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Brightlingsea: Use it or lose it warning over pool
A town council is counting on the support of its residents to save its historic open-air swimming pool. Brightlingsea has received a £50,000 grant from Tendring Council to operate its pool for the next two summers. A further £50,000 will be available
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East Bergholt: From little acorns, mighty ideas grow
An eco-friendly project has been launched to create extensive pieces of oak woodland across the region. David Gray, a landscape gardener, has been collecting acorns from the community with a plan to plant them on a large scale. The 46-year-old said:
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Halstead: Celebration as police return stolen boilers to firm
Police and a company's staff are celebrating after finding a haul of 30 boilers which were stolen last month. Burglars targeted Halstead Boilers, using a sledgehammer to smash a three-foot hole in the warehouse wall, leaving behind a van. They took
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Colchester: Join the fight to save our centre
Colchester residents and workers are being urged to join the fight to save the Middleborough walk-in centre. North East Essex Primary Care Trust announced it plans to move the walk-in service to a new medical centre in the Primary Care Centre on Turner
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Colchester: Graffiti attack on cars and homes
Ten cars and houses in a Colchester street have been "tagged" with graffiti. Houses and vehicles in Dickenson Street, Mile End, were all daubed with "hwc", believed to be the tag for the "Highwoods Crew", in the early hours of Tuesday. The door of one
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North Essex: A12 crash
Three people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A12 caused major delays during rush hour. A white Vauxhall van, a silver Peugeot 206 car and a blue Vauxhall Corsa car were involved in a collision on the southbound carriageway, near the Spring
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Colchester: Cash quest for China
Kind-hearted Essex people have been doing their bit to help earthquake victims in China. Youngsters at Colchester High School in Wellesley Road, joined Ting Kang, a member of the learning support department, who also teaches Chinese, to sell goods such
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Frinton, Walton: Opening up to beat yobs
A seafront shelter frequently targeted by vandals could see a major overhaul as part of a bid to thwart future attacks. Frinton and Walton town councillors visited the Kino shelter, in Princes Esplanade, Walton, following yet another attack last month
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St Osyth: Yellow peril hits village despite residents’ plea
New waiting restrictions will come into force in a village. Some residents had objected to plans for the double yellow lines in Spring Road, St Osyth. They said the proposals would not solve problems of congestion and felt the bottleneck there was no
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Colchester: Armed police in street siege
Families barricaded themselves inside their homes during a two-hour stand-off between armed police and a man in a Colchester street. An armed response police unit, the dog unit, numerous police officers, ambulances and fire crews were called in following
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Colchester: Seen Elvis? Call me!
Vets who managed to save the leg of a cat caught in an animal trap are appealing for help to trace him after he gave them the slip. The lucky moggy was nicknamed Elvis by vet Don Bremner and staff at the Willows Veterinary Centre in Mersea Road. They
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Colchester: Judge - 'Leave her in peace'
A man has been banned from contacting his former girlfriend for five years after he tried to strangle her. A court heard yesterday how David Herlihy also sent the woman text messages after their relationship ended, visited her at home and, on one ocassion
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Frinton, Walton: Opening up to beat yobs
A seafront shelter frequently targeted by vandals could see a major overhaul as part of a bid to thwart future attacks. Frinton and Walton town councillors visited the Kino shelter, in Princes Esplanade, Walton, following yet another attack last month
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North Essex: five plan skydive
FIVE people will be making a sponsored skydive to aid Victim Support in Essex. The team, made up of employees of Essex Police, probation, prison, courts and Crown Prosecution services, is already in training. Taking the plunge are Delia Scott, Essex
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Iph – Greek chorus with a street gift
The actresses appearing in the next production at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester have a new-found respect for groups like Girls Aloud. In fact, they go one better - as their Greek chorus girl band have to sing, dance and tell a story as part of their
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Knock on the door that Army families dread
Even though more than 2,500 troops have left Colchester Garrison for a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, the 550 troops left behind - the rear party - are not idle. In his second report, Gazette reporter GARETH PALMER finds out how people in north
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Howell
My Grandparents are both deceased now but i lived with them at Ashley Road, Clacton-on-Sea. Searching for other family members for family tree. Their names were Jim and Dolores (Dot) Howell nee Beer. My email address is: beverleyzajko@hotmail.com
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Colchester: A12 crash
A three-car crash on the A12 is causing chaos for commuters. A white Vauxhall van, a silver Peugeot 206 car and a blue Vauxhall Corsa car were involved in a collision on the southbound carriageway, near the Spring Lane Interchange. Nobody was seriously
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Colchester: council pair hand back cash
COLCHESTER Council services are to get a £16,000 boost - thanks to two of the authority's new cabinet members. As portfolio holders, Lib Dem Theresa Higgins and Labour's Tina Dopson would have ordinarily been entitled to claim £16,000 a year. However
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Danny's trip down Memory Lane
Tonight's Champions League Final will evoke special memories for former Colchester United defender Danny Granville. Granville - released by the U's earlier this month after one season at Layer Road - was in Chelsea's starting line-up the last time they
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Essex are dressed for success
Essex Eagles have unveiled the new outfit that they hope to fly high in for Twenty20 success this season. The county's first-team players wore the new kit, which is sponsored by Essex Autogroup, for the first time at a photocall at the Ford County Ground
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Napier keen to make four-day impact soon
GRAHAM Napier is back and firing again after yet another cruel twist to his injury-hit career. The all-rounder, who plays his club cricket for Colchester and East Essex, missed the opening weeks of the season with a knee problem, which thankfully for
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New sponsorship deal for the Blues
Ipswich Town have confirmed a new long-term sponsorship deal with the Marcus Evans Group. The global business - run by the Blues' entrepreneurial owner - has agreed a contract with the club that will run until June 2013. It is understood to be worth
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Colchester edge cup thriller
After returning early to Castle Park wet, miserable and still searching for their first Shepherd Neame Essex League premier division victory of the season on Saturday, Colchester and East Essex served up a most thrilling encounter as the weather relented
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Vikings do the double
For the first time since their formation in 1971, Vikings FC have finally won not only a league title but also promotion to the Clacton Sunday League premier division. Last week's 9-2 drubbing of Harts virtually tied matters up and a 4-3 win over Sunday
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Dobson in the spotlight
The second Harwich 5K series race saw nine improved performances and five personal bests for Tiptree Road Runners with the most pleasing result of the night being Barry Dobson's new best of 23 minutes 28 seconds. He normally helps other people in the
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Gladiators battle past rivals
ESSEX SPARTANS 13 COL GLADIATORS 38 British American Football League Division two south east Colchester Gladiators evened their record for 2008 at 2-2 with a comfortable 38-13 win over county rivals Essex Spartans. Before the game, head coach Matt
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Sarah shows Olympic form
Sarah Claxton blitzed the opposition to take a 100 metre hurdles victory at the Loughborough International meeting and continue her progression towards a place in the British team travelling to the Olympics in August. The 28-year-old athlete from Colchester
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Colchester: travellers' site plans 'flawed'
COUNTY hall chiefs are "not big enough" to admit that their plans for a travellers' site in Colchester are flawed, it was claimed today. Essex County Council won consent last year to create a permanent site for 12 families off Severalls Lane. The scheme
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In your Gazette...
... read the background to the Helen Maughan murder case in the leading daily paper in Colchester and north Essex. There are three ways to get your Gazette: pop out to your news shop to pick up your copy, ask your newsagent for regular morning
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North Essex: pair plan para jump
TWO women are preparing to plunge 10,000ft and raise £2,500 in memory of their friend, Emma Harmsworth, who died from breast cancer. Gemma Steggles, 25, and Nikki Gould, 27, of Brightlingsea, will make a tandem skydive. Money raised will go to St Helena
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Colchester: Body in river verdict - teenagers convicted
Two teenagers have been convicted of killing a woman in Colchester. The body of mother-of-two Helen Maughan, 24, from Propelair Way, Colchester, was discovered half-naked in the River Colne on May 20 last year by a man walking by the river. Alex Young
