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Colchester United sunk by dramatic late goal
Lee Novak scored a dramatic late winner for Huddersfield Town with the last kick of the game to inflict a 2-1 defeat on Colchester United. It looked as though the U's had earned a well-earned point at the Galpharm Stadium, after Simon Hackney had cancelled
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We got just £26 for cancelled trip
A MUM and daughter who scrimped and saved to pay for the holiday of their dreams received just £26 back from their cancelled trip. Sun Island Holidays were forced to cancel their long-awaited holiday to Jersey, due to take place this week, after holiday
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Man suffers fractured skull in hit-and-run
A MAN is in hospital after being involved in a hit-and-run on Friday evening. The 31-year-old was struck by a silver coloured car in West Stockwell Street, Colchester at around 6:30pm on Friday April 30. The pedestrian was taken to Colchester General
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It’ll be a very senior prom
THEY left school decades ago...but that has not deterred Colchester old boys and girls from staging a (very) senior prom. Ex-pupils of Sir Charles Lucas Arts College and the town’s former East Ward and Endsleigh schools will head to the May 30 bash at
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Why have party leaders not campaigned in Colchester?
THERE has been no escape from politics for the past three weeks. The build-up to what could be the most dramatic general election in a generation has taken over TV screens, radio airwaves, and even social networking websites, such as Facebook
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Covering rural beat just got easier thanks to new set of wheels
POLICE in West Mersea will be able to get around the island more quickly thanks to their latest transport addition. Officers have taken delivery of a new car with a bike rack attached, allowing them to drive to outlying communities or beaches with the
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Could ‘poor cleaning’ spell end for hospital contract?
A HOSPITAL trust has threatened to axe its contractors in a row over cleaning. Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has said it may not renew its multi-million pound contract with Carillion after a slip in cleanliness at Colchester
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Bid to lift gag on Hanningfield expenses trial
A BAN on reporting the court case of former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield is to be challenged. Newspapers are set to argue for the right to report on a court hearing of Lord Hanningfield – real name Paul White – and three former Labour
