Popular cooking show Saturday Kitchen Live will now be airing everyday on BBC One to keep the public entertained during the lockdown. The BBC has confirmed that they will be broadcasting the series on a daily basis, under the new name Daily Kitchen
A so-called ‘Pink Moon’ will be spotted over the skies of the UK this week - NASA have confirmed. But what is the 'Pink Moon' and how can you see it? Here's everything you need to know. What is a Pink Moon? In recent years,
THE public has been praised for staying away from Tendring’s beaches over the sunny weekend. Tendring Council and Essex Police warned people not to descend upon beaches as temperatures soared in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic
A KIND-HEARTED fundraiser has started a campaign to help Colchester Zoo survive the coronavirus pandemic. The Maldon Road attraction closed its doors last month as the country went into lockdown. The zoo’s directors have said they do not know
A STRIP club wants to renew its licence. Climax in St Botolph’s Street, Colchester, has applied to Colchester Council to continue to provide sexual entertainment between midnight and 2am between Sundays and Thursdays and to 3am on Fridays and Saturdays
PLANS have been unveiled to covert a pub which has lain empty for more than three years into a house. The bid for the Queen’s Hotel in Berechurch Road, Colchester, has been submitted to Colchester Council. The pub has not been open since May
GOGGLEBOX star George Gilbey is joining the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic... by taking a job in a supermarket. George, from St Osyth, who also starred in Celebrity Big Brother, updated his Twitter and Instagram followers about the move on
MORE than 1,000 positive cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Essex. The latest figures show there are now 858 cases in the Essex County Council area, a further 118 positive cases in Southend and 120 in Thurrock. The number of cases
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have told Britons to postpone all foreign travel 'indefinitely' as the coronavirus crisis continues. Initial advice was issued on March 17, urging everyone not to travel abroad for 30 days, but this has
COLCHESTER United duo Frank Nouble and Theo Robinson officially launched their new YouTube show last week. The attacking pair chatted to their U’s team-mate Harry Pell for the first episode of ‘The Ball Don’t Lie’ and have plenty more fellow professionals
Department store Debenhams is on the brink of administration for the second time in a year, the company has confirmed. With 142 stores closed and the majority of the 22,000 staff on furlough, the current owners want to push the business into administration
A CARE group which provides support and assistance to elderly and vulnerable residents living in their own homes is looking to recruit hundreds of new workers. CRG Homecare, which provides domiciliary support, has unveiled plans to employ more than
Difficult and unprecedented times like these raise many questions, and ‘Where is God in all of this?’ is one of the biggest. We, on Prophets Corner may not have all the answers or be able to articulate them all but we do believe that God is in
A new arrival is settling in well at Colchester Zoo after arriving days before the coronavirus lockdown. A male Fennec Fox named Otis who has joined resident female Sammy. Otis, who is just 20 months old, has come to the zoo from Riga Zoo in
Essex coronavirus cases have risen to 994. The latest figures show there are 792 cases in the Essex County Council area, a further 97 positive cases in Southend and 105 in Thurrock. This means the total amount of cases in all of Essex stands
A RECOVERY centre which helps injured and struggling veterans has suspended face-to-face contact with clients and closed its doors. Chavasse VC House, in Colchester, which is run by the military charity Help for Heroes, offers physical and psychological
A HAUL of suspected drugs were seized by police after concerned residents tipped them off about potential dealing. Officers from Colchester's community policing team went to an address in Brinkley Place on Thursday afternoon after the alarm was
THE owners of a garden centre say they will not offer a delivery service during the coronavirus pandemic. Perrywood, which runs garden centres in Tiptree and Sudbury, has thanked customers for their support after closing their doors. Owners
A MUSIC enthusiast has brought people together by holding a live concert from his living room. Mike Carran, who is best known to the community as the assistant director for economic growth and leisure for Tendring Council, held a live concert on
THANK you to the nations’s heroes. That is the message our readers have been sending to the doctors, nurses and paramedics and all medical staff in the NHS. Since the coronavirus outbreak thousands of people have tested positive and sadly thousands
CONCERNED businesses forced to close during the coronavirus pandemic are taking extra security precautions in a bid to deter vandals and looters during the lockdown. The Government has introduced stringent measures to help mitigate the increasing
A RESILIENT young fighter battling a rare condition has been allowed to return home a month earlier than predicted after undergoing a life-changing cell transplant. Ernie Toms, who is one, was diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome months after
A LOVING mum and nursery worker has launched a support group to help parents keep their children entertained and spirits high during the coronavirus pandemic. Demi Hart, 25, from Clacton, set-up Isolation Ideas For Children on Facebook after schools
A PETITION against building a "chicken prison" which would slaughter about 760,000 birds a year has been signed by thousands of animal activists. More than 17,000 people have signed a petition against plans to build an intensive chicken farm in
COLCHESTER United have had their fair share of loanees, over the last decade. Some of the signings have been more productive than others - and some have been a revelation. The Gazette's U's sports writer Jon Waldron takes a look at the big
