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Family’s tribute to mother and son who died in blaze
THE family of a mother and son who died in a house fire have spoken of their sadness. Marie and Norman Bagley, the aunt and uncle of retired teacher Francis Carter, who was killed in the blaze at Maydays, in Land Lane, Colchester, thanked wellwishers
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Reveller survives car park plunge
A MAN was lucky to escape alive when he fell off a multi-storey car park. The 29-year-old was one of six men who climbed inside St Johns’ car park in Colchester as part of drunken hi-jinx. The group clambered across the roof of the Colchester Council
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Our team efforts to help keep crime off Colchester’s streets
POLICE sirens wailed over the recreation ground in Old Heath, Colchester...but it was youngsters behind the wheels of squad cars. The emergency services, Army and voluntary organisations held a community day for residents. Young and old were encouraged
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Residents relieved as bar’s 4am booze bid fails
A BAR has been refused permission to stay open later than any other watering-hole in Colchester. Fashion Cafe Bar, in St Botolph’s Street, wanted to serve alcohol until 4am on Fridays and Saturdays – an hour later than its existing licence allowed.
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Islamic group advised to relocate to house growing congregation
COLCHESTER’S Muslim community can expand their mosque, but have been advised to look elsewhere to serve a growing congregation. The mosque has been created out of two houses – numbers 2 and 3 Priory Street – with the gardens concreted over to provide
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We’re sorry work noise woke you...here’s £500
BLEARY-EYED students who are woken by building work on their campus have been given as much as £500 in compensation. Undergraduates living in Essex University’s North Towers, at Wivenhoe Park, have been given a payout after months of disturbance. Students
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Murder-torture case pair will not testify
TWO men accused of torturing and murdering a man when he refused to give them his bank card details will not go in the witness box. Barristers acting for Danny Howsego and Jon Williams told the jury at the pair’s trial their clients would not testify
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New Year murder bid trial near to end
THE trial of a man accused of attempted murder is nearing an end. Justin Faircloth denies stabbing a man in the back at a block of flats in Colchester in the early hours of January 1 this year. Faircloth, of Smallwood Road, Colchester, blames his estranged
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Angela full of praise for new care home
TELEVISION legend Angela Rippon cut the ribbon at a new care home. The Cash in the Attic presenter officially opened Silversprings in Tenpenny Hill, Thorrington, and planted a tree in its grounds. The £6million home will care for more than 60 residents
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‘You’re not getting a home...you can live in your car’
A COUPLE claim a council has refused to house them because they have a car they can live in. Shaun Jacobs, 29, and Tracey Mayhew, 21, spent last night in a Vauxhall Vectra, in Colchester’s Butt Road car park, having lived in cars for the past
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Keane: Eastman's debut red card was harsh
ROY Keane felt Tom Eastman “deserved the benefit of the doubt”, after being sent off on his Ipswich Town debut. The Colchester-born defender, who lives in Clacton, was dismissed for two bookings during yesterday’s 3-0 defeat by Sheffield United at Portman
