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World-class jazz is now closer for fans
ONE of the most highly-renowned jazz clubs in the country is moving closer to Essex. For many years, Jazz at the Fleece, in Boxford, Suffolk, attracted jazz fans from all over the world, lured by the chance to see big names such as Jamie Cullum in an
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Just some songs at Twilight...
A TWILIGHT festival offers an excellent way to end a warm and hazy August. Featuring music from artists including Jazmine Ava, Navacross and Who Said What, Saturday’s mini-festival on Saturday, in the Minories Gallery Gardens, off Colchester High Street
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A brimful of Cornershop in Colchester this week
IT’S been a while since the world last heard from British-Asian band Cornershop. Best known for their 1997 UK number one single, Brimful of Asha, the band are playing at Colchester Arts Centre on Sunday. Formed in Leicester in 1991 by Wolverhampton-born
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Ex-Stone Roses frontman coming our way
FORMER frontman with the Stone Roses and northern folk hero, Ian Brown, is heading south for a pair of shows within easy drive for north Essex fans. The singer will be playing both the Regent Theatre, in St Helens Street, Ipswich and the Cliffs Pavilion
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Duo's new T.Rex tribute CD
TWO members of a tribute band have recorded a cover album with a difference. The CD, A Dream that Lasts Forever, gives you the songs of Marc Bolan played acoustically and sung by Danielz, lead singer and lead guitarist with tribute band, T.Rextasy.
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Beat Roots session is on this month
AFTER a last-minute cancellation last month, the August Beat Roots session, at Maldon’s Blue Boar Hotel, is definitely on. This Friday you can enjoy top-class blues and roots music at the Silver Street inn. Featured artists are harmonica ace and singer
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Hospice acoustic benefit night
THE Fat Cat in Butt Lane, Colchester, has an acoustic night on Sunday, with acts including Paul Steven Wood, Sinead Orme, Ady Johnson and Stu E Skinner. The show runs from 6pm until midnight and is free, though punters are to donate to St Helena Hospice
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When flight is might at seafront airshow
THE Red Arrows will be soaring high this week for one of the county’s biggest events. In a treat for aircraft fans, the troupe will be performing above the seafront on both days of Clacton Air Show, which takes place tomorrow and Friday. The air show
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Victorian tea room with a modern twist
THERE are a select few places which have established themselves in Colchester’s culinary psyche and Poppy’s is definitely one of them. For as long as I can remember, the quaint, beamed rooms which make up Poppy’s has been the place to go for afternoon
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Amusing vignette after vignette
REVIEW MR AND MRS NOBODY< CHARLES and Carrie Pooter are very much like Frinton Summer Theatre – reassuringly British. A couple from an era long gone, and yet who occupy a place dear in our hearts today, they could be any married couple from any place
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Centurion Maunders digs in against old county
JOHN Maunders celebrated a century against his former county as Essex dominated the opening day of their LV County Championship Division Two duel with Leicestershire at Chelmsford. The 28-year-old opener, who spent five seasons at Grace Road before
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Huge rise in seaside rescues
SEAFRONT bosses claim the summer of 2009 is set to be one of the busiest for beach patrol teams in Clacton, Frinton and Walton. Tendring Council’s beach patrol and seafront wardens say one of the largest increases in incidents has been rescuing swimmers
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Call for safety probe follows
RESIDENTS have called for more safety measures alongside the spot where the body of a 23-year-old man was found. People living near to the River Colne, which runs under East Street, in Colchester, say they want to see better lighting, life jackets, CCTV
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MP’s wife slams guerilla gardeners
THE wife of Colchester’s MP has slammed guerrilla gardeners who planted flowers in council beds then left them to die. Audrey Russell was shocked when she and husband Bob drove past tubs at Middleborough, which were filled with blooms last month by a
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Man found in River Colne is named
The body of a 23-year-old found in the River Colne on Friday has been named as Ivan Reshetilov. Mr Reshetilov was a music student from Rowhedge. See the Gazette tomorrow for the full story. Did you know Ivan? Would you like to Pay tribute to him? Contact
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Maldon firm sells Great Train Robbery car
A CAR used in the Great Train Robbery has been sold by an Essex dealer. A Lotus Cortina owned by heist mastermind, Bruce Reynolds, and used to reconnoitre the robbery scene, has been sold for about £100,000 to an unnamed buyer. The souped-up 1963
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The day Page 3 Jade's future mum-in-law played matchmaker
IF any Colchester bride ought to look good in her wedding pictures it is Jade Cartwright. After 19 years of magazine photoshoots the world over, the town’s very own former Page 3 girl is tying the knot on September 5. Jade, 36, says she’s head-over-heels
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Promoter calls off Family Festival
AN ESSEX rock festival for which nearly 17,000 tickets had been sold has been cancelled – days before it was due to begin. More than 70 bands, headed by Bez from the Happy Mondays, had been advertised as for the Essex Family Festival at Steeple, near
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U's players at the Co-op
U’s FANS had a chance to check out two of the club’s stars at the checkout of a Colchester supermarket. Goalkeeper Ben Williams and midfielder David Perkins met supporters at the Co-op supermarket in Peartree Road, Stanway. The store recently started
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Group delighted as park is refurbished
DELIGHTED youths on a Colchester estate have finally got their own play area. The Brooklands Community Group set up an appeal in September to raise money for bored youngsters. The group, made up from residents in Brooklands, off Brook Street, needed
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Gurkha restaurant 'one food business to many'
A BUSINESSMAN hoping to transform an empty shop into a restaurant, bar and music venue, may be refused permission because council bosses say there are already too many food businesses nearby. Colchester businessman Harka Sewa’s proposed Nepalese Gurkha
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Holland not applying for U's job
MATT Holland has not applied for the vacant manager’s job at Colchester United. The former Ipswich Town legend appears to have ruled himself out of the running to replace Paul Lambert, who quit last week to take over at Norwich City. The U’s have received
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Teen in hospital after being hit with brick in street fight
A TEENAGER is in hospital with a serious head injury after a group fight in which he is thought to have been attacked with a brick. The 18-year-old, from Clacton, was taken to Queen’s Hospital, in Romford, with a fractured skull after the fight in an
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Relief as travelling show winter site plan rejected
VILLAGERS are celebrating after an application for a site for travelling showmen was thrown out. But campaigners in Tolleshunt Knights have been warned that the battle is likely to continue. More than 80 members of the Barnhall Road Action Group filled
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Medals donated to museum
A MAN’S First World War medals have been presented to a military museum. Edward Nicholls, from Colchester, served in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry between 1914 and 1918. Town MP Bob Russell handed over his medals to the regimental museum in Bodmin
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lonely les amazed by interest in his plight
A PENSIONER has described his surprise at how his story of loneliness has hit the international headlines. Les Harrington’s has a retirement village in Witham to himself, and his plight was revealed by the Gazette earlier this month. The 86-year-old
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‘We are working hard in fight against crime’
A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED scheme to improve life in Jaywick has been defended after figures showing the country’s most deprived areas are still hardest hit by crime. The Conservatives accused the Government of failing the country’s poorest communities. An
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Council may switch to fortnightly rubbish collections
RUBBISH collections in the Maldon district could be switched from weekly to fortnightly. Maldon District Council is considering offering a kerbside plastics collection to increase recycling rates – but officers say this would require significant investment
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Crackdown sees drop in antisocial behaviour
WITH some very sensible walking boots and a warm jacket I was ready to see Operation Concha put into practice. I joined the town’s bobbies and specially-trained surveillance officers from Essex Police’s forward intelligence team (Fit) as they gathered
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Father and son scale new heights
A FATHER and son braved freezing temperatures and scaled new heights for charity. Pharmacist Anil Gandecha, 53, and son Anish, 18, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, raising about £3,000 for the Stroke Association. Mr Gandecha, who runs AMG Pharmacy
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Rowing ladies in the pink for charity race
THE Basin Oars are at it again – rowing to raise thousands of pounds for charity. The ladies from Heybridge Basin, who started up almost 20 years ago, will be competing in the Great River Race on Saturday, September 5. The team, who are easily recogniseable
