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WORRIED parents have criticised school services over a delay in getting their daughter back into full-time schooling. Tiffany Lawrence, 10, was expelled from Frobisher Primary School in Jaywick nearly two years ago after being excluded several

COLCHESTER United loanee Daniel Pappoe has returned to Chelsea. The centre-half has been with the club since the summer and made two League One appearances. However, his opportunities have been limited due to injury. U’s boss Joe Dunne

COLCHESTER United have been drawn at home to Billericay Town in the fourth round of the Essex Senior Cup. The U’s will host their Ryman Premier opponents on or before November 30. Skrill Premier side Braintree Town will head to Barking, while

PART of Colchester’s Castle Park will finally reopen on Saturday morning. Lower Castle Park closed after Monday morning’s storm left the beauty spot covered with damaged trees. A Colchester Council spokesman said it would reopen on Saturday

A PLAN which sets out how Colchester should develop in the years to come has been submitted to an independent inspector. The Local Plan is Colchester Council’s vision for the future, setting out where houses, shops and businesses and more should

TWO dog mess bins have been installed in a Colchester estate. The bins, in Dunthorne Road and St Dominic’s Road, in St John’s, were paid out of money set aside by borough councillors Paul Smith and Ray Gamble. The plans were put forward by

Adrienne Strover and Gill Minns will represent Colchester Golf Club in next year’s ladies Daily Mail Foursomes. They won their qualifier and their 31 points on the back nine was enough to knock Mandy Rix and Annie Johnston into second place, on

COLCHESTER racer Josh Wakefield says he has learned a lot from competing in this season’s Renault UK Clio Cup. The 21-year-old wrapped up his 2013 campaign with a battling performance for Scuderia Vittoria in torrential ran and gale force winds

MAGNUS Okuonghae is enjoying his best-ever run of form for Colchester United. That is the view of U’s boss Joe Dunne, who believes the powerful centre-back is currently at the top of his game. Okuonghae was outstanding for Colchester in their

ROBBIE Cowling says he is delighted with the impact Colchester United’s youngsters have made this season. But the U’s chairman is not resting on his laurels in his bid to see more home-grown players burst onto the scene. Youth-team products

A FREE theatre performance will take place tomorrow on public space outside Firstsite on Saturday. The Golden Age of Quackery, billed as Laurel and Hardy meets Quentin Tarantino, was due to be held today to mark Halloween. But heavy rain forced

X FACTOR champion Matt Cardle will join Dancing on Ice star Jeff Brazier to add wow factor to this year’s Castle Park fireworks display in Colchester. The Essex singer will sing two songs before This Morning presenter Brazier, who is starring in

PEOPLE in Essex are more satisfied with policing this year.   Figures released by police and crime commissioner Nick Alston show more than 80 per cent of victims are satisfied with how they are supported by police.   This number is gradually

ATTEMPTS are being made to help repeated victims of crime. More than £400,000 has been invested this year to help high risk victims. In 2012/13 there were 9,493 people who were victims more than once, up almost 500 on the previous year.

BURGLARS broke through the back door of a home in Colchester and stole electrical goods. The property in Roach Vale was raided between 6pm and 11.30pm on Sunday. Thieves stole an iPad, an Apple Mac pro computer, Asus laptop,  Playstation 3

A MAN has been jailed for punching his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach. Thug Ryan Guntrip, 21, told his partner he wished he had never got her pregnant and hit her. A medical examination the next day showed the baby had died, but prosecutors

A SOLDIER who carried his grandfather’s Second World War bible to keep him safe is returning it after six months in Afghanistan. Corporal David Coles, of Colchester-based 156 Provost Company, Military Police, kept the precious posession in his

KNIFE crime: The papers are full of it. Teenagers dying. Parents grieving. Campaigners marching. But community safety expert Peter Carrington believes opportunities to reduce knife crime in Colchester have been missed and he fears people have

X FACTOR camera crews came to Maldon to film star Sam Callahan. Sam, 19, from Great Totham, was filmed training with the Maldon Saints Football Club yesterday at Promenade Park. The footage will be aired on Saturday’s show as Sam battles to

BURGLARS smashed their way into a cafe then tried to break into the booze supplies in the convenience store next door. The crooks broke into High Street Cafe in Walton through the back door. Once inside they ripped the wooden panelling off

A MAN faces 21 sexual offence charges against a girl under 16. Luke Thomas, 28, of East Stockwell Street, Colchester, appeared before Colchester magistrates on Tuesday. The charges include 11 of sexual activity with a girl under 16, one of

THE Minister for Pubs will next week unveil a reopened local bought by regulars after it shut last year. After 15 months’ hard work, the 40 residents who formed the Wivenhoe Pub Company will officially relaunch the Black Buoy on Friday week.

A TELEVISION programme is set to reveal the secrets behind north Essex’s outstanding beauty. ITV’s Off The Beaten Track explores the UK’s hidden countryside. Presenter Christine Bleakley was in Manningtree to film the episode for the show.

A HAVE-A-GO hero who tried to protect a disabled man ended up getting stabbed in the chest, a court heard. Shaun Boyles, 49, went to help Andrew Jackson when a man grabbed his crutch, pushed him over and started kicking him. Mr Boyles confronted