MORE rubbish has been dumped behind an empty property in Walton.

RESIDENTS say they are living in fear following a “frightening” flat fire which police believe was started deliberately.

FOODIES are being encouraged to try new recipes inspired by one enthusiast’s favourites.

A FOUR-WOMAN team will battle the elements in an ocean race to raise awareness of plastic pollution around the globe.

Covid infection rates are halving every two weeks thanks to the national lockdown, a study has found.

World Mission Agency has had plans to turn the old Embassy Suite in Colchester into a church approved.

A RAPIST who carried out a series of “appalling” sexual offences against a woman and multiple child victims has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment.

A STRUGGLING father ploughed through a lamppost after sinking “seven or eight” pints and getting behind the wheel of his car.

A POSTAL service has reassured residents deliveries will not be impacted after more than a dozen employees were told to self-isolate after a case of Covid-19.

WHILE many of us spend our birthdays opening presents and eating cake, a dad-of-two has decided to spend his big day running 50 miles around a zoo.

CALLS have been made to abandon Colchester’s “unlawful and hastily installed cycle lanes”.

A WOULD-BE arsonist, who refused to leave his jail cell and decided to go back to sleep instead of attending his court case, has received a 13 month prison sentence.

POLICE are on the lookout for a group of men who assaulted a store employee while trying to commit fraud.

An Essex gallery owner has bought a Banksy mural from Nottingham for a 'six figure sum' saying he saved it from a 'death sentence'.

There are more than hundreds of rules in The Highway Code.

HEALTH bosses say an additional 14,000 people across Essex will be told to stay at home and shield.

TWO teenagers have been found guilty of the murder of an 18-year-old man who was hacked to death with machetes in a “barbaric” attack.

Detectives are no longer treating the death of a woman at an address in Colchester as suspicious.

Colchester Council leader Mark Cory has praised residents efforts to bring down Covid rates in the borough.

This is what we know so far after police launched an investigation into the "suspicious" death of a woman in Colchester.

An ex-detective says he believes a killer convicted of gunning down his family is innocent.

AN anti-lockdown protester who encouraged people to break coronavirus rules says she does not believe she “committed any harm.”

PET owners have been advised to stay away from Harwich and Dovercourt beach following reports of a deadly substance.

MORE than 600 Colchester taxi drivers are set to receive a £500 coronavirus support grant.

IT’S a milestone day for Colchester.

THE demolition of a former sheltered housing block in Lawford has started.

A person has been hit by a train near an Essex station, leading to cancellations and revised services on the rails.

PICTURES from the scene show a police presence remains after a woman was found dead and a man was arrested on suspicion of murder.

THE coronavirus infection rate across Colchester has more than halved in a week, latest figures show.

A TEACHER who took photographs up a woman’s skirt on school property was caught in the act by a colleague.

The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace said.

A MAN is wanted after two police officers were attacked while on duty.

Scientists are calling for more symptoms to be added to a list of signs of Covid-19.

NEIGHBOURS have spoken of their shock after police launched a murder probe into the death of a woman in Colchester.

WORK is underway to finalise details for potential new tenants for a former gym.

A HELPLESS swan which was trapped in a frozen lake for two days will be returned to the wild once it gains some weight and gets some well needed rest.

Tesco say it is working to reverse the double transactions promising to refund all affected customers within a day.

NHS chiefs have set out four key tests that they believe must be passed before Boris Johnson should consider easing lockdown restrictions in England.

Aldi has donated several laptops to a primary school to help pupils with learning from home.

A detective who saved confidential police data on his personal electronic devices has been found to have committed misconduct.

Royal Mail has issued an update on the areas of Essex which are suffering delays due to Covid.

POLICE have launched an investigation into a fire which they believe was started deliberately at a communal block of flats in Clacton.

Hairdressers were forced to close once more at the start of the year as part of fresh lockdown restrictions.

A LAW firm celebrating its 200th anniversary has planned to carry out as many random acts of kindness as possible to give something back to the community.

A CAMPAIGN group has called the pausing of talks regarding a new nuclear power station a “silver lining” and hopes the proposal will be scrapped altogether.

THE speedy rollout of the coronavirus vaccination programme is a beaming light in an otherwise dark time, according to north Essex residents who have received their jabs.

Essex County Council has been given £13.6 million to fill potholes across the county.

AN anti-lockdown protester who encouraged people to gather in opposition to coronavirus rules described a fine as an unlawful affront to her human rights.

Expectant mums and their partners will be tested offered at rapid Covid test when attending appointments at Colchester and Clacton hospitals.

A MAN told a court he had no memory of telling two police officers he would fight “everything and everyone”.