ESSEX Fire Service was called to dozens of wind related incidents between 4.30pm and 6.30pm on Saturday, January 25. Crews attended 12 incidents where trees or signs had fallen in the road or were in a precarious positions due to heavy storms sweeping
A HOUSE was left completely smoke logged after a fire in Peace Road, Stanway. Two crews were called to the blaze at around 5pm on Saturday, January 25. After putting out the flames within 40 minutes of the call, firefighters used ventilation
MAJOR delays and cancellations have been caused on Greater Anglia trains after heavy storms in the region. Trains in and out of London to and from Witham, Clacton, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich have been suspended after a tree fell onto overhead
FC CLACTON staged a thrilling fightback to salvage a 3-3 draw at Diss Town. The Seasiders were 3-1 down in today's Thurlow Nunn League contest. There was still time for the hosts to squander a last-gasp penalty, as a pulsating premier division
BRANTHAM Athletic's FA Vase adventure is over, following a 3-0 defeat at East Preston today. Paul Abraham's side fell behind in the fourth and final minute of added time at the end of the first half. East Preston then lobbed a second just before
Pub and club owners have been given their say on plans to introduce a late night levy in Colchester. Representatives from Memoirs Restaurant and Cocktail Bar, Yates’s and Liquid and Envy Colchester attended Colchester Council’s Task and Finish Group
A BURGLAR alarm is thought to have scared off would-be thieves who broke into a house in St Andrews Avenue in Colchester. Raiders damaged a window and door frame to break into the home between 2pm and midnight on Thursday, January 23. Nothing
A SAFE containing a coin dated 1482 and tickets to see pop star Taylor Swift were stolen in a Dovercourt burglary. Thieves broke in to the home in Hordle Street, Dovercourt through a ground floor window between 1pm and 3pm on Friday, January 24
RESIDENTS in Tendring will continue to get free parking permits for a third year in a bid to boost High Street trade. Tendring Council’s cabinet agreed to the move at a meeting on Friday, January 24. The scheme was first set up in 2012 to support
RAIDERS scoured a house before leaving empty handed on Friday. Thieves broke into the Mersea Road home in Colchester by forcing the front door lock between 11.30am and 12.10pm. They searched inside but nothing is thought to have been taken.
The controversial “spy car” will begin patrolling on Monday and could be at a school near you. The Ford Fiesta, which is fitted with CCTV, will be targeting at least four schools each day to tackle drivers who park dangerously in no stopping zones
POLICE are appealing for information after a car crash on Lexden Road. A female driver was stationary in her grey Volkswagen Golf on the road at the its junction with the Balkerne Hill and Southway roundabout at 6.50am on Wednesday, January 22.
CCTV images have been released in connection with a late-night assault in Colchester. Police want to speak to the three men after an assault in Barrack Street in the town at 11pm on Friday December 13. A 30-year-old man had been walking along the
WITHAM Town are prepared for their match on Harlow Town’s artificial pitch today, but assistant boss Brad King says the surface gives the hosts a big advantage. Town will be looking to push on in their title bid and King said Witham will line-up
HALSTEAD TOWN skipper Lewis Cunliffe says they can make a big statement against the Thurlow Nunn division one leaders today. After two weeks without a game, the Humbugs return to action against Whitton United at Rosemary Lane. Mark Benterman
Colchester United boss Joe Dunne is using his side’s free weekend to go on a double scouting mission. With the U’s without a match today, Dunne intends to run the rule over four of their League One rivals. Dunne iwas expected to head to Griffin
FRINTON’S Jordan Rowe won the biggest race of his career at the weekend – and now he setting his sights on more glory. The 17-year-old Tendring Technology College student won the under-17 men’s race at the fourth round of the British Cross Challenge
JACK Sibbons is hoping to be fit for Brantham Athletic’s FA Vase match at East Preston. The defender-cum-midfielder has been struggling with an injury that would have kept out of last week’s fourth-round tie between the sides. But the match
HARWICH & Dovercourt Rugby Club skipper Joe Francis says his side are in confident mood ahead of today’s trip to Ipswich YM. The Tendring side are itching to get back in action, after a blank weekend last Saturday. And Francis says he can
COLCHESTER Rugby Club head coach Danny Johnston knows his players need to raise their game when they travel to North Walsham today. The Norfolk side beat London League division one north leaders Eton Manor last weekend and will pose a tough test
