Archive
-
Date
Brilliant Elbow set blows away Oasis blues
MERCURY Prize-winners Elbow brought the biggest cheers of the night with a brilliant performance. Oasis's no show meant their set was extended to an hour and a quarter. And they made full use of it with epic versions of Newborn and set closer One Day
-
Date
Festival-goers gear up for headline acts
There's plenty of cheers at the V Festival and not just for the big name acts. Between Katy Perry and Paolo Nutini performing, an announcer on the 4 Music stage raised massive cheers as he declared the England cricket team had reclaimed the Ashes. Music
-
Date
Don't miss Monday's Gazette...
Don't miss your Gazette on Monday for: Picture special on the V Festival in Hylands Park, Chelmsford Latest on the armed robbery on a jewellers in Priory Street, Colchester Full story on the body found in the River Colne Also.
-
Date
Busy day for Mersea lifeboat crews
LIFEBOAT volunteers had a busy day in Mersea. Coastguards received an emergency call on Saturday at 3.28am from the 84-year-old man in the yacht Plover that had run aground in the Mersea Quarters. The yacht was in danger of overturning and Thames
-
Date
Man fatally injured in parachute jump
A MAN from Essex has died during a parachute jump. Humberside police are investigating the incident at the Hibaldstow airfield in North Lincolnshire. It is thought the 44-year-old man, who has not yet been named, was taking part in a
-
Date
Fans decide who to watch as Oasis pull out of V Festival headline slot
OASIS fans have been left wondering who they are going to watch instead of their favourite band. Their replacements, Snow Patrol, have enough anthems to fill a stadium, but many will see them as too similar to Keane, who will headline the Channel
-
Date
Oasis pull out of Chelmsford's V Fest
Headline act Oasis have pulled out of performing at Chelmsford’s V Festival. Lead singer Liam Gallagher was told not to perform by his doctor after being diagnosed with viral laryngitis. Word began to reach the 85,000-strong crowd at
