Environment

Land - the land off Colne Bank Avenue has been sold after months of speculation

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Long-debated land in Colchester bought for £1 million by unknown buyer

Some 83 per cent of 3,891 residents and business have backed a new recycling and waste strategy

Some 83 per cent of 3,891 residents and business have backed a new recycling and waste strategy

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Colchester wheelie bin scheme to help save council £1m a year to be trialled in 2025

Fallen - the oak tree on the ground

Fallen - the oak tree on the ground

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Huge 'one hundred year old' tree falls in Colchester narrowly missing nearby building

Samantha Limacher has been forced to take DIY measures to stop the badgers

Samantha Limacher has been forced to take DIY measures to stop the badgers

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Mum's three-year fight for action as burrowing badgers damage Essex home

Haven Road has suffered repeated flooding for many years

Haven Road has suffered repeated flooding for many years

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This is why work to tackle bad flooding on Haven Road has been delayed

Conservation - Essex Wildlife Trust are working to conserve Abbotts Hall

Conservation - Essex Wildlife Trust are working to conserve Abbotts Hall

Animal Conservation

Plans for conservation work at site near Colchester to protect against climate change

Picturesque - the Northern Lights lit up the sky as Colchester was treated to the display

Picturesque - the Northern Lights lit up the sky as Colchester was treated to the display

Aurora borealis

See these stunning shots as Northern Lights return to light up Colchester sky

Spill - waste water at the Bellhouse Landfill site

Spill - waste water at the Bellhouse Landfill site

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Landfill company breaches permit after leak of waste water from Colchester site

Lindsey Hall said her daughter Amelia Deakin-Hall was left unable to keep even water down after paddling with a pal in the River Severn

Lindsey Hall said her daughter Amelia Deakin-Hall was left unable to keep even water down after paddling with a pal in the River Severn

Calls for sewage ban in rivers as mum claims paddling left daughter 'violently ill'

The Environment Agency conducting the survey in the River Stour

The Environment Agency conducting the survey in the River Stour

Survey from Environment Agency reveals wide variety of aquatic life in River Stour

Stunning - the blue supermoon just behind the clouds above Jumbo. Inset: The supermoon over the city

Stunning - the blue supermoon just behind the clouds above Jumbo. Inset: The supermoon over the city

Photographer captures incredible snap of rare blue supermoon above Colchester

Journey - Lena has travelled to Dartmoor Zoo in search of romance.

Journey - Lena has travelled to Dartmoor Zoo in search of romance.

Colchester Zoo sends one of its leopards in search of romance and motherhood

Team - Councillors teamed up to tackle litter problems and report pot holes (left to right: Councillor Natalie Sommers, local resident, Councillor Catherine Spindler, Councillor Simon Appleton and Councillor Paul Smith)

Team - Councillors teamed up to tackle litter problems and report pot holes (left to right: Councillor Natalie Sommers, local resident, Councillor Catherine Spindler, Councillor Simon Appleton and Councillor Paul Smith)

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Councillors and community residents team up to clean up in Colchester

Aspiring gardeners - Colchester Zoo staff are hopeful that, African elephants, Opal and Tanya will become avid gardeners

Aspiring gardeners - Colchester Zoo staff are hopeful that, African elephants, Opal and Tanya will become avid gardeners

Colchester Zoo staff hope new pumpkin patch will grow in time for Halloween

Hopeful - Clacton Pier hopes the hot weather will bring more visitors to the beach and attractions

Hopeful - Clacton Pier hopes the hot weather will bring more visitors to the beach and attractions

Hot weather warning as temperatures could hit 30C in north Essex today

Dangerous - The bushes are taking up the pavement and could see pedestrians pushed onto the road

Dangerous - The bushes are taking up the pavement and could see pedestrians pushed onto the road

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Pavements along Berechurch Road 'completely blocked' by overgrown bushes

Petition - Over 6000 people have signed a petition calling for the Wick to become an SSSI site

Petition - Over 6000 people have signed a petition calling for the Wick to become an SSSI site

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Campaigners say mandatory housing targets make Wick development 'less likely'

Issue - Colchester MP Pam Cox and Harwich and North Essex MP Sir Bernard Jenkin on the issue of the Wick becoming an SSSI

Issue - Colchester MP Pam Cox and Harwich and North Essex MP Sir Bernard Jenkin on the issue of the Wick becoming an SSSI

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Pam Cox and Sir Bernard Jenkin share their views on The Wick's potential SSSI status

The University of Essex carried out the study

The University of Essex carried out the study

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North Sea oil extraction triggers massive surge in pollution says University

Claims - BAANG Group claim that owners of the site EDF are false and misleading

Claims - BAANG Group claim that owners of the site EDF are false and misleading

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Campaigners hit out at claims possible Essex nuclear station site is 'well connected'

Rescue - This owl from May was attended to before going to the Colchester Owl Rescue

Rescue - This owl from May was attended to before going to the Colchester Owl Rescue

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Founder of bird rescue near Colchester forced to close to focus on health

Case - Six organisations have asked the government to make The Wick an SSSI to stop the housing development impact on existing nature

Case - Six organisations have asked the government to make The Wick an SSSI to stop the housing development impact on existing nature

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Government urged to make The Wick a 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest'

Problem - Stanway councillor and Mayor Lesley Scott-Boutell said ask questions on behalf of her residents and share answers regarding the 'smelly' Bellhouse landfill site

Problem - Stanway councillor and Mayor Lesley Scott-Boutell said ask questions on behalf of her residents and share answers regarding the 'smelly' Bellhouse landfill site

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Stanway smelly landfill site 'worsens' as one resident chooses a different school

Researcher - Hannah Coburn want to solve the mystery around the decline of ducks in England

Researcher - Hannah Coburn want to solve the mystery around the decline of ducks in England

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Why Essex scientists need help to solve the mystery of the duck decline

Competition - Culver Square is the host of the school gardening competition this year

Competition - Culver Square is the host of the school gardening competition this year

Culver Shopping Centre

Colchester's School Garden Competition is underway in Culver Square

Campaign- The Essex Suffolk and Norfolk pylons campaign group.

Campaign- The Essex Suffolk and Norfolk pylons campaign group.

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Pylons scheme is just one of four 'obscene' schemes set to affect small villages

Injury - Essex Police have said a Save the Wick protester's arm was injured on July 1, (inset) a Skylark on the Wick

Injury - Essex Police have said a Save the Wick protester's arm was injured on July 1, (inset) a Skylark on the Wick

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Police probe as man 'assaulted' while protesting Middlewick grass cutting

Fitness Pool at Leisure World Colchester

Fitness Pool at Leisure World Colchester

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Leisure World Colchester to close for green upgrade to pools and dive pit

Protest - Save the Wick Campaigners claim Skylark nests have been illegally destroyed this month

Protest - Save the Wick Campaigners claim Skylark nests have been illegally destroyed this month

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Skylark nests allegedly destroyed in the Wick - campaigners claim it relates to sale

Haven Road, at the Hythe, Colchester, has suffered repeated flooding for many years (Image: Newsquest)

Haven Road, at the Hythe, Colchester, has suffered repeated flooding for many years (Image: Newsquest)

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New valve to tackle flooding woes in Colchester Hythe area to arrive soon

Worry - Residents in areas of Colchester are seeing their recycling not collected

Worry - Residents in areas of Colchester are seeing their recycling not collected

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Residents worry as weeks pass without recycling being collected

Huge - the 5lb oyster held by Richard Haward's Oysters director Tom Haward's daughter Autumn

Huge - the 5lb oyster held by Richard Haward's Oysters director Tom Haward's daughter Autumn

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Mersea oyster company finds huge 2.5kg mammoth mollusc

Pollution - 179 people in Colchester died due to respiratory illness in 2022, shown air pollution on Lexden Road which is near schools

Pollution - 179 people in Colchester died due to respiratory illness in 2022, shown air pollution on Lexden Road which is near schools

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'I can taste it' - More than 150 people die in Colchester due to air pollution

Controversy - Colchester MP Pam Cox has spoken out about National Grid's 'Essex pylon plans' following remarks by Harwich MP Sir Bernard Jenkin that it his support to campaigners helped him win his seat

Controversy - Colchester MP Pam Cox has spoken out about National Grid's 'Essex pylon plans' following remarks by Harwich MP Sir Bernard Jenkin that it his support to campaigners helped him win his seat

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'Labour are definitely for it' - Little Bromley campaigner on Essex pylons

Wivenhoe Park has been awarded the Green Flag Award for an eighth successive year

Wivenhoe Park has been awarded the Green Flag Award for an eighth successive year

Castle Park amongst four Green Flag winners in Colchester for 2024

Will you be watching the meteor shower this month?

Will you be watching the meteor shower this month?

How you can see shooting stars this month as Perseid meteor shower to dazzle

Peculiar - pictures of firemen working hard to save the seagull

Peculiar - pictures of firemen working hard to save the seagull

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Pictures: Firemen save young seagull caught in a St Osyth home's TV aerial

Saga - The Billericay pig escaped pig saga lasted nine days

Saga - The Billericay pig escaped pig saga lasted nine days

Pigs spotted roaming streets in Essex town rescued after nine-day hunt

Anglian Water Supplier Awards 2024

Anglian Water Supplier Awards 2024

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Colchester's Cadman Cranes sustainability practices recognised

Junk - the fridge in the bushes

Junk - the fridge in the bushes

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Fridge dumped at fly-tipping hotspot in Ardleigh adds to residents' concerns

The new lift at Kingsland Community Centre

The new lift at Kingsland Community Centre

Kingsland Community Centre unveils new energy-efficient lift

Overgrown - Problems with grass-cutting in certain Colchester areas is causing issues

Overgrown - Problems with grass-cutting in certain Colchester areas is causing issues

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Complaints grass around Colchester estate has 'not been cut for weeks'

The 40 acres of water meadows off Cymbeline Way are being marketed by Whirledge & Nott

The 40 acres of water meadows off Cymbeline Way are being marketed by Whirledge & Nott

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Colchester land on sale for £1million 'should be used for nature reserve'

Year 5 pupils from St John’s Green Primary School

Year 5 pupils from St John’s Green Primary School

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Colchester primary school children to convince others to stop driving

Obstruction - the flytipping blocking the road

Obstruction - the flytipping blocking the road

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Ardleigh residents made late to work after flytipped rubbish blocks road

Dawn chorus - this picture was taken early one morning at Cymbeline Meadow

Dawn chorus - this picture was taken early one morning at Cymbeline Meadow

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Land used for funfairs and circuses in Colchester put on sale for £1million

Rescue - This owl from May was attended to before going to the Colchester Owl Rescue

Rescue - This owl from May was attended to before going to the Colchester Owl Rescue

Bird rescue on Mersea Island 'close to shutting down' over money woes

Loss - Wilkin & Sons had a £1.8m loss last year, (inset) Walter Scott, chairman

Loss - Wilkin & Sons had a £1.8m loss last year, (inset) Walter Scott, chairman

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Tiptree jam-maker suffers £1.8m loss due to rising energy costs

Booking - the Colchester Recycling Centre

Booking - the Colchester Recycling Centre

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'Potential system issue' may be causing Colchester recycling centre's booking issues

Dr Kate Gardner, an anaesthetist at Colchester Hospital, has spoken of how the nitrous oxide has been removed from operating theatres

Dr Kate Gardner, an anaesthetist at Colchester Hospital, has spoken of how the nitrous oxide has been removed from operating theatres

Colchester Hospitals to phase out use of 'damaging' gas during operations

Honoured - Mike Barrett astronomer giving Karen Thompson from Boxted Parish Council her Dark Sky Hero Award

Honoured - Mike Barrett astronomer giving Karen Thompson from Boxted Parish Council her Dark Sky Hero Award

Boxted given two 'Dark Sky Hero Awards' after changes to reduce light pollution

Booking - Issues at Colchester Recycling Centre which has seen people waiting up to two weeks

Booking - Issues at Colchester Recycling Centre which has seen people waiting up to two weeks

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Block booking issues causing a two-week wait at Colchester Recycling Centre

Farms - (Clockwise from top left) Hasty’s Adventure Farm Clacton, Boydell’s Dairy Farm, Jimmy's Farm, White Elm Petting Farm

Farms - (Clockwise from top left) Hasty’s Adventure Farm Clacton, Boydell’s Dairy Farm, Jimmy's Farm, White Elm Petting Farm

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Here are some of the best summer farms to enjoy near Colchester

Have your say on new strategy aiming to support more people in Essex to cycle

Have your say on new strategy aiming to support more people in Essex to cycle

Have your say: New strategy supporting more people in Essex to cycle