UNSUSPECTING diners were stunned by a spectacular frightnight event. Restaurant 43, in Great Bentley, got into the Halloween spirit with chef Simon Humm creating a menu of monstrous meals, including lamb brains, octopus tentacles and edible waxed
RESIDENTS will tonight be given the chance to quiz the county's chief constable and police and crime commissioner at a special Essex Police challenge session. Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh and police and crime commissioner Nick Alston are answering
ONE of Colchester's main roads was closed for an hour today while dangerous trees were felled. The A134 Westway was shut southbound from Colne Bank Avenue to Middleborough/Balkerne Hill. The work, which was carried out by Essex County Council
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MORE than 50,000 food recycling kits have been delivered to Colchester households. In the last fortnight, the residents of 51,400 homes have so far recycled 59 tonnes of food waste using the bins and bags handed out by Colchester Council. Residents
FAMILY heirlooms worth tens of thousands of pounds have been stolen from a home in West Bergholt. Thieves raided the property on Mumford Road on Saturday, October 26, between 4pm and 7.15pm. They stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of jewellery
A MINI-RECYCLING centre has been installed in a Colchester estate. During a consultation, it was discovered residents in Paul Spendlove Court, in St John’s, Colchester, had no way to recycle any materials. Now recycling bins have been installed
Children will have the chance to learn how the play guitar and bass drums at free music sessions. The last few remaining spots are up for grabs at the Creating Superstars Rock School music project, which is funded by Youth Music, at the Hythe Community
A MAJOR sea defence scheme to save Clacton and Holland-on-Sea’s crumbling cliffs has been put through its paces. Amodel for the £36million project, which is due to get under way in about a year, has undergone testing by experts at HR Wallingford
A DRIVER has been disqualified after reaching speeds of 130mph on the A120. Andrew Howie, 35, of Stone Lane, Tiptree, had dropped his brother off at Stansted Airport on May 27 when he was on his way home at 4am. Colchester Magistrates’ Court
MORE than 30 workmen have put their razors aside to support Movember. During November, thousands of men across north Essex will try and grow the best moustache they can. Among them will be 30 builders, plumbers and other workers who will raise
COLCHESTER General Hospital will host a Thanksgiving and Remembrance service for people who have lost a loved one at hospital. The service, on Sunday, November 17 at 3pm, is organised by the chaplaincy team but is open to anyone who has suffered
Unforgettable. Goal hero Elliot Lee says his first-ever senior goal will live long in the memory after salvaging a point for Colchester United in dramatic fashion at Rotherham United. Lee netted a 96th-minute equaliser for the U’s to earn them
AN in-depth investigation is to be held into the organisation responsible for enforcing parking restrictions in north Essex. The North Essex Parking Partnership’s board met on Monday to set up a special group to scrutinise its work. It comes
A TEENAGER was so worried about children running across roads on her estate, she organised a safety awareness day. April Crooke, 17, who works in Ardleigh, decided to act when she narrowly avoided knocking over her sister Caitlin, nine. April
A FILM-MAKER’S footage of the Christmas Day swim in Clacton has missed the cut for a major motion picture. Richard Nettleingham, 34, from Colchester, created a short film about the sea swim last year. The footage was lined up to be used in
A DRIVER who’s load fell from his truck, hitting a pedestrian and leaving him with serious head injuries, has been disqualified from driving. Stephen Szpytma, 44, of Stoneleigh Park, Colchester, was driving along Hythe Quay when a wooden plank
YOUNGSTERS braved wind and the rain to be the first to ride over a new £15,000 cycle track in Tiptree. Colchester mayor Colin Sykes and representatives from the national cycling charity CTC also saddled up for the official opening of the the Grove
