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Disruption after lorry strikes railway bridge
8:43pm Friday 24th May 2013
A LORRY caused disruption after striking a railway bridge and shedding its load.
Plans to close unused footpaths opposed
6:00pm Friday 24th May 2013
Breaking news UPDATE: Police statement shortly after plane diversion
5:00pm Friday 24th May 2013
48-homes plans approved for Garrison site
5:00pm Friday 24th May 2013
PLANS to build 48 homes on the former Colchester Garrison site have been approved.
Hair and beauty skills showcased at Hair Show
4:00pm Friday 24th May 2013
A HAIR show has been held to show off the skills of hair and beauty students at a school.
SOS bus gets £46,000 boost
2:45pm Friday 24th May 2013
FUNDING for a senior medic on Colchester’s SOS bus over the next year will cost £46,000.
Mosque attack accused enters no plea
2:21pm Friday 24th May 2013
U's given permission to hold Sunday car boot sales
2:00pm Friday 24th May 2013
GENERAL ELECTION: CONSTITUENCIES
Two held after plane alert over UK (link)
bbc.co.uk 6:24pm Fri 24 May 13
Two men are held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan…
Children in care 'career high' boast (link)
bbc.co.uk 12:54pm Fri 24 May 13
A social worker who described a case in which three children were put in care as a "career high" is dismissed.
Abuse probe evidence was 'destroyed' (link)
bbc.co.uk 1:24pm Fri 24 May 13
A police inquiry into possible sexual abuse proved inconclusive because key forensic evidence was not kept, it emerges.
Man in court over mosque 'attack' (link)
bbc.co.uk 1:28pm Fri 24 May 13
An Essex man appears in court in connection with an incident at an Islamic centre in Braintree.
Air ambulance night flights take off (link)
bbc.co.uk 12:06pm Fri 24 May 13
The East Anglian Air Ambulance is given the all clear to fly to emergencies during the hours of darkness.
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