COLCHESTER’S regeneration boss says he is committed to turning a former town centre police station into a creative business centre despite a delay in European funding to pay for it. Nick Barlow, borough councillor responsible for regeneration,
A HISTORIC pub has reopened just weeks after it closed leaving 20 people without jobs. The Crown in Manningtree announced to customers and employees on New Year’s Day it would be closed until further notice. The Greene King pub, which was refurbished
A FAMILY-RUN business which has grown rapidly since opening fewer than three years ago has unveiled a fresh expansion. Jungle Adventure, a children’s play centre for youngsters, in Moss Road, Colchester, was unveiled by Paul and Nicole Wiles in
A BAD Education could be the stepping stone to stardom for an Essex actor. Ethan Lawrence, 21, starred alongside funnymen Jack Whitehall and Matt Horne in the BBC comedy. Now Ethan is set for our TV screens again after filming scenes for Trying
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save a cash-strapped rollerskating rink from closure have been overwhelmed by support from the community. The attraction, in Lower Marine Parade, Dovercourt, was hit by crippling charges after a youngster broke his ankle
A STUDENT is undertaking madcap schemes to raise money for underprivileged children. Nicola Davies has dressed as Father Christmas to deliver candy canes, sold pizza and will become an Easter bunny for charity. The former student at Colchester
Joe Dunne says he is not expecting much transfer movement at Colchester United before the window closes next week. Dunne was active in last season’s January window, bringing in the likes of David Wright and Bradley Garmston and allowing Anthony
TAXPAYERS are being asked to pay more for policing from April. Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston is hoping to increase the council tax precept for policing in Essex by 3.5 per cent. This would cost the average band D Essex taxpayer
TWO boys aged 15 and 16 have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out an armed raid at a newsagent. A shopkeeper working on his own was threatened by a youth with a knife at Martin’s, in Hunwicke Road, on Colchester’s Greenstead estate. He
Alex Gilbey has revealed Joe Dunne was a major factor behind his decision to commit himself to Colchester United. The 19-year-old has ended several months of uncertainty about his future by agreeing to a new contract with the U’s. Gilbey has
THE owner of a house where a teenager was killed at a party has revealed he was told one of the partygoers had a knife. He was supervising the party for youngsters at his home in Marlowe Way, Colchester, when violence flared in an alley. Jay
THE Colne Community School, in Brightlingsea, has unveiled plans for a new classroom block and a nursery. The school needs to replace outdated buildings and is expecting a surge in numbers after receiving an “outstanding” Ofsted rating. The
A MAN has been jailed for stabbing a neighbour so hard the blade became embedded in his chest. Roger Bruce, 29, stabbed Shaun Boyles with such force the knife penetrated 4ins. Mr Boyles had intervened when he saw Bruce arguing with two men
HE may be 93, but pensioner Billy Hawes certainly still has an appetite for action. Billy, of Gorse Lane, Tiptree, plunged 11,000ft from a plane to celebrate regaining his mobility. Billy had been housebound for more than four years and until
AN accountant’s career is in tatters after he was convicted of faking VAT returns for five years to avoid paying almost £100,000 in tax. Tax investigators claimed Martin Kennedy, 54, thought he was “untouchable” and lived a lifestyle “beyond his
ESSEX Police was the victim of 17 thefts from its own vehicles over two years. The haul included a phone stolen from Colchester, police uniforms taken from Clacton and an electrical tracking device plundered in Braintree. There was even the
AUDACIOUS thieves smashed a front door and burgled a house in broad daylight and on a busy main road. The owner returned to find the door broken and thousands of pounds of property stolen – including jewellery, a games console and golf clubs.
THIS is how a new housing estate, football clubhouse, AstroTurf pitch and Scout hut could look. Dishland, which owns the Gas Rec playing field, in Bromley Road, Colchester, will today submit a planning application for the site. The developer
A DRUG dealer who thought he was selling ecstasy, only to find it was a legal substance, has avoided jail. Anthony Jackson admitted to dealing the Class A drug when he was stopped by police at Essex University’s Colchester campus. But when
A TEENAGER has reached the final of a national modelling competition. Elizabeth Pickering Hopland, 15, of Manor Road, Colchester, is in the natural beauty category of Top Model UK. She impressed judges at auditions in London last year and needs
