THOUSANDS of parents will discover the outcome of their primary school applications today.

World-food store Matha Supermarket is set to open it second store in Essex at Colchester Retail Park, in Sheepen Road.

A PAIR of Southend superstars are set to take centre stage on the big screen as film-lovers prepare to head back to the cinema.

The Ipswich Road roadworks in Colchester are now complete - but 15 months later than originally planned.

Campaigners have raised concerns after learning Colchester Council's planning committee won't vote on a controversial ramp linking student flats.

NO-ONE should suffer in silence.

Experts have outlined key differences between symptoms of hay fever and coronavirus following the arrival of spring.

A BIKE relay challenge is being organised to raise much-needed funds for Help for Heroes.

A CANCER survivor who only decided to visit his doctor after reading about his musical icon’s battle has raised hundreds of pounds for charity.

MORE than half of people in Colchester have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, it has been revealed.

The National Lottery is increasing the age limit of players in the UK from next week.

A POLICE officer has condemned a series of senseless arson attacks in a coastal village which "put people’s lives in danger."

A DISGRUNTLED man has been fined after his car was caught in a bus lane after being seized by police officers half an hour earlier.

A FATHER accidentally struck three teenagers with a car without realising when he attempted to flee the scene of an attack, a court heard.

A TRIO of drug dealers took over the flat of a vulnerable drug user to serve as a base for peddling crack cocaine and heroin.

HOME working and wearing face masks in shops and on public transport are among the rules Gazette readers want to stay post lockdown.

Pictures show the new road layout at Ipswich Road in Colchester after the two and-a-half year roadworks scheme finally came to a close.

AN inquest into the death of a much-loved dad-of-three who died following an altercation at a holiday park will begin next week.

A MAN has died after being taken ill in what police are treating as a currently “unexplained” death.

CARE home staff will be required by law to receive a coronavirus vaccination under plans by the Government - as figures reveal nearly a quarter of workers in Essex have not had a first dose.

A WOMAN threatened a shopkeeper with a knife after having her card decline to buy booze ... before he fought her off with a chair.

ROYAL portrait artist Richard Stone, who painted three portraits of the Duke of Edinburgh, says he will honour the hours he spent in his presence.

Colchester charity the Robin Cancer Trust has broken a world record for the most simultaneous self-checks.

A new commercial building featuring office and hospitality space is set to be built at the Chesterwell estate in Colchester - if plans are approved.

Bovingdon Road in Bocking is blocked after a car crashed into a telegraph pole.

THREE drug dealers have been jailed for selling heroin and crack cocaine in Clacton.

A FORMER Eastenders actress has appeared in court over allegations she shouted “black lives don’t matter” and attacked women on Southend seafront.

A pub owner has been jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of a seven-year-old boy who was electrocuted while playing in the beer garden.

A landowner wants to install six glamping pods on his land in Dedham, the heart of Constable Country.

CAMPAIGNING residents are calling on council officials to “stop the exploitation” of their coastal village and instead build a new doctors and dental surgery.

COMMITTED community champions have delivered food parcels to vulnerable village residents in need.

AN air ambulance attended a crash involving three vehicles which saw a man taken to hospital on Wednesday afternoon.

We want to know whether Colchester Gazette readers think the new road layout at Ipswich Road in the town will help with congestion in the area.

Roadworks on a busy route in and out of Colchester are causing delays.

A CAMPAIGN group has fiercely condemned a suspected racist attack in a seaside town saying “there is no place for hate” in today’s society.

TRAINS are severely disrupted following an issue with the wires this morning.

A FATHER “swore on his kid’s life” to police that no-one was run over by his partner’s car, a court heard.

The weekly Covid infection rate in Colchester is at the lowest it has been in more than six months.

RELIEVED businesses across the Halstead area are getting back to work after lockdown restrictions eased on Monday.

AN Asperger's champion who has featured on The Undateables on Channel 4 and an autistic trainer will be the key-note speakers at a charity's annual conference.

COLCHESTER’S annual half-marathon has become a key date in the town’s sporting and social calender.

Patients and visitors at hospitals across north Essex will be asked to take a rapid Covid test before arriving.

Messenger and WhatsApp are both owned by Facebook, two of the most popular messaging apps in the world.

A TRIO of teenage boys have been identified as suspects after a string of senseless arson attacks in a coastal village put residents' lives in danger.

Customers are increasingly looking for speciality breads, wraps, bagels and pancakes ahead of traditional loaves.

Councils across Essex have worked together to make it easier to claim £500 if you need to self-isolate - here is how and when you can claim.

SHOCKING footage has captured the chilling moment an arsonist started a fire in a front garden before a have-a-go hero rushed to put it out.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery as they search for two suspects.

Police believe a man missing for more than two months may be somewhere in Essex.

Despite lockdown restrictions, the number of drivers with penalty points only fell by 3% annually in March.