RESIDENTS and politicians are demanding Colchester Council rethink after supplying them with poor quality bin bags. New black refuse sacks handed out to every household in the borough in April were a different size and thinner than those sent
A TEENAGE cyclist was taken to hospital following a collision with a car in Colchester. The 13-year-old suffered an arm injury after he was in collision with the vehicle in Hawkins Road, Hythe, at 2.45pm on Friday. A spokesman for the East of England
PLANS for a new Colchester Garrison Officers' Club are under discussion. The committee, at the historic club which was gutted by fire last year, have received a number of proposals from architects and builders but has not yet decided which option to
MOTORISTS have been caught in delays after a set of pedestrian crossing lights became stuck on red in Colchester. Drivers have been advised to approach the light, in St Andrew's Avenue, near Avon Way, Greenstead, with care after they failed shortly before
A ROAD was closed after a lorry leaked liquid fertiliser over a road under the A12 at Inworth. Fire crews were called to Inworth Road, between Kelvedon and Tiptree, at about 12.20pm. The road was closed and the Environment Agency were
A MARRIED couple’s first dance should be memorable, and a pair of newlyweds in Colchester made sure theirs would not be forgotten. David O’Connell, 24, and his new wife Alice Nevard, 21, took to the High Street after their wedding in the Town Hall on
ONE of Mersea Island’s most famous fixtures is about to star in a film with Johnny Depp. Fishing boat Karen Lynn was moored in West Mersea for 17 years, where she was a popular subject for artists and photographers. But the former shrimping vessel has
TWO sisters have accused gravediggers of “total disrespect” after their mother’s plot was covered with soil. Melanie Francis and Suzanne Rawlinson say the soil, from a nearby grave in Halstead Cemetery, could have been placed on the other side. They
As Spain’s development minister Jose Blanco launches a campaign to encourage British people to invest in Spanish property, we want to warn local residents to be vigilant. During our time as MEPs, we and our colleagues have handled a number of
I wonder if a driver had told a parking attendant they parked on double-yellow line only for a few moments to pop into Tesco to get their lunch as they had been sent on to a different job, they would have got away with it, as two police officers
Some of the sentences handed down in our courts are mystifying, to say the least. The suspended sentence handed down for the double glassing of a man at the Dirty Penquin bar in Colchester (Gazette, May 26) defies belief. A suspended sentence
It seems the battle to keep our roadsides clear of litter is never ending. This situation is not helped by the legal loophole that lets litter louts get away with it scot free. Our local council can’t take effective action against people who
Jane Robinson (Letters, May 25) misses the point about the Tesco takeover of Britain and beyond. It is not what Tesco brings to a town, but what it takes away. It is a cold, cheerless glitter that vacuums away identity, leaving residents shopping
Since March I have been cycling to Colchester North Station from my home in Stanway. I purchased a new racer-style bicycle, as I thought this would be ideal for the journey. I cannot believe the appalling state of the road surface on the journey
David Perkins could be set to quit Colchester United. The tenacious U’s midfielder, who is out of contract this summer, is believed to be closing in on a switch to Championship side Barnsley. Perkins, who scooped Colchester’s player
THE Queen has awarded a Halstead community group the equivalent of an MBE. Halstead In Bloom volunteers were “gobsmacked” this week to hear they had won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. It is the highest accolade given to volunteer groups
