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Lauren on TV : Davina is perfect host for This Time Next Year
I AM more than a bit obsessed with the ITV programme This Time Next Year. It’s the ultimate fast forward viewing for a world which seems to be in a massive hurry. No need to wait to see if the guests will shed weight/have a baby/become a member
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Pupils take action to protect threatened bird species
COLLEGE conservationists are hoping to attract a colony of swifts to their town centre building. Students at Colchester Sixth Form College have installed 14 nesting boxes on their college’s mid-site building. Gemma Polley, 18, was one of the
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Councillors agree to put £450k towards 40,000 homes
COLCHESTER councillors have agreed to pump £450,000 into getting plans for three new towns off the ground. Colchester Council agreed its budget which includes £450,000 being set aside for the local plan and the north Essex garden communities.
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Lecturer suspended over Facebook posts
AN Essex University lecturer is understood to have been suspended while claims he posted anti-Semitic material on his Facebook account are investigated. It was one of a series of measures announced by the university’s vice-chancellor Professor
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Police officer denies skipping work for 'lashings' of Chinese food with lover
A police officer has denied skipping work in a child abuse investigation team to get a manicure and eat "lashings" of Chinese food with her married lover. Essex Police detective constables Sharon Patterson, 49, and Lee Pollard, 47, are on trial
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U's skipper Prosser hoping there are plenty more games to come
WHEN Luke Prosser led Colchester United out at Macclesfield Town last weekend, it represented a special milestone for the experienced defender – not that he knew it. “I didn’t have a clue it was my 300th career appearance, to be honest,” admitted
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How to make sure you aren't caught out by car trouble in end of half term road rush
Families across the UK are set to hit the roads this weekend as February half term comes to a close. And Green Flag is expecting there will 57,609 breakdowns over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This amounts to 13 breakdowns every minute over the
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Has Cameron James got a future at the U's
As Diaz Wright looks set to start a crunch game for the U's, Gazette sports reporters Jonathan Waldron and Simon Spurgeon discuss whether fellow youth team graduate Cameron James has a future at the club in the latest Colchester Chat podcast. James
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Stunning images capture our idyllic county
THESE pictures were taken by members of our online photography group. Our members have been out and about snapping pictures across the county. From the waterways in Brightlingsea and Mersea to the countryside of Great Horkesley they have taken
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Jewish Society created at Essex University as union decides to "immediately ratify" society
A JEWISH society has been created at Essex University. The university's Students Union has agreed this morning to "immediately ratify" the new society after a row broke out about antisemitism. The union had been due to relaunch a vote on whether
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Five top things to see and do in the next seven days
Neil D’Arcy-Jones picks his cultural highlights for the week 1. Essex Rocks and Art Not Apathy presents, The Witch Kids, Denial Twist, Rosalind Harniess and Fraser Morgan, Best Days Vintage, Eld Lane, Colchester, tonight, doors 7pm. And the cool
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LETTER: We’ve all been brainwashed by ‘best before’ dates
Regarding the article in Monday's Gazette about sardines being eight years out of date, the public has been brainwashed over these sell-by dates. I have got tins of food undented and free of rust for many years and still use and eat the contents
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All set for a rollercoaster couple of months
Banter with Burns with Colchester United Supporters Association chairman Jon Burns WE'RE 24 hours away from one of the many 'six-pointer' games that the U’s can look forward to before the end of the season. Over half of our remaining fixtures
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Council budget goes through by one vote...thanks to mayor
PLANS to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in Colchester by increasing council tax again have been approved by just one vote. Colchester Council’s budget for the next 12 months was given the green light at a meeting on Wednesday night. But
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Cultural Quarter: Last ditch bid to delay student scheme
COLCHESTER Council planning officers have recommended the controversial Cultural Quarter scheme is approved. A council spokesman said the committee chairman Pauline Hazell agreed the number of speakers after discussions with group spokespersons
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Jewish Society will be created at university no matter what outcome of vote is
A JEWISH society will be created at Essex University, no matter what outcome of a students union vote. The university's vice-chancellor, Professor Anthony Forster revealed the news in a statement issued this morning. It came after a row broke
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Matt feels Oakley have ability to be title challengers
LITTLE Oakley manager Matt Carmichael believes his young players ooze class - and can become the very best in their league. The Acorns boss has high hopes for the remainder of this season but already has an eye on the 2019/20 Thurlow Nunn League
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700 object to Cultural Quarter but campaigners will get just NINE MINUTES to state case
CAMPAIGNERS will be given just nine minutes to state their case against the proposed redevelopment of Colchester so-called Cultural Quarter... despite the scheme amassing more than 700 objections. Colchester Council has announced three speakers
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Court hears pensioner 'shaking' after being touched inappropriately by carer
A FRAIL pensioner was left trembling after being inappropriately touched by a care professional, a court has heard. Julie Thatcher is accused of touching Hazel Gosney’s bottom without permission at the elderly woman’s home in Rose Avenue, Stanway
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Businessman flying high after triumph against airline over £2.74 charge
A DETERMINED businessman has taken an international airline to court over a credit card surcharge of £2.74 . The surcharges were abolished in January last year following the UK’s adoption of an EU law. But KLM-AirFrance continued to charge
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'Reckless' teen given rehabilitation order for stabbing mum's ex in 'self-defence'
A RECKLESS teenager who stabbed a man in the arm with a seven inch knife has avoided custody. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested in Turner Road, Colchester, in August, and admitted charges of wounding and possession
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'To see other people living in it is heartbreaking' - couple in benefits wrangle lose home
A DISTRAUGHT couple have lost their home after a decade of devastating benefits deductions. Malcolm Tower, 61, was forced to claim benefits after suffering a double brain aneurysm and a stroke in 2009 left him unable to walk and with short term
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U's now glad potential loan move did not happen
DIAZ Wright could be in line to make his first-ever home league start for Colchester United when they host fellow promotion hopefuls Carlisle United in a crunch League Two clash tomorrow. But the U's midfielder could well have found himself out