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  • Police appeal for help after theft

    Police investigating a theft from a car have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to. Thieves smashed the front passenger window of the blue Citroen C2 which was parked in St Peter's Street, Colchester, between 5.30pm on January

  • Concert for residents

    ELDERLY residents from care homes came together to perform in a music concert with an orchestra. The Essex Folk project saw people from Cheviot Nursing Home and Scarlett’s Care Home, in Colchester, Well House, in Brightlingsea, and Clacton’s Sea

  • Tristan, 18, is coming home after horror pool accident

    A TEENAGER who was left paralysed from the chest down after diving into a shallow swimming pool could be home at the end of April. Tristan Green, who will be 19 on Saturday, has been in hospital since the horrific accident, at a friend’s house

  • Humes hopes U's can topple FA Cup giantkillers

    Tony Humes wants his Colchester United players to act as party poopers against FA Cup heroes Bradford City tomorrow. The U’s travel to play a Bantams side who are still on a high following their incredible 4-2 victory at Premier League leaders Chelsea

  • FA Cup hero Yeates focused on former club Colchester

    He has received national acclaim after his cup exploits against Chelsea. But Mark Yeates insists his full focus now is on facing his former club Colchester United. The Irishman’s well-taken strike capped Bradford City’s stunning 4-2 victory at Stamford

  • Cash management company set to close Colchester office

    A TOP cash management company has announced it is closing its Colchester office. Vaultex announced today it will shut its Severalls Industrial Estate base in March. The company works with banks and their customers to make sure cash is widely

  • Weekend train disruption begins tomorrow

    WEEKEND disruption on all train services through Colchester will begin tomorrow. There will be no trains through the station on Saturdays and Sundays for two months while Network Rail carry out a £15million upgrade to the line. Greater Anglia

  • Talk of the Town

    THE Championship has a reputation for being the tightest of all divisions, but surely it’s never been closer than it is this year. It’s possible that Town could go into Saturday’s home game against 23rd-placed Wigan with just a point separating

  • The French Connection

    WE'LL need to be in a positive mood for tomorrow’s clash at Bradford City as our opponents are the talk of the football world thanks to a sensational FA Cup win at Stamford Bridge. Bradford didn’t have to contend with the Chelsea substitutes’ bench

  • Stodel and Clark are aiming for medals in Miami

    HANNAH Stodel and Saskia Clark are aiming to grab medals in Miami. The Mersea Island sailors are competing in the ISAF Sailing World Cup event in Biscayne Bay. In the Paralympic sonar class, Stodel, along with John Robertson and Steve Thomas

  • Good samaritans praised for crash help

    TWO good Samaritans have been praised for helping two teenage motorcycle crash victims who suffered broken legs. Ambulance workers have praised the work of the unknown heroes after a collision closed the causeway between Mersea and the mainland

  • Knife amnesty bin for Colchester

    THE first knife amnesty bin has been placed on the streets of Colchester to help save lives. It follows months of campaigning by anti knife crime charities. Chief Insp Richard Phillibrown, district commander for Colchester, said: “I think it

  • "Intolerable" delays for ambulances at hospitals

    AN AMBULANCE boss has blamed delays in handing over patients at hospitals for slow emergency response times. Last month, 757 patients waited for more than an hour in an ambulance after arriving at accident and emergency departments in Essex.

  • Uni graduate is to run Greek finances

    ESSEX University graduates are set become influential members of the new, far left Greek Government. Economist Yanis Varoufakis, who completed a BSc and PhD in economics at Essex, has been appointed Greece’s new finance minister, while fellow Essex

  • Sammie hoping for another memorable Valley Parade visit

    Valley Parade will forever be a stadium that is close to Sammie Szmodics’ heart. The Colchester United midfielder stole the show the last time he played at the venue, in the Youth Alliance League Cup Final. Szmodics’ eye-catching hat-trick helped the