IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: MORE THAN 700 cars are set to converge on al Colchester retail park for an unauthorised late-night rally.

However, organisers says the event will be self-policed and those attending are car fans, not boy racers.

* Morris dancers are shaking their bells in anger after they were forbidden from performing at a shopping centre in Colchester.

But the centre's shop manager says shoppers need a break from charity collections and have limited the number of dates.

* A mother is keeping a bedside vigil for her son who was attacked with a machete. Three men have been arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of James Johnson.

* A metal theft victim from Tiptree has offered a £1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible.

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