Dan Holman admits he is disappointed he has not been given more opportunities to be a success at Colchester United. The striker this week linked up with Conference Premier outfit Dover Athletic, his third loan move away from the U’s this season. Holman
DRIVERS are facing an endless wait for a small bridge to be repaired after its opening was pushed back for the fourth time. No guarantee has even been given for when work will finish.. Residents and businesses who use Spring Lane, in Colchester
HEALTH secretary Jeremy Hunt met bosses at the crisis-hit Colchester General Hospital. Mr Hunt met with the Turner Road hospital directors today to discuss how the hospital could be turned around before having a no holds barred roundtable discussion
JAMIE Harney says he is ready to step into the breach for Colchester United – if and when he is called upon. The 18-year-old centre-half is now a full-time U’s player, after his loan move from West Ham United was officially made permanent last
Colchester Cavaliers Cricket Club, based at Colchester Rugby Club on Mill Road, has taken the bold step to withdraw one of their two teams from the North Essex Cricket League (NECL), and join the Two Counties League. This now means that the Cavaliers
A TRIO of Colchester Amateur Boxing Club members experienced mixed fortunes at the newly-formed Eastbourne Boxing Club’s inaugural dinner show. Middleweight Cameron Renson was the first Colchester boxer to step between the ropes when he took on
HARWICH Boxing Club had a very busy but successful weekend. The action started when they promoted a tournament at Colchester United’s Weston Homes Community Stadium. Leading the way was 16-year-old Kasey Bradnum, who contested an under-64kg
WE really are in the throes of winter and the prolonged cold spell has added to the sprat problem. No boats have been able to launch, due to the high winds. To be honest, we’re just into a typical British winter and February has never been
THE campaign to renamed a train station is gathering pace. Business group, the Hythe Business Network, is spearheading the calls to change the name of the Hythe station. At the moment, it is called Hythe (Essex) - showing no connection to Colchester
A CHARITY is desperately appealing for help to find a home for an unwanted dog which could be put down within days if new owners aren't found. Spirit of the Dog is trying to find a new home for Silver, a female Staffordshire bull terrier, after
SCHOOLCHILDREN have been warned to be on their guard after a man attempted to abduct a schoolboy in Colchester. The 11-year-old boy was on his way to St Benedict’s Catholic College when the man wearing a balaclava approached him and tried to pull
Layer Road legend Peter Wright would have been “pleased as punch” at having a statue made in his honour. That’s the view of Wright’s former team-mate Bobby Hunt, who will be among the group of Colchester United players past and present at today’s unveiling
A CONVICTED killer could die in prison after a European Court changed its stance on whole life tariffs. Jeremy Bamber was jailed in 1986 for the murders of his parents Nevill and June Bamber, his sister Sheila Caffell and her twin sons, Daniel
A BAILIFF has spoken of the moment a man chased a chip shop owner out of the door with a foot-long cleaver. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how bailiff Alan Harmer went to Papa’s Fish and Chip Shop, in East Street, Wivenhoe, with Theo Papadamou.
BUSY Colchester swingers club Mingles looks set to become a permanent fixture. The Lexden-based club controversially opened in August last year after securing permission to become a private members’ club. It was given a one-year probation period
FIFTY jobs have been saved after a north Essex company took over Colchester’s George Hotel. The Surya Group moved quickly to buy the 500-year-old High Street property from the troubled Grangeside Ltd, which has sold a number of hotels around the
