was so incompetent
It is clear from feedback from members of the public on TV, radio and other media sources that there is a blurring of the lines between all political parties. What do any of them stand for in the current climate? That is the question so many
The so-called Independent candidate in St Andrew’s, Mr Hunt, had a letter published in the Gazette repeating the myths about local sheltered housing and, particularly, his own personal situation. What many Greenstead residents are asking me
DRUG users have been warned after a particularly dangerous batch of cocaine hit the streets of Essex. Cilve Emmett, spokesman for Essex based drugs charity Open Road, has asked users to take extra care after at least two people were hospitalised
SHOCKED Guy Birchall woke up to find his floors under a foot of water. Floodwater poured into his house in Waterside Lane, Hythe, Colchester, destroying carpets, furniture and causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage. Student, Guy, 21, woke up to
Colchester United fans have been given the unique chance to tread the turf alongside some of their heroes at Kem Izzet’s Testimonial. Football supporters can bid for the opportunity to play alongside the likes of Mark Kinsella, Roy McDonough
A TONNE of tins have been collected by a homeless charity. The April Centre, in Mersea Road, Colchester, appealed for food donations last month. A collection outside the Petrolea Close Asda store on Saturday saw shoppers donate 12 trolley-loads of tins
A man accused of shooting his ex-partner and their young daughter dead has described their "volatile relationship" to a court. David Oakes is accused of killing Christine Chambers and their two-year-old daughter Shania at their home in Bartram
FLOODING has forced Brightlingsea carnival organisers to cancel its main fundraising event. Fields booked for a giant bootsale in Promenade Way were left waterlogged after Tuesdays torrential downpour. Organisers checked the surface yesterday **Tuesday
POLICE are appealing for information after a burglary in Harsnett Road, Colchester. Officers were called to the house after the owners returned to find somebody had climbed through an open upstairs window. They took a Sony Playstation games console
THIEVES have tried to rip apart a church roof to get to the copper. They targeted All Saints’ Church in Shrub End Road, Colchester, overnight from 6pm on Monday, April 30 and 9am on May 1. They got away with some copper but it was security
Matt Heath has revealed he has been offered the chance to stay at Colchester United next season. And the experienced defender is keen to join Karl Duguid and commit his future to the U’s. Heath, 31, is one of around a dozen Colchester players who are
FIREFIGHTERS helped save a home and an elderly resident following a fire in Gosbecks Road, Colchester. Three crews were called just after 8am this morning to the house and arrived to find smoke billowing from the upstairs windows. After being alerted
A FOUNDATION hoping to set up a free school on the Essex/Suffolk border will pitch their plans to the Department for Education later this month. Parents have teamed up with education charity the Seckford Foundation to try and set up Stoke-by-Nayland
A TONNE of tins has been collected by a homeless support service. The April Centre, based in Mersea Road, Colchester, appealed for long-lasting food donations throughout last month. Following a bumper collection outside the Petrolea Close Asda store
A MAN in sheltered housing is taking his “millionaire” brother to court over £14,000 left by their late father. Patrick Sullivan, 73, of Ivor Brown Court, High Woods, Colchester, wants a share of the money, which all went to brother Colin, 69. Patrick
A BROKEN set of points at Liverpool Street station has led to mass train cancellations today as a number of platforms are out of operation. Engineers from Network Rail are set to begin work on the points at 10.30am.The latest update states
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AN investigation has been launched after a dad-of-three aged 25 was found dead in a graveyard. Bruce Moorcroft was discovered in St Andrew’s Church, in Forest Road, Greenstead, Colchester, on Sunday. The cause of death has not been established, but
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: Residents were left counting the cost after torrential rain caused flooding at Colchester's Hythe. Floods were reported across north Essex at Dedham, Tiptree, Abberton and Little Clacton. * A man accused of a double murder sent 1,607
