MORE needs to be done to reach out to former soldiers who are suffering, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned. In an exclusive interview with The Gazette to be published tomorrow Mr Clegg said he is “full of admiration” of the work Colchester-based
A CONSULTATION on whether Mingles swingers club, in Lexden, Colchester, can have a permanent licence has ended. Residents had until last Friday to have their say about the plans. The club, at 66a London Road, was given permission to open for
A WOMAN was knocked unconscious during a brutal assault in a Colchester subway. The 20-year-old was punched in the face in the Southway underpass , near to Mersea Road, and, while unconscious, she was robbed. It happened between 3.30am and
A DECISION to remove hedges to improve road safety has caused residents to bristle. A hedge in Fords Lane, Colchester, has been cut down to make room for construction of a link road. It is part of Mersea Homes’ Chesterwell Wood development.
HUNDREDS more passengers are booking coaches to London as weekend trains are disrupted. National Express has seen advance bookings on services between Colchester and the capital jump by nearly 80 per cent year-on-year. Engineering work has
MILITARY police went back to the past to train for future operations. 156 Provost Company, 4th Regiment Royal Military Police, stayed in the field throughout the week-long training session in Wales, living only with the kit they had in their backpacks
A CYSTIC fibrosis sufferer has celebrated a significant anniversary in unusual style. Karen Mills, 28, of Monkwick, Colchester, did not expect to reach her 35th birthday without a lung transplant. The ten-hour operation, last year, was successful
COASTAL areas across the county experienced high tides at the weekend. The Environment Agency issued flood alerts for several locations. On Sunday morning, Essex Police and the coastguard team were stationed on the Strood during the high water
POLICE are appealing for information following a dog attack in a park in Colchester. Officers wish to speak to two people after an incident in Lexden Park, off Church Lane, at 9.15am on Sunday. A spokesman for Essex Police said: "The male victim
DESPITE making their longest trip of the season without the requisite number of players, Clacton produced a battling performance in Kings Lynn against West Norfolk, but lost 63-10 in their London League division three north east encounter. Lack
MERSEA Island skipper and coach Jon Williams was delighted with his side’s first Eastern Counties League division one away win of the season, a 39-26 victory at Woodbridge. The Islanders have seen an upturn in form since the turn of the year, winning
COLCHESTER cut loose at Woodford with an 11-try bonus point 71-12 victory in this top versus bottom London League division one north clash. Danny Whiteman scored a hat-trick of tries, James Crozier bagged a brace and brothers Liam and Ollie Pickett
Colchester United manager Tony Humes says it was the right time to pick Macauley Bonne in his starting line-up. Bonne returned to the U’s side for the first time in more than a year against Bristol City and marked his surprise recall with a goal, in
Alex Gilbey says he realised a dream after captaining Colchester United for the first time in the Football League. The 20-year-old took the armband against Bristol City last weekend, after regular skipper David Fox missed out through injury. Gilbey
FRONTLINE officers should be armed with tasers as a matter of urgency, according to the Police Federation. Use of tasers more than trebled in Essex during the first year they were given to regular officers. In 2013, 60 tasers were given to
NORTH Hill’s Oriel House was the Gazette’s home for more than 40 years. For decades the Colchester town centre office was a hive of activity with our journalists, advertising reps and newspaper sales team based there. When the Gazette moved
A FAMILY have paid tribute to a loving father who died after his car crashed with a tractor. Peter Brown, 72, of Colchester, was on his way to help a friend in his garden when the accident happened in Wick Lane, Ardleigh. He was flown to Addenbrooke
Scroll down for live updates COLCHESTER Armed Forces veterans are set to benefit from £500,000 of Government money. The cash has been allocated from the Libor Fund, which has raised £40million in City bank fines. It follows
A FUNDRAISING campaign has been launched to replace a camera taking live footage of Mersea’s Strood. The only road on and off the island is routinely covered at high tides. Residents Dominic and Phoebe Fuller bought a camera in 2007 and put
A HEADTEACHER has warned children’s safety will be put at risk if plans to reverse the flow of Colchester’s Priory Street go ahead. Essex County Council plans to change access to the one-way street from Queen Street to East Hill. The move is
FC CLACTON secured their first point of 2015 tonight after a battling 1-1 draw at home to Gorleston. It stopped the rot after eight consecutive Thurlow Nunn League defeats. Clacton, fighting to avoid relegation from the premier division, made
