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Tendring: U-turn looms on bus pass start
ELDERLY passengers are welcoming plans to allow them to use bus passes from 9am once again. Pensioners in Tendring hit out after the start time for free bus travel was put back to 9.30am on April 1, following the introduction of the new national concessionary
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Dovercourt: Memories wanted
HISTORIANS are appealing for people's memories in a bid to rejuvenate a park originally set to rival Brighton as a resort. Work is being done to rebuild one of the shelters in Cliff Park Gardens, near the end of Orwell Terrace, in Dovercourt. Council
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Mistley: Safety fears at quay
A BEAUTY SPOT could be closed off to the public if a decision is made not to provide safety provisions at the site. Residents and community leaders have said members of the public should be allowed to use Allen's Quay at Mistley as a walkway and to moor
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North Essex: Health chiefs defend antibiotics plan
HEALTH bosses have been forced to defend a scheme to reward GPs for reducing their use of antibiotics. Under the scheme introduced by North East Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT), the GPs will receive £1 for every patient on their practice list, if they
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Essex: Legal right to roam
A POLICE community support officer (PCSO) may cover the largest patch in Essex. PCSO Emma Rayment is responsible for 17 villages surrounding Colchester, providing visible patrols, a point of contact for residents, and building a rapport with schools,
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Harwich: Blaze wrecks former school
FIRE has ripped through a former school building leaving it a charred wreck. Firefighters from Dovercourt, Manningtree and Frinton were called to the former Harwich Primary School, in Main Road, Harwich, at 4.20am yesterday, and found the school ablaze
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Thorrington: What future for care home?
THE future of a residential care home is set to be decided after lengthy negotiations. An application for the former motel at Silverwoods in Thorrington was approved by Tendring's development control committee last August, but will go before members
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Colchester: First events at new stadium
DATES have been confirmed for two pre-season warm-up events to be held at Colchester's new community football stadium. Health and safety chiefs have given permission for the multi-million pound facility - which is still under construction at Cuckoo Farm
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Essex: Backing for social care shake-up
ELDERLY and disabled people will be able to decide for themselves how money is spent to care for them. After a positive response from public consultation, Essex County Council is to introduce a new system of funding social care which would give people
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Colchester: Disco is uniform success
FIREFIGHTERS swapped one uniform for another when they held a school-themed charity disco. About 350 people filled Colchester fire station for the event. It had been organised by the station's White Watch, with Blue Watch on duty during the evening.
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Socceroo training for Coyne
Colchester United defender Chris Coyne has moved a step closer to fulfilling his long-term dream of playing for his country. The Brisbane-born centre-half has been training with the 35-man Australia squad, as they prepare for their friendly with Ghana
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Lord's dream for Essex's Masters
David Masters will be bowling flat out to create a new chapter of cricket history at Lord's today. The eager Essex pace bowler, signed on a three-year deal from Leicestershire last autumn, has never played in a Lord's cup final. And that will be the
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Harwich: School gutted by fire
A former primary school is believed to have been destroyed by a huge fire. Five crews of firefighters were sent to the blaze at the old Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery, in Main Road, Harwich. Flames engulfed the two-storey building at about
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Victory still eluding Colchester
It is becoming something of a habit for Colchester and East Essex to suffer an early season slump, in the Shepherd Neame Essex League. Three games into the new premier division season and they are yet to win and sit one place off the bottom of the table
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Seasiders continue their impressive start
Clacton continued their impressive start to the East Anglian Premier League season with a fine six-wicket win at home to high-flying Great Witchingham. After winning the toss, Seasiders skipper Martin Smith asked the visitors to bat first. And both
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Memorable double for Harriers pair
Colchester Harriers recorded a memorable double at Hatfield Broad Oak. They were competing in the well-known, high-class road race held annually there. Terrible conditions greeted the 800-strong field, with driving rain and high winds creating a real
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Public of starter's orders
Today the public get the first chance to enjoy racing at Great Leighs, the first new racecourse to open in Britain for 80 years. Although Great Leighs staged its first fixture last month, admission was by invitation only as the racecourse was put through
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Jason's joy in the mud
Jason Morland all but made it three wins out of three rides in the wet and very muddy conditions at Stisted. However, the Jim Aim Motorcycles-sponsored rider from Cressing had to take a risk with badly-worn rear brake pads that he could not get replaced
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Youngsters seal final place
Colchester Swimming Club youngsters had a good finish at Barnet Copthall to take them through to the winner's final round of the National Junior Speedo League. Nine-year-old Lucy Coates swam superbly to claim victory in her 25 metre freestyle race as
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Victory for race ace Perry
Jamie Perry claimed a win and a second-place finish in the latest rounds of the Volkswagen Racing Cup, at Rockingham in Northamptonshire. The Castle Hedingham driver, 34, was at the wheel of the Keith Garages-backed Golf GTI which he raced for the first
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Marks Tey: 10,000 home eco-friendly town
LAND to the west of Marks Tey has been earmarked as the site of a major new settlement in Essex. The long-awaited dualling of the A120 could come with any development, initially mooted as containing between 6,000 and 10,000 homes, built by the Marks
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IN your Gazette today ..........
This is your last chance to obtain a vital token to assist you on the way to a luxury cruise with Fred Olsen. Token 6 is inside the Gazette today. PLUS ... Meet the new Mayor of Colchester and his wife. PLUS ... the private life of St Osyth Priory.
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Colchester: Decision time on arcade
A BID to turn a former building society into an amusement arcade looks set to be given the thumbs-up. Ablethird, which runs amusement arcades across the country, has applied to transform Woolwich House, the former home of Woolwich Building Society in
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Clacton: Bank sends personal details to wrong couple
A COUPLE were horrified to be sent a stranger's personal details, after applying for a bank account. Liz Maybank and Luke Jordan, of Camellia Crescent, Clacton, submitted their own details to the Abbey National, via the bank's internet site. Ten days
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Colchester: Vicious attack outside store
A WOMAN was pulled to the ground and kicked in the face in a robbery outside a Colchester supermarket. The woman - a student in her 20s and due to sit her final exams this week - was leaving Tesco, in Greenstead Road, The Hythe, when she was approached
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Clacton: Parking mad!
PARKING chaos in a seaside town will get worse if a new hotel and flats are built, it is claimed. Residents have serious concerns that no car spaces have been planned for the proposed 57-bedroom Travelodge in Clacton. The hotel would replace the former
