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Colchester: Old Seige House is sold

10:30am Saturday 31st July 2010

ONE of Colchester’s best known buildings has been bought by a local investor.

EU cash to help revamp Hythe and boost tourism

Cash windfall – councillor Lyn Barton at Hythe Quay, which is to benefit from European funding

2:00pm Friday 30th July 2010

SMALL floating docks will soon dot the River Colne after Colchester Council won European funding to help regenerate the Hythe.

Colchester: Tubswick saved - for now

12:00pm Friday 30th July 2010

THE remains of a farmhouse once leased by writer Daniel Defoe have been given a last minute reprieve.

Council regulations driving us out of town, say traders

Angry – Cowdray Centre traders Peter Lewis, Jim Parkinson, Lande Fourie, Kirsty Robinson and Geoff Boston, who were told to remove signs

12:00pm Friday 30th July 2010

A TRADE body has criticised Colchester Council for its “heavy-handed” approach to regulating small companies.

More jobs losses inevitable, council chiefs warn

11:30am Friday 30th July 2010

FURTHER redundancies at Colchester Council are almost inevitable, a meeting was told.

Colchester: Students' success in European contest

11:00am Friday 30th July 2010

HIGH-flying students who won a national award have now achieved success in Europe.

Locked out of our own premiere at the Palace

Upset – young film-maker Ashley Britton, 16

11:00am Friday 30th July 2010

BUDDING film-makers were snubbed at their own premiere.

Colchester: Arts feeling the pinch

10:30am Friday 30th July 2010

ARTS organisations across Colchester are facing potentially crippling funding cuts.

Sister’s appeal leads to arrest

10:00am Friday 30th July 2010

A PAEDOPHILE who indecently assaulted five children, including his sister, is behind bars after another alleged victim came forward.

Defoe farmhouse saved – for now

Reprieve – Tubswick

8:00am Friday 30th July 2010

A farmhouse once rented by author Daniel Defoe has won a last-minute reprieve.







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