COLCHESTER United suffered a heavy home friendly defeat tonight when they were beaten 5-0 by neighbours Ipswich Town. The League One new boys proved too strong for John McGreal's side, as James Norwood's hat-trick and Kayden Jackson's brace condemned
COLCHESTER United starlet Todd Miller has this afternoon left the club to join Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion. The 16-year-old winger, who became the U’s youngest-ever first-team player in March when he came on as a late substitute
A BRAVE post officer worker has spoken of the moment he refused to hand cash to armed robbers. Two men armed with knives walked into the Magdalen Green Post Office in Old Road, Clacton, at 2pm on Thursday, before threatening staff with the
FANTASTIC floral displays wowed judges who were giving their critique for an annual competition. Entrants across the town were busy making sure everything was spick and span before the Colchester in Bloom judges turned up. The group of ten were
SHOPPING expert Martin Leatherdale has been appointed the new centre manager at Lion Walk Shopping Centre in Colchester. The centre, which includes shops in Red Lion Yard, is visited by about four million people every three months. Martin said
ESSEX County Council bosses were unable to tell campaigners and councillors where proposals to give volunteers £18,000 to run libraries had come from. Council leader David Finch and culture boss Susan Barker were quizzed about the figure at a scrutiny
THERE is a slight problem this week. I have been away so I haven’t watched much television - apart from tennis. I could have logged on and watched a tiny TV show on my phone, like all the millenials appeared to be doing mid-flight but the thought
A POLICE officer who was first on scene at a fatal crash on the A120 has been commended for his efforts to try and save a man. In September 2018, PC Jonathan McDonald was called to a fatal road traffic collision on the A120 near Coggeshall.
COLCHESTER and East Essex player-coach Jonny Bassett-Graham believes there is likely to be an exciting finish to the Shepherd Neame Essex League division one season. The high-flying Castle Park side play host to Southend-on-Sea and EMT tomorrow
COLCHESTER United head coach John McGreal says their pre-season progress will be put to the test in their friendly against Ipswich Town tonight. The U's play host to Paul Lambert's side at the JobServe Community Stadium (kick-off 7.30pm), in what
THERE are times when we all wish we could turn the clock back and have another go. We wonder if Colchester Council might echo that sentiment when it comes to the thorny issue of the Cultural Quarter and Alumno’s plans for a development featuring
COLCHESTER Swimming Club member Laura Stephens wants to rise to the occasion when she competes at the World Championships, in South Korea. The talented 20-year-old is hoping to make a big impression among the world’s elite as she competes in the
POLICE were called after a woman's sudden death at a popular beautyspot. Officers were called to High Woods Country Park in Colchester just after 7.45am on Friday. Her death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the
ESSEX University Boxing Club member Dan Azeez insists he is focused on the job in hand ahead of his big Southern Area light-heavyweight title clash tomorrow night. Azeez, who rose to prominence at the Colchester-based amateur boxing club under
COLCHESTER Council has called on the Government to invest more in education across the borough. Councillors unanimously backed a motion, jointly proposed by Cabinet members Tina Bourne and Martin Goss, asking the authority to acknowledge the cuts
FRIENDS of a man in his twenties who has Huntington’s Disease plan to run nearly 300 miles over six days to show they are right behind him. Matt Saines, 27, from Colchester, was diagnosed with the degenerative illness last year. It is an incurable
VOLUNTEERS at a popular lido saved from closure are set to celebrate the official opening of two projects today. Brightlingsea Lido, in Promenade Way, first opened in 1932 and is the only remaining public lido in Essex. It was saved from closure
ROBBERS armed with a knife threatened post office staff for cash in a terrifying raid. Two men with blades went into the Magdalen Green Post Office in Old Road, Clacton at 2pm on Thursday. The men, who were both white, got away with money.
A MAN has appeared in court charged with a string of sexual offences. Stephen Gallagher is accused of a total of 15 offences - five of them being rape of a children under the age of 13. The other eight charges consist of sexual assault, indecent
AN Apple Watch saved a dad-of-three’s life after it helped detect a heart condition he had no idea he had. Paul Hutton bought the watch to try out the technology. But when it kept warning him he had a low resting heart rate, he mentioned it to
NORTH Essex’s best and worst GP practices, as voted for by patients, have been revealed. The GP Patient Survey 2019 asked residents for their views on their doctors’ surgeries across a range of different areas. A survey of 3,873 patients across
ONE of Essex’s oldest residents says the secret to a long and healthy life could be a glass of popular wartime drink Ovaltine before bed each night. Audrey Grogan, who is now a resident of Blackbrook House care home in Dedham, marked her 108th
CAMPAIGNERS have hit out after details emerged of Colchester Council’s 250-year lease agreement with Alumno for its stalled Cultural Quarter development. Following pressure from the scheme’s opponents, the authority released details of the lease
DEAN Gerken says he snubbed offers from other clubs this summer because he feels he has his best chance of achieving success at Colchester United. The 34-year-old has returned to the U’s after a ten-year absence after leaving Ipswich Town, at the
