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  • Drivers facing long delays on A12 and around Colchester

    Motorists are facing delays across Colchester due to traffic problems.  Drivers heading to the A12 can expect to queue after sloiw moving traffic was reported between the Ardleigh Interchange and Eight Ash Green.  This is causing delays in

  • Court hears pair ‘brutally beat man before starting fire’

    MURDEROUS firestarters brutally beat a man to death in his own home with “numerous weapons” before setting the flat ablaze, a court heard. When firefighters forced their way into the flat of 54-year-old Paul Gillett, in Station Road, Clacton, they

  • Meeting staged to solve ongoing village traffic jams

    A MEETING has been held in a bid to address a village’s on-going traffic and parking problems. Colchester councillors and several organisations met to discuss the congested parking and lack of suitable spaces for cars in Eight Ash Green. It

  • Post Office: ‘We promise to return war memorial plaque’

    POST Office bosses have promised a memorial plaque commemorating workers who died in the First World War will be returned to Colchester. The plaque, which is thought to have been on display in the town for close to 100 years, honoured Post Office

  • Older drivers can get a free course to brush up their skills

    OLDER drivers are being offered the chance to take on confidence boosting sessions to improve their motoring skills. The Safer Essex Roads Partnership is offering a Driving with Confidence course after stats showed people over the age of 70 have

  • Pair admit role in series of burglaries across Essex

    TWO men have admitted carrying out a string of burglaries across two counties. Police investigated 39 break-ins between December 9, 2016 and January 26, 2017. These took place in Colchester, Ipswich, Witham, Felixstowe and Lawford with a number

  • Bake off aims to raise vital school funds

    A SCHOOL is going all out for this year’s summer fete with a new bake off-style competition. Prettygate Infant and Junior Schools in Colchester host a summer fete every year but it has never been open to the wider public before. This year, in

  • State-of-the-art £2m storage facility created in Colchester

    A STATE-of-the-art new £2 million self-storage facility has been created in Colchester. Development company Hills Building Group has created the 50,000 sq ft facility at Brook Street Business Centre, in the former East of England Co-op furniture

  • Pledge: 'New school will open...in 2021'

    DOZENS of residents attended a public meeting after concerns were raised about a new secondary school opening two years late. Essex County Council said, in 2013, a new secondary school would open at the Chesterwell site in Mile End, Colchester,

  • Colchester maintain promotion challenge

    TEENAGER Harry McBrearty was in prolific form as Colchester and East Essex maintained their promotion challenge with victory over Hutton. The 19-year-old registered outstanding figures of 5-21 in his seven-over spell, as his side claimed a 19-run

  • Council called to collect more than 600 stray dogs

    MORE than 600 stray dogs have been collected by a council in the past five years - but numbers are on the decline. Colchester Council has revealed the figures as part of work to promote responsible dog ownership. During the period from 2014 to

  • Mindless lead crooks target special needs group

    LEAD raiders targeted a cash-strapped play group’s roof forcing it to temporarily close. Stepping Stones Play and Learn, which includes children with additional needs, was left with a partially flooded premises meaning electrical sensory equipment

  • Historic hotel will close for £10m revamp

    A HISTORIC hotel which has been a Colchester landmark for hundreds of years will close for three months so the final stage of its expensive renovation can be completed. George Hotel, in the town centre’s High Street, is undergoing a £10 million

  • Student with cystic fibrosis to paddleboard 80 miles

    COVERING 80 miles of ocean while stand up paddleboarding would be an ambitious challenge for most of us. But for Jack Cox, 20, it is all the more daring. Jack, a business management student at Essex University, has Cystic Fibrosis - and limited