A POLICE officer accused of death by careless driving said the crash would “stay with him for the rest of his life”.

FUNDING for the hospitality and retail industry is “essential” as lockdown extensions have pushed businesses to the edge, a business leader has said.

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A SCHOOL has received a generous donation of more than a dozen computers thanks to a Colchester business.

TODAY'S nostalgia spread is another celebration of the good folk of Colchester.

Wetherspoon has confirmed it plans to reopen nearly 400 of its pubs in April.

Essex remains one of the UK’s car theft hotspots, according to the latest data.

Measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday's budget will boost the housing market it Colchester, according to a estate agent.

Colchester will receive £18.2 million as part of its bid to the Government's Town Deal Fund.

POLICE officers are being urged to crack down on an anti-social behaviour in a coastal village.

A HEARTBROKEN builder who “cried” after thousands of pounds worth of tools were stolen from his van says he was one of several to be targeted by thieves.

The Anchor pub in Tiptree could lose its licence after Essex Police ordered a review following Covid rule breaches at the premises.

A MUM was slapped with a £100 fine after her one-year-old daughter accidentally dropped a CRACKER on the floor outside Tesco.

A new hack claims to have found the perfect way to cut onions without causing tears to stream down your face.

Ant Middleton has hit back at Channel 4 after the broadcaster said it had severed ties over his “personal conduct”.

Colchester Council has unveiled plans to transformed Vineyard Street and Britannia car parks as new 'liveable neighbourhoods'.

A POUNDSTRETCHER store is opening in Colchester this weekend.

The founder of Only Cowards Carry and mum of Jay Whitson has been rocked after her nephew Luke Bellfield died after being stabbed.

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52-year-old man missing from his home in Stanway is found.

Bambu Vietnamese in Colchester has reopen for takeaway, three and-a-half months after it closed "until further notice" due to Covid restrictions.

Several shoppers were left injured when a car crashed into a supermarket and causing significant damage.

FUNDING for the hospitality and retail industry is “essential” as lockdown extensions have pushed businesses to the edge, a business leader has said.

CHEETAHS were given a run for their money by a dad-of-two who spent his 50th birthday jogging 50 miles around Colchester Zoo.

A TERRIFIC trio of young philanthropists have collected hundreds of tasty chocolate treats for frontline workers and vulnerable residents.

ESSEX will play a leading role in powering local and national economic growth, a council claims.

The We Are Colchester partnership has secured £18.2 million of its bid to the Government's Town Deal Fund.

Colchester Council's waste boss has hit out at "disgusting" fly-tipping incidents across the borough as the scale of the problem is revealed.

Colchester will receive £18.2 million from the Government's Towns Fund, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed in the Budget.

HARWICH'S bid to become a freeport has been approved by the Government.

This part of Colchester has seen a huge jump in its Covid rate compared with a week earlier, an increase of 450 per cent.

Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership discovered two guns and ammunition hidden inside an Ottoman at a property in Colchester.

The Chancellor said he did not believe it would be right to increase the rates of tax on working people.

THE possibility of an eco-friendly scooter scheme being permanently rolled out in a seaside town has divided opinon among residents.

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A COUNCIL boss does not want to see “all the sacrifice undone” following reports of day-trippers travelling from afar to use Tendring’s beaches.

A FIREARMS raid was executed in Dovercourt as part of a police operation involving revenge gang attacks.

A SEASIDE town’s famous beach huts starred in an episode of a BBC television show presented by a famous comedian last night.

A TRAINING company for vulnerable adults has been crowned as one of the best businesses in rural Britain.

THE bell is ringing and it's time to line up for another slice of school nostalgia.

THE search for the mystery person infected with the Brazilian mutation of coronavirus is continuing.

AN exciting new rollercoaster will be operating on Clacton Pier by early summer, it has been confirmed.

A POPULAR farming show in Tendring will not take place for the second year running due to Covid-19 pandemic.

A BARBER and mental health campaigner is returning to where it all began as he is set to ply his trade in his home town.

A CANDID campaigner who “felt shame and anger” after being told he was unable to produce sperm wants to help shatter the taboo around male infertility.

Police are searching for three distraction burglars who are all believed to have links to Essex.

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PRIMARY school teachers are preparing for all of their pupils to return to the classroom on Monday.

I WROTE a tongue-in-cheek letter a year ago about how the green fanatics would still be worried about fantasy nonsense, like climate change, even with the situation of a real serious problem existing.

THE Met Office has issued a weather warning for fog across all parts of Essex this morning.