Gazette player ratings following Colchester United's draw with Carlisle United

LIGHTS, camera, action - and a chance for a career in filmmaking thanks to a trailblazing project.

INDEPENDENT businesses in Essex have been celebrated in coveted awards voted for by readers of a popular lifestyle website.

LIFE-SAVING air ambulance workers were tasked with responding to six serious incidents in Tendring in the space of just four days.

In the UK strokes strike someone every five minutes.

As part of a new NHS campaign, Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer are encouraging more people to become blood donors.

BMX Olympic champion Beth Shriever has referred to her triumph in Tokyo as the “perfect opportunity” for more facilities to encourage young Britons to pick up a bike.

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

Pictures show the progress being made at the £5.5 million revamp of Colchester's old Co-op department store.

Ofsted inspects and rates all state schools across England to judge the quality of education pupils are receiving.

AN ECO-FRIENDLY shop in Clacton has launched a beach toy library scheme at the resort’s beach in a bid to cut plastic waste.

A MAN has appeared in court to face dozens of allegations that he raped and abused children seven years ago.

Here is everything we know about the upcoming £60 million Stane Retail Park development, with the first store not far from opening.

A round-up of some of the cases to come before magistrates in north Essex last week include a man who damaged farmer's crops and a dangerously out of control dog.

Colchester United head coach Hayden Mullins gives his reaction after Carlisle draw

Colchester United returned to play in front of their fans away from home for the first time since March 2020

Colchester United have signed goalkeeper Jake Turner from Newcastle United

Dognappers and other pet thieves will face tougher sentences under Government plans.

East Suffolk and North Essex Trust was caring for 43 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

From cafes and restaurants there are plenty of top places to enjoy brunch in and around Colchester.

England’s chief midwife Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent is appealing for hesitant pregnant women to book their jabs after new research from Oxford University found more than 99% of expectant mothers admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated.

Hundreds of hens are on the search for a new home after being saved from slaughter.

Debt is a frightening spectre, and not just for those on low incomes. Whether it be rent, mortgages, the threat of redundancy or the cost of child and elderly care, it sometimes seems as if the debt threat sits next to you like an unexploded bomb.

ROADWORKS will cause overnight disruption in four Colchester roads.

As the Olympics draw to a close this weekend we have taken a look back at all of Essex's medal winners.

The Foundry Arms in Colchester will be turned into flats after a planning application was approved by Colchester Council.

When someone dies with no will or known family, their property passes to the Crown as ownerless property.

Gazette reporter Robbie Bryson reviews the food at Colchester's new 'gourmet' kebab shop, German Doner Kebab.

A BID for former charity shop site to be demolished to make way for a new building with retail units and homes has been revealed.

JUST like a scene out of the Lion King, big cats have often been seen wandering around Essex – or so it has been claimed on several occasions.

EIGHT sex offenders in Essex are currently 'missing' it has been revealed.

Fans are eager to see if Smithy says yes to Nessa who proposed in the final moments of the Christmas special leaving fans screaming at their TV.

Colchester United head coach Hayden Mullins

A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build hundreds of new homes has been given the go-ahead.

A PRODUCER has spoken about the “surreal” moment he realised one of his tracks would be used by a singer rumoured to be Michael Jackson’s estranged son.

A man from Clacton has appeared in court charged with 28 offences as part of an investigation by specialist officers who investigate sexual offences and support victims.

A LIFEBOAT operations boss fears the summer “will only get busier” during the holidays after an action-packed week of call-outs.

TWO men have been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for drug offences.

A Colchester recruitment worker who became addicted to running and shed six stone in lockdown will run the London Marathon in memory of his granddad.

Trains have been delayed after a person was spotted trespassing on tracks near a Colchester station.

A UNIVERSITY professor who will be remembered for his groundbreaking research in telecommunications has died.

DONATIONS are continuing to flood in for the heartbroken family of a young boy who died after suffering devastating injuries in Colchester's Fenwick.

AN air ambulance landed in a seaside town after being tasked with assisting paramedics and police officers dealing with a medical emergency.

Essex Police is urging residents to use 999 responsibly after a number of ridiculous calls this week.

FRINTON and Walton have been revealed as England’s hardest hit neighbourhood from Covid… with almost one in a hundred people dying from the virus.

A motorbike rider has been airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in a crash.

Two men charged with murder in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy who was riding pillion on a moped are set to stand trial next year.

THE distraught owner of an adorable 6-month-old puppy says she has been “unable to eat or sleep” since her beloved pooch went missing.

A WOMAN was rushed to a specialist hospital for treatment after being involved in a nasty crash which saw an air ambulance deployed.

A WOMAN had to be transported to a hospital’s emergency department following a serious incident which saw an air ambulance launch into action.