A GROUP helping the homeless in Colchester won a top award at this year’s Colchester Fine Art Open Exhibition. The April Centre, based in St Paul’s Hall, on Colne Bank Avenue, was set up 15 years ago to provide counselling and care for the homeless
A CHOIR from Harwich has submitted its entry in the British Cheese Board’s national anthem competition. They were filmed singing about cheddar by Harwich and Dovercourt High School students at St Nicholas Church. The lyrics, written
A WEBSITE has been set up to encourage building work to be completed on a stalled marina development. The long-awaited Waterside Marina development, in Brightlingsea, has stalled for two years with only half the homes built. Nick Richmond has set up
A MISSING person’s charity told of the trauma the family of Anthony Stammers will be experiencing, two weeks after his disappearance. Helen Morrell, family support manager for website missingpeople.org.uk, said it had been in contact with Ant’s relatives
Colchester United can expect a tough test in their opening game of the season, according to manager John Ward. The U’s have been handed a trip to League One rivals Yeovil Town, in the first round of this season’s Capital One Cup. They will travel down
A VETERAN of the Falklands conflict has proudly described how he and his comrades were determined not to be beaten. Howard Foster was a 24-year-old Lance Bombardier with 4th Regiment of Royal Artillery in 1982, attached to Colchester’s 3rd Battalion
A WOMAN was cut free from a vehicle following a crash in Stanway. Firefighters were called to the incident in Villa Road at 1.25pm. Specialist cutting equipment was used to free the woman. Her condition is currently unknown.
VOLUNTEERS are needed to walk trainee guide dog puppies. The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is looking for people to take care of a puppy for a year. Volunteers will look after a guide dog puppy from six weeks old until approximately 12 to 14
A PARISH council is set to expand its boundary to include a massive new housing development. Myland Parish Council has asked Colchester Borough Council for permission to move its boundary to include 740 news homes being built in Tufnell Way. Currently
PLANS for a £15million school development have been given the green light. Colchester Council’s planning committee have given plans to redevelop parts of Colchester Academy, in Hawthorn Avenue, Greenstead the thumbs up. They accepted
RESIDENTS are to be among the first to see fresh plans for a 200-home development in Colchester. Developers Lands Improvement will unveil their plans to members of St John’s Residents Association at the end of the month. Ambitious plans
KIND-HEARTED students have been rewarded for raising a record amount during an annual charity week. Colchester MP Sir Bob Russell presented pupils from Philip Morant School, in Colchester, with certificates to mark their achievement in collecting more
PUPILS at a Colchester primary school will be able to benefit from a new rockery thanks to a dad and a trucking company. Ken McGill wanted to send four tons of soil to Willow Brook Primary School to be used by its gardening club, which includes his sons
John Ward has not ruled out keeping Magnus Okuonghae at Colchester United next season. Okuonghae has been linked with a host of clubs, including Celtic, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers. Middlesbrough, Millwall and newly-promoted Charlton Athletic
A NEW £9.6million children’s mental health unit, unique to the south of England, is opening to patients. Up to 25 11 to 18-year-olds will be looked after at the unit, which has been built on part of the former Severalls Hospital site, in Colchester.
A VERY special order has made its way from a village business straight to the set of an award-winning TV show. Harlequin, in Shop Road, Little Bromley, received an urgent call to make 30 cream buttons. But it wasn’t until owner Sarah Candy looked at
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: THE boss of iconic Colchester store Williams and Griffin has told how a £30 million expansion plan will allow the shop to bring London shopping to the town. Hugo Fenwick said he hopes the redevelopment, if approved, will also rejuvenate
