RESIDENTS have told council bosses they don’t want to be left in the dark. Up to 70 per cent of street lighting across Tendring could be switched off from the start of next year under new plans by Essex County Council. Almost 70 per cent of
A FAIR aimed at helping tenants get the council home they want will be held next Wednesday. The mutual exchange fair will try and match up tenants who want to swap their council homes Some have too few bedrooms or too many, while others want
THE number of new companies starting up in Colchester has hit a new record high. In the first half of 2013, 773 companies were formed in Colchester, which is 2 per cent higher than the 2012 figure of 758, which itself was a new record. In the
AN ex-council chairman has been suspended from Tendring Counci’s Conservative group for two months for posting an offensive Tweet. Danny Mayzes Tweeted: “Now that’s how you deal with immigration issues lol” in relation to a video showing an electrified
A DOCTOR’S receptionist was left shaken after being confronted by a knife-wielding woman. Lisa Webb was cornered by the woman at the Douglas Grove surgery, in Witham, and the blade held inches from her face. She got away and police later arrested
COLCHESTER’S Military Wives Choir has been invited to sing at the Houses of Parliament. Sir Bob Russell, MP for Colchester, invited the group to sing again after a successful performance last year. The members will also lay a wreath in the
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A PAVEMENT in Colchester is so dangerously lopsided residents cross the road to avoid it. Abbie Chambers, 34, who uses a wheelchair, said she would topple over if she tried to tackle the severe slope in Berechurch Road. She is being backed
DEVELOPMENT is big business in Colchester. With the borough among the fastest growing in the country, councils and developers are seeking to create new facilities. Shopping centres, hotels and major roads are all in the pipeline. Yet residents
FIREFIGHTERS to strike over rows about retirement age and pensions. While firework displays begin across the county and rush hour commuters make their way home firefighters will be putting down their hoses and locking up stations. The strike
Colchester United have signed former West Ham United attacker Dominic Vose. The 19-year-old has joined the U's on a monthly contract, after impressing while training with the U's over recent weeks. Vose started as a youngster at Fulham and
ANGRY residents whose cars were damaged by sheets of metal blown off a building site say they should have been more secure. Natalie Purslow, 27, of McCluskeys Street, Colchester, was at home with her three children when she heard a loud bang.
ONLY 50 people applied to work in a new Colchester supermarket - despite thousands being out of work across the borough. Bosses at Tesco Express, in Magdalen Street, had 11 jobs to fill and advertised the vacancies online. But despite 2,659
A DEVELOPER has made an offer to buy Colchester’s former Severalls Hospital and build 1,252 homes there. It has raised hope work could finally start 16 years after the hospital closed. Colliers International, hired by the Homes & Communities
SHOPPERS stopped dead in their tracks as zombies took over a Colchester superstore. Tesco staff surprised hundreds of shoppers as they took to the shop floor as Michael Jackson’s spooky Thriller boomed over the sound system yesterday morning.
AN appeal to raise funds for a children’s playground has received a major boost. The 100,000 Smiles campaign, which is supported by the Gazette, aims to raise money for a new playground for the disabled pupils at Lexden Springs special school in
HALLOWEEN monsters were on their best behaviour across Colchester with hundreds taking to the streets to have fun. Essex Police ran Operation Pumpkin with extra officers drafted in last night to combat any anti-social behaviour and make sure
COLCHESTER’S Jamie Moul will continue his bid to reclaim his PGA European Tour spot this week. The Stoke by Nayland member travelled to Spain yesterday, in readiness for the second instalment of his Tour School. Moul competes at the Campo de
Ron Gilzean’s superior back nine score helped him win Playgolf Colchester’s October division one stableford. Gilzean (12) battled high winds to score 36 points and come out on top of a three-way countback tie. Gilzean’s better back nine score
COLCHESTER darts ace Colin Lloyd has admitted he has experienced a “rough period” in his career. But the former world number one is now feeling rejuvenated and feels he still has plenty to accomplish in the sport. Lloyd was knocked out of the
ELLIOT Lee can hit the goal trail during his loan spell with Colchester United. That is the view of respected West Ham United academy legend Tony Carr, who has high hopes for the young striker. Lee, 18, has impressed in the two games he has
MORE than a quarter of young offenders in Essex go on to commit another crime within a year. While the number of first time youth offenders has fallen dramatically the figures show many of those who start on a criminal path continue along it
NOW you see it, now you don’t. That’s quickly becoming Joe Oyelade’s catchphrase as he wows fans and judges across the country. The talented 13-year-old has been crowned the Magic Circle’s Young Magician of the Year - at his first attempt.
A CAMPAIGNING mum who runs an anti-knife charity in memory of her son has been nominated for Tesco’s Mum of the Year award. Caroline Shearer set up Only Cowards Carry after son Jay Whiston, 17, was stabbed to death outside a house party in Marlowe
LITTLE ones celebrated the saints as part of an event put on by a Colchester church. St Leonard’s Church, in Lexden Road, Colchester, welcomed youngsters to the church to make saint masks, gingerbread men and even for a sing-a-long. Jacquie
AN army of knitters have helped to stitch 10,000 hats in aid of a national campaign. Members of Age UK Colchester were initially set a target of knitting 6,500 hats, but with a little help from friends, the group easily surpassed its target.
