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  • Nick Clegg goes for a strike in Colchester

    NICK Clegg went bowling with veterans in Colchester this afternoon. The deputy Prime Minister dropped into Colchester's ten pin bowling alley in Cowdray Avenue to test his bowling arm with Colchester candidate Sir Bob Russell, who is seeking re-election

  • Men arrested after safe found dumped in field

    FOUR men have been arrested after a safe was found dumped in a field. Police were called just after 9.10pm last night about reports of a car acting suspiciously in Barnardiston Road, Colchester. Paperwork, personal items and a safe found dumped

  • Raiders target Mersea home

    BURGLARS raided a house in broad daylight. The thieves made off with jewellery and a camera after breaking in to a house in Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, sometime between 2.15pm and 3.15pm on Wednesday, April 8. A back window was forced open

  • Bin in flames near a pier

    A BIN was set on fire near Walton Pier. Firefighters were called to The Promenade at just after 7.30pm last night. The recycling bin was put out by 7.45pm. The cause of the fire is unknown.

  • Abberton Reservoir gets official opening

    NATURALIST and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is to officially open Abberton Reservoir which has ungone a £150 million expansion. Essex and Suffolk Water has completed the five-year project which has seen the reservoir's capacity increase by