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Music days for historic buildings
THE music of Colchester will be sounding out all over the town this weekend. The event, Music of Place, forms part of Gift and will be bringing Colchester’s historic buildings alive with a series of specially-commissioned compositions performed by the
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REVIEW: Round the Horne
EVER wondered what it would have been like to sit in on a recording of Sixties comedy radio classic, Round the Horne? I imagine that’s what the producers of this stage show thought and then pinched themselves when they realised nobody else had thought
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As Hanna fled Nazis, doomed mum urged: ‘Don’t weep for me’
HANNA Slome was 14 when she was put on a train from Prague to Harwich in May, 1939. Little did she know it would be the last time she saw her mother’s face. Hanna was one of 669 Jewish children put on Kindertransport trains organised by English stockbroker
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20.08: My journey on the UK's fourth most overcrowded train ends
Reporter Sonia Elks is on the 18.22 London Liverpool Street to Clacton train - revealed as the fourth most overcrowded service in the country. 18.24 - “London Liverpool Street Station is buzzing with commuters who just want to to get home.
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Burglar told - do not use cannabis
A BURGLAR who spent all of his benefit money on drugs has been banned by a judge from using cannabis for a year as part of his sentence. The judge told William Box he was not encouraging him to take up cannabis again, but that he had to put
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A hero's letter from beyond the grave
CHARITY workers have received a terrible shock after getting a “letter from beyond the grave” from a soldier, killed in Afghanistan. Pensioners Barbara and Iain Bell were thrilled when Sgt Stuart “Gus” Millar wrote, thanking them for boxes
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Row over circus posters
A CONTROVERSIAL circus is being criticised again – this time for flyposting all over Colchester. Last month the Great British Circus was at the centre of a storm of criticism after hidden camera footage showed a performing elephant being hit by a groom
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Harwich Redoubt to feature on Flog It!
CAMERA crews descended on the historic Harwich Redoubt during a visit to north Essex for the BBC show, Flog It! The main portion of the show was filmed in Clacton last Wednesday, bringing hundreds of fans out to queueing and get their trinkets valued
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Air show a reminder of pride in our war heroes
I was disgusted to read the letter by Bob Hibbert complaining about the Clacton Air Show (Gazette, Tuesday). It must be a very difficult job to arrange such a show, especially if the weather is not reliable. But never mind, he will no doubt
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Generosity will help sufferers
The Colchester branch of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign would like to thank the people of Colchester for their generosity during our collection at the Co-op supermarket, in Peartree Road, which took place on August 22. The total raised was
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Dig this or you may lose plot
This once again is a message to certain allotment holders. What happens if I do not work my allotment? Simple – use it or lose it. Plots are inspected at least four times a year, and if you don’t keep your plot under cultivation, you will have
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Nationality not an issue for me
Regarding the story “Man stabbed cousin in drunken rent row” on Wednesday. I was very disappointed by the Gazette’s reporting of the above. Why did the reporter feel the need to start the report “A Polish man...”? Surely it is irrelevant what
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Must recapture Jaywick’s past
I agree with the remarks made by Lord Hanningfield concerning Jaywick. My late parents owned holiday bungalows since 1941, one in Grasslands and the other in Brooklands. The bungalows were constructed of timber or asbestos, and there was no
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Ultra-modern court building is approved
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a striking, ultra-modern new courthouse building in Colchester have been given the go-ahead. Colchester councillors have approved a Government application for the £30million court building, on the St Botolph’s car park site –
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Traditional tasting that signals start of oyster crop
THE first Colchester Native oysters of the season slipped down a treat. A ceremony which dates back to 1540 saw mayor Henry Spyvee sample the first of this year’s crop of the town’s famous marine molluscs. Dignitaries and guests sailed out in the Pyefleet
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Wivenhoe gain first triumph of the season
Wivenhoe Town’s season is up and running. Having waited almost a month and eight games to record their first win of the campaign, it finally came with a success in the FA Vase first qualifying round at Baldock Town Letchworth. The Dragons and their
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Boothroyd has a feeling
The start of something really good. Aidy Boothroyd said his first match in charge of Colchester United confirmed his belief that he can bring good times to the club. New U’s boss Boothroyd guided his side to a hard-earned 0-0 draw at Southampton in
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Magnus: teamtalk was inspirational
Magnus Okuonghae revealed Aidy Boothroyd’s inspirational half-time team-talk helped drive Colchester United to claim a point at Southampton. The U’s might have crumbled in the second half at St Mary’s, after seeing Kem Izzet sent off and captain Pat
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Stanway top the Ridgeons League
Grit and determination won the day as Stanway Rovers had a thoroughly deserved win against Leiston in the Ridgeons League premier division. The visitors left the Hawthorns pitch looking shell-shocked after their 2-0 defeat and this win lifted Stanway
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Youngsters turfed off buses over pass delay
SCHOOLCHILDREN are being turned away from school buses because of delays in processing applications for free passes. Essex County Council says it may take as long as three weeks to send out some of the passes still awaited by hundreds of youngsters
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Patients unhappy at lack of regular GPs
PATIENTS are feeling let down by their local GP surgery’s lack of regular doctors. The last permanent GP recently left Green Elms surgery in Crossways, Jaywick, leaving it relying entirely on locum cover for the first time since it opened a
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Councils are banning staff from websites
TWO out of three north Essex councils don’t allow staff to access social networking sites from office computers, the Gazette has found. Portsmouth City Council recently hit the headlines for banning staff from visiting the Facebook site. It did so
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Colchester parking fines hotspots revealed
TRAFFIC wardens are on course to dish out an extra 2,000 parking tickets in Colchester this year, the Gazette can reveal. Colchester Council’s attendants handed out 12,836 fines in 2008, and ticketed more than 9,000 motorists in the first seven
