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  • New health boss to oversee 1m people

    A NEW boss has been appointed to head up a consortium aiming at improving health in north Essex. Ed Garratt is now in charge of the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), as well as three clinical commissioning groups spanning

  • Third generation family hotel business wins national award

    A LUXURY family run resort has scooped a major prize at a national awards ceremony. Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa resort won Hotel and Leisure Family Business of the Year 2019 at the Family Business Awards, which were hosted at the plush

  • Disabled pensioner 'scared' living below crumbling roof

    A DISABLED pensioner says he feels unsafe in his own home after a chunk of brickwork crumbled from the roof of the flat above his property. George Wroe, 70, was about to venture outside his ground floor flat, in Orwell Road, Clacton, with his dog

  • Jumbo’s Peregrine falcons charming wildlife watchers

    PEREGRINE parents and their young have been captivating wildlife enthusiasts since nesting in a room with a view....Jumbo water tower. The falcon is raising three chicks which have hatched in the last few weeks and the young have just started to

  • Eastman signs new U's deal

    TOM Eastman has signed a new contract with Colchester United. The U's current longest-serving player, who was due to see his previous deal expire this summer, has penned a new two-year deal which will see him remain at the JobServe Community Stadium

  • This is how many crimes were solved in Colchester last month

    POLICE in Colchester solved 245 crimes last month. Snapshot statistics released by Chief Insp Rob Huddleston, the borough's district commander, revealed they also investigated 84 reports of missing people and 406 domestic abuse incidents. Officers

  • Man smashed with can in street attack

    A BLOODIED man was rushed to hospital after being smashed in the face with a can. Essex Police were called by the ambulance service after a man was discovered with a gash to his head. The victim, in his 30s, had run into a building in Park Road

  • Fatal crash which killed husband and wife was 'inevitable'

    A husband and wife killed in a tragic crash died as a result of an accident, an inquest has ruled. Gary and Joanne Vincent, both from Braintree, lost their lives after their Honda motorcycle collided with a Ford Transit in Ashes Road, Cressing,

  • U's in 'close contact' with Saunders

    COLCHESTER United are in talks with Sam Saunders about extending his stay at the club. The 35-year-old, who joined the U’s in March, is due to see his short-term contract expire at the end of the month. But Colchester are keen to keep Saunders