A TELEVISION documentary featuring nightlife in Colchester and Clacton through the eyes of bouncers will hit our screens tonight – and it won’t be pretty. Bouncers, a three-part series, was filmed over the summer in Colchester’s Queen Street and
COLCHESTER General Hospital has handed NHS investigators access to its cancer patient records to see if they have been manipulated. A troubleshooting team of cancer specialists led by Andrew Pike, Essex area director for NHS England, will ensure
Colchester United manager Joe Dunne believes veteran striker Clinton Morrison deserves plenty of credit for his performances over recent matches. Morrison, 34, has started the U's last four matches and was impressive in their 2-2 draw with Rotherham
Dominic Vose is confident joining Colchester United will help him get his promising career back on track. The attacking midfielder was tipped for big things after signing a professional contract with West Ham United on his 17th birthday, in 2011
ESSEX County Council’s highways chief asked his own authority for compensation after he hit a pothole, it has been revealed. Rodney Bass took over responsibility for highways in May, including tackling the county’s 13,705 potholes. The long-standing
Colchester United are keen to extend the loan spell of Everton defender Luke Garbutt. The promising young full-back has impressed for the U's since joining them on loan from the Premier League club, in September. Garbutt had a hand in both
INTERCITY trains calling at Colchester will be faster and more modern under plans unveiled by the Chancellor. George Osborne wants to see rail services between London and Norwich - which call at Colchester - shave 30 minutes off the journey time
CLACTON town centre is to get an early Christmas present from business leaders. The Federation of Small Businesses is set to donate a 15ft tree to the town later this month. The federation is also helping fund trees in Frinton and Walton.
RAM RAIDERS drove into a shop in West Bergholt two weeks ago but police only made an appeal for witnesses today. They smashed the window of the Co-Op store in Chapel Road between 2.30am and 3.30am on October 23. Once inside they stole "a large
COLCHESTER’S new Christmas lights display will be unveiled this month. The town centre’s festive lights will be switched on by mayor Colin Sykes on Saturday, November 30 at 5.30pm. As well as the decorations, there will also be a festive performance
A HOMEOWNER in Boxted has admitted carrying out unauthorised work on his listed home. Christopher Board was prosecuted by Colchester Council for removing historic roof rafters at the 17th century thatched property in Straight Road. Board, who
TRIBUTES have been paid to a roofer who died in motorbike crash, aged 27. Daniel Knight, from Great Totham, was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle when it crashed with a BMW car in Cross Road, Maldon, on Sunday at 3pm. He was flown to the Royal London
A TEENAGER has appeared in court charged with causing the death of his friend in a crash. Josh Irvine, 18, of Canterbury Road, Colchester, died when the Citroen Saxo in which he was a passenger crashed with a road sweeper in Bromley Road, Colchester
THE family of a carer who died in a crash have paid tribute to her as a loving mum-of-four who lived life to the full. Angie Barker, 44, a palliative care worker, was on her way to see a client when her Citroen Saxo crashed with a Peugeot 207.
DESIGNER watches and a widescreen television were among the items stolen during a burglary in West Mersea. Detectives are appealing for information following the raid between 10am and 10pm on Tuesday in Empress Avenue. The back door was forced
AN Elvis impersonator and his wife claim they were driven to flytipping after binmen refused to collect their maggot- infested rubbish. John and Margaret Hill, of Bramston Green, Witham, say the black sacks did not fit inside their wheelie bin
CRUEL burglars may have blinded a dog in one eye after attacking him during a break-in. They squirted an unknown liquid into the 11-month-old boxer’s left eye during the raid in Burdun Close, Witham. The owner, who had been visiting family,
MODEL train lovers flocked to enjoy the 46th annual Colchester and District Model Railway exhibition. About 400 people went along to the popular event at Colchester County High School for Girls, in Norman Way, Colchester, to see the miniatures
FOR artist Charles Debenham, painting street scenes of Colchester is just half the pleasure of his work. There are also the people he meets, like the churchgoer, who admired his painting of a sex shop. “I was sitting just outside the Fat Cat
SPEND just a few minutes in the company of artist Anthony Atkinson and you are immediately transported to a time when north Essex was jam-packed with nationally renowned painters. There was Edward Bawden, John Nash, Eduardo Paolozzi and Cedric
RESIDENTS and staff at Frinton’s Anna Victoria Nursing Home were devastated after being told it is on the brink of closure. A conslutation is under way on the future of the Pole Barn Lane home, run by Christian charity Pilgrims’ Friend Society,
A MAN has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after conspiring to launder £621,000 of suspected drugs money. Peter Gibson, 46, of Pole Barn Lane, Frinton, was arrested in March last year after police pulled him over on the M6. Officers who searched
SOLDIERS will be on parade in Colchester on Remembrance Sunday. Troops from Colchester Garrison’s 16 Air Assault Brigade will march through the town ahead of a service at the war memorial, in the High Street, at 11am. Led by the Band of The
NEW ways to police Clacton must be found to combat criminals on benefits moving to the area, according to Essex’s top cop. Crime in Essex fell between April and September this year, but Tendring experienced a 50 per cent rise in street robberies
YOUNG readers are wanted to vote in the Essex Book Award. The competition, run by the county council’s Essex School Library Service, encourages students to read fiction. Youngsters can write reviews of the titles shortlisted in the eighth annual
A FUNDRAISING event collected more than £1,036 for St Helena Hospice, Colchester. Crystal Threads’s annual event, Cofftea, included coffee and tea stalls, crystal healing, readings by spirit mediums, aromatherapy and reflexology. It was set
IF there’s anyone who can capture the essence of Colchester, it’s artist Ian Hay. To say Ian Hay is a bit of a local legend is an understatement indeed. For a start, he has a gallery named after him, the Hay Gallery at Colchester Institute,
