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Gnakpa strike ends U's hopes
Colchester United were knocked out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at the area semi-final stage tonight after losing 1-0 to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road. A close-range strike from Frenchman Claude Gnakpa just before the half-hour mark proved enough
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Tendring: Meeting to unveil new tourism plans
Plans to promote Tendring as a holiday destination will be unveiled at a recession-busting meeting. The free two-hour event at the Kingscliff Hotel, Holland on Sea, is being organised by Essex Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Tendring Council will
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North Essex: 7,000 999 calls in three days
A DESPERATE appeal has been issued to residents reminding them only to dial 999 in an emergency. The repeat plea comes after the East of England Ambulance Service received more than 7,000 999 calls over the weekend. The service’s medical director, Dr
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North Essex: Skydiving for charity
ALMOST £3,000 has been raised for Victim Support in Essex from a sponsored skydive. Six people, who all work for the criminal justice system, completed tandem skydives in the summer to raise money for the organisation which helps young victims of crime
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North Essex: Parents' top choices for baby names 2008 revealed
RUBY and Charlie were the favourite baby names for Gazette readers in 2008. An analysis of hundreds of birth announcements placed in the Gazette from January through to December has revealed which choices came out on top. The year saw more traditional
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North Essex: Awards for going "the extra mile"
AWARDS have been presented to organisations within the Essex criminal justice system for going “the extra mile”. Essex Criminal Justice Board sponsor Frances Done, chair of the national Youth Justice Board, thanked all of the nominees at the
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North Essex: Crash driver must retake test
A DRIVER said she was “astonished” to see a car overtake her just seconds before it smashed into a pick-up truck. Gerald Newcombe, 20, was driving close behind the woman’s Volkswagen Passat car along a series of bends on the B1352 Manningtree Road at
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North Essex: Rogue trader warning
RESIDENTS have been warned to be vigilant, amid reports of rogue traders operating in north Essex. Doorstep callers have been offering to carry out work on gardens, driveways, guttering and roofing. Essex County Council’s Trading Standards has advised
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North Essex: Thyme for festive reminder on crime
ANYONE who commits a crime this Christmas could face a festive season behind bars, police have warned. Essex Police has launched its latest campaign, entitled What thyme will you be serving this Christmas? It aims to not only warn offenders that officers
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North Essex: Cash to go for gold
THE sporting dreams of a dozen Olympic hopefuls have received a boost. Essex County Council has announced the names of the 12 athletes it hopes will be representing the county in the 2012 London Olympics. Those selected include five
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North Essex: charity's patron wins sport award
A PATRON of a Colchester-based charity has received the BBC Sports Personality’s Helen Rollason award. Alastair Hignell, a former rugby union player for England, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999. Since then he has been heavily involved
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North Essex: Childhood obesity fight to take time
HEALTH bosses claim they are winning the battle against childhood obesity – but admit it could take time. Children’s heights and weights are now measured twice, when they start and leave primary school. Latest figures from NHS North East Essex show
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North Essex: Community club's cash bonanza
CLUBS in north Essex have picked up early Christmas presents worth more than £90,000. A total of 26 voluntary and community groups in Tendring and Colchester have received cash in the latest round of Essex Community Foundation Grassroots Grants. The
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Coast: Downpour hits Christmas festival
TORENTIAL rain meant a Christmas Festival suffered a much lower turnout that usual. But it failed to put off the 300 people who did gather to watch the parade from Mill Lane, Walton, to Millennium Square in the High Street. A Santa’s grotto, choir,
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Weeley: Quack! Get out of our way, quack!
Ducks in Weeley have been going quackers over the wet weather. Traffic stopped in the village to allow this family of ducks to cross Thorpe Road, outside the Weeley Council Offices. Earlier this year Tendring First councillors Mark Cossens and Peter
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North Essex: £2m for county fire service
ESSEX fire service will receive more than £2 million from the Government for capital and refurbishment programmes. The Government announced it was giving £1 million to every fire service in England, with services then receiving extra funding depending
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Coast: Wallet theft sparks alert to shoppers
A DISTRAUGHT mother-of-two has issued a warning to shoppers after crooks snatched her wallet, which contained sentimental items. Tracey Rice, 30, of Holland-on- Sea, said she feels “pure hatred” for the perpetrators, after the incident happened while
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Coast: Joy at gifts response
A CHARITY worker says he is delighted by the generosity of people in Harwich and Dovercourt who he says have helped to give 37 families living in the area a better Christmas. Captain Barrie Sampson helped to launch the annual Salvation Army Christmas
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Coast: Survey clears Tendring of lazy slobs image
THE number of Tendring people regularly taking part in active recreation has risen dramatically over the past two years. Almost 20 per cent of Tendring’s adult population now exercise three times a week for more than 30 minutes. This is the amount recommended
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Colchester: Woman evicted from council flat
SMASHED windows and unopened syringes greeted council workers when they arrived to evict a woman on a Colchester estate. Representatives from Colchester Borough Homes, which was set up by Colchester Council to manage its 6,000 houses and flats, were
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Coast: Swimmers face new challenge
LEISURE bosses in Tendring have joined a new national plan for teaching swimming. Tendring Council has signed a five-year deal with the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) to deliver the sessions at Clacton Leisure Centre, Dovercourt Swimming Pool and
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Colchester: SOS bus's daytime launch
THE successful Colchester SOS and Community bus was due to make its first daylight outing. Since its launch about six weeks ago, the bus has been helping the drunk, the cold, the needy and the unwell in the town centre on a Saturday night. It is a partnership
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Colchester: Officials allowances to be performance related
TOP elected officials in Colchester could see their allowances cut under a new scheme, if their peers deem they have failed to perform well. Colchester Council chiefs believe the initiative, which could see portfolio-holders docked up to £1,200 a year
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Colchester: Roundabout way to improve traffic
PLANS have been put forward for a new junction leading off one of Colchester’s busiest roads. Colchester Council’s planning committee will consider proposals for a double roundabout on Brook Street. It would provide access for potential development
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Braintree: Father is midwife to his own baby
A former soldier’s military training came in handy after his newborn son made an early arrival. Michael Harper, who served in Bosnia and Kosovo, calmly delivered Matthew while taking instructions from a midwife over the telephone and soothing wife Lisa
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Clacton: Taxi drivers angry at licence figures
Taxi drivers are accusing a council of putting short-term profits before the good of a seaside town. Alan Kirkham, vice-president of the Tendring Taxi Association, claims there are too many taxis working in Clacton, and Tendring Council is selling too
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Bosses urged to train employees
COLCHESTER employers must view staff training as an investment rather than a cost, it has been suggested. After a national Ofsted report which found firms were not making the most of the Government’s Train to Gain programme, the Learning and
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Essex firms build links with China
VALUABLE links were built and potential investment in Essex was generated during a recent trade mission to China. Representatives of nine Essex firms joined the trip to the Jiangsu province and Shanghai, organised by Essex County Council and Essex Development
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Colchester: Energy firms sorry for blackouts
POWER firm bosses have apologised after more than 50 Colchester homes were left without electricity for 11 hours. EDF Energy reassured customers it had put right a fault with an overhead cable which saw supplies cut off twice in the Blackheath area of
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Colchester: Pensioner attack youth locked up
A TEENAGER was behind bars today for an attack on a pensioner. A court heard how 80-year-old Raymond Skillin was assaulted in his own home after he confronted a burglar. As he struggled with the 17-year-old, Mr Skillin was headbutted and punched in
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Dovercourt: Deadline looms for spending £650,000 of heritage funds in Dovercourt
Heritage experts working to restore a Victorian town to its glory have three months to decide how to spend more than half a million pounds. A grant of £800,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund was given to the Dovercourt Townscape Heritage Initiative
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Colchester: From Helmand to town for red caps
JUST months after patrolling the mean streets of Afghanistan, members of the Royal Military Police (RMP) are patrolling Colchester town centre. They have teamed up with Essex Police as part of Operation Christmas Cracker to act as a deterrent to Christmas-time
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Waters suffers an injury blow for the Seasiders
FC Clacton have been dealt a blow with the news Matt Waters faces a fortnight on the sidelines. The Seasiders winger has been in top goal-scoring form this season – taking his tally to 20 with another spectacular free-kick during Saturday’s 3-3 draw
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Castle leads way to a memorable victory
Colchester secured a resounding 39-8 victory over Harlow, in the EDF Senior Vase London (round four). The win was memorable for the attractive rugby played in atrocious conditions as Colchester took their fourth scalp from higher league opposition in
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Maybury hoping for Wembley trip
Alan Maybury is eager to banish his cup semi-final heartache and take Colchester United one step closer to Wembley. The well-travelled right-back heads to Kenilworth Road with the U’s tonight to take on Luton Town in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy southern
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Harriers secure a great second spot
Colchester Harriers' survived another torturous double cross-country weekend with a fine overall second place at an incredibly muddy Ramsey farmland course near Harwich in the 53-12 League. With Harriers’ elite men trying to retain their trophy in the
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Much to celebrate for victorious CATs
Colchester and Tendring Athletic Club's ladies had a memorable victory as they hosted the fourth Essex Cross-Country League event at Hilly Fields. The senior ladies enjoyed a terrific team victory in their section against tough opposition to maintain
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Mark responds to manager’s criticism
Winger Mark Yeates has insisted he is happy playing on either flank if it benefits Colchester United. The Irishman played on the left for the U’s at Leeds United last Saturday, where he scored one goal and made another in his side’s 2-1 triumph at Elland
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Colchester: adverts on bikes 'fall foul of law'
A council confiscated three bikes belonging to a town centre store – saying they broke littering and antisocial behaviour laws. Colchester Council cut the chains securing the three old cycles to bike racks opposite Williams and Griffin and
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North Essex: teen left with broken cheek after balaclava-clad robbers strike
A TEENAGER has been left with a suspected broken cheekbone following a “vindictive” attack by two robbers. The balaclava-wearing men approached the 18-year-old in Thorpe Road, Kirby Cross. They assaulted the teen, stole his tobacco and £5, and then
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Essex: police officers recruited - despite convictions
People have been taken on as police officers in Essex despite convictions for weap-ons, drugs, violence, and driving offences. Figures released by Essex Police show that 25 of the 3,458 serving officers have criminal convictions – 15 of which
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Colchester: final cautions for trio who took i-Pod in robbery
THREE youths were given a final caution after being arrested in connection with a Colchester robbery. A 15-year-old boy was assaulted and then robbed of his iPod by the trio on Tuesday evening in an alleyway between Park Road and Queens Road in Lexden
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North Essex: Lizzi and Josh plan charity event in memory of heart vicitm Ollie, 21
IT hit Josh Harmer hard when his best friend died aged just 21. Ollie Marsden collapsed in front of his team-mates at a rugby training session and later died from a suspected heart attack. Two months on, Mr Harmer and girlfriend Lizzi Wood, of Burrs
