COLCHESTER'S hugely-popular food and drink festival is returning to Castle Park.

A stunning Pink Super Moon is set to grace our skies on Monday (April 26).

Could your driving habits be putting unnecessary strain on your car?

HERE are the death notices published in the Gazette this week:

TOURISM bosses for Essex have released a new recovery plan to help revitalise the county’s tourism and hospitality industry.

COLCHESTER Zoo is welcoming visitors again after three months of being closed.

Under Boris Johnson’s current roadmap out of lockdown travel abroad could be permitted as early as May 17.

WHEN the Rob George Foundation first launched in memory of its namesake, its mission statement was to “make a difference, one individual at a time”.

HAIRDRESSERS are finally open for business again after months of Government restrictions preventing stylists from cutting their clients' lockdown locks.

A BEMUSED resident has explained how a postcode clash sees hospital visitors congest his dead end road.

Holmwood House in Colchester has been named one of the most affordable private schools in the UK as part of a new study.

Colchester will see huge investment in retail and leisure facilities over the coming years - with three massive developments planned in the town.

FIGURES have revealed the most in-demand primary schools in the Colchester area for children starting this September.

DOZENS of children in Essex have been victims of religious hate crime since 2017, figures show.

Essex is blessed with a whole variety of stunning beaches, gorgeous coastline and seafront attractions.

FOR many, the pandemic has put a stop to the things we enjoy doing most.

You'll be able to pick up a bargain from the supermarket chains on Sunday, April 25. 

Colchester's new world food restaurant Zhoosh has announced when it is opening its doors to the public.

DRIVING instructors are having to turn away eager young learners as they try to make their way through the backlog of thousands of rescheduled tests.

NEARLY 70 per cent of people living in north Essex have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, new figures have revealed.

Users first noticed the new restrictions last month when some users reported being met with a warning on screen.

Better protection is needed for Colchester's open spaces after travellers pitched up on three in one day, it has been claimed.

Travellers are now also set up on Squirrels Field, part of High Woods Country Park, in Colchester.

The move could make your cover invalid if you don’t know about the new change.

An Essex Police sergeant has been served a final written warning after a colleague was injured.

New plans for the Tollgate Village retail and leisure development in Stanway have been revealed - and will go out to consultation next week.

Police have arrested a man in connection with reports of a man indecently exposing himself in Witham.

A classic car which appeared in TV shows and was made in Essex is set to raise more than £20,000 at auction.

Essex Police are at the scene after a group of travellers arrived at High Woods Country Park in Colchester.

Travellers have arrived at Colchester Rugby Club, in Mill Road, Highwoods, with more than ten caravans spotted.

THE number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus in localised areas across Colchester and Tendring has been revealed.

New analysis shows the number of Covid cases in each part of Colchester during the last year.

This is the face of a sexual predator deemed to be a danger to children by the courts after he took a picture of a young boy who was naked from the waist down.

A DAD has been left angry after his children were left at the side of the road by a bus driver as they tried to make their way to school.

The revelation that Andy Starr is in favour of the student flats being built (Gazette Letters, April 15, “We wholeheartedly back student flats”), despite the protests from many Colchester residents pointing out that it will spoil the planned C...

Column: Farmer Peter Fairs says a fear of agrochemicals is having a severe impact on UK production

OUR recent nostalgia spread on the Queen Mother visiting St Helena Hospice brought back vivid memories for Brian and Shirley Brenchley.

A SEASIDE restaurant will offer frontline workers free food as a show of thanks for what they have sacrificed throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

Forecasters say Essex is set for a warm and sunny weekend before temperatures dip and cloudy conditions arrive.

Shoppers have been left venting their frustration online.

Martin Lewis revealed how house buyers can boost their chances of getting a mortgage.

Footage from Mill Road shows a camp of more than ten caravans pitched up on Colchester Rugby Club.

Reality TV personality Zara McDermott will investigate sexism and rape culture in schools in a follow-up to her widely praised documentary about revenge porn.

A MARRIED man who stalked a Southend woman by going to her home and workplace has been banned from entering Essex for five years.

A DANGEROUS sexual predator with an “appalling” record of offences against children spanning three decades has been locked up after he took a picture of a young boy who was naked from the waist down.

A MAN accused of raping a woman at knifepoint in her own home branded the alleged victim a “storyteller” and a “drama queen” whose version of events had caused a police officer to fall asleep.

AN anti-nuclear campaign group has criticised the consultation process for technology proposed for the new Bradwell B site.

A YOUNG girl whose dad died from cancer has raised hundreds of pounds for charity and will now donate her hair after bravely having it chopped off.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build retirement homes at a former animal rescue park have been described as an “unfolding tragedy” for the beauty spot.

UK scientists have identified cases of human-to-cat transmission of coronavirus in Britain.