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Teenagers’ fury as youth service axed
ANGRY staff and teenagers gathered at a council meeting to witness a youth service and at least 160 jobs being scrapped. Essex County Council’s cabinet agreed at County Hall yesterday, to axe Connexions and its 12 centres around the county. The move
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Parents’ anger over Mercury Theatre panto refund refusal
SOME parents are angry they couldn’t get a refund on tickets for a school panto trip cancelled because of bad weather. About 140 Year 1 pupils from Mersea Island School had tickets to see Aladdin at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, on Friday. Headteacher
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X Factor hero Matt Cardle back at his local pub
X FACTOR finalist Matt Cardle wiped away tears after performing an emotional home-coming gig in his local pub. The singer was mobbed by hundreds of fans as he arrived at the Five Bells, in Colne Engaine, alongside his mentor Dannii Minogue
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Essex University screens X Factor final for second year running
MATT Cardle mania will be on display when Essex University stages a special live screening of this weekend’s X Factor final. Fans can join the film crew and friends of the 27-year-old from Little Maplestead at the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall at Colchester
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New shoreline plan to protect Essex coast agreed
A NEW shoreline plan to try and “hold the line” between the sea and the coast in Essex has been agreed. The cabinet for Essex County Council approved the new management plan after spending the last year reviewing the options for the county’s coastline
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Facebook page set up to try and save youth service
A FACEBOOK page has been set up to try and save the Connexions youth service in Essex. More than 250 people have already signed up after the cabinet for Essex County Council decided to axe the service and the 12 centres around the county. Connexions
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Tributes paid to Colchester soldier in Parliament
CONDOLENCES have been sent to the family of Colchester Paratrooper John “Jack” Howard by the Prime Minister and opposition leader in Parliament. David Cameron and Ed Miliband sent their best wishes to the family during Prime Minister Questions
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Disabled man robbed at knifepoint in Colchester
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a street robbery in Victor Road, Colchester. A disabled 49-year-old man was confronted by two men, one of which produced a knife, who demanded cash. The victim, who needs a walking stick,
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School transport will be cut
SCHOOL transport on offer for tens of thousands of children will be re-assessed and cut. This includes those with special educational needs and families with disabled children who are entitled to higher mobility benefit. The cabinet for Essex County
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Youth service will be scrapped
ANGRY staff and teenagers gathered at a council meeting to witness a youth service and at least 160 jobs being scrapped. The cabinet for Essex County Council agreed at County Hall on Tuesday, December 7, to axe Connexions and its 12 centres around the
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County council to change supplier contracts
THREE million pounds could be saved every year as Essex County Council looks to renegotiate its buildings contracts, but some jobs could be lost. The council is hoping that by using just one or two outside suppliers for facilities and asset
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Council agrees plan to get more money for the county
A NEW strategy has been approved to try and get more grants for the county in the future. But it does not go far enough in trying to improve the "massive dearth of infrastructure" in Essex, according to one senior councillor. Essex County
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Fight to overturn murder conviction goes on
A CONVICTED murderer is continuing in his bid to clear his name. Simon Hall, 33, is hoping The Court of Appeal in London will overturn his 2003 conviction for the killing of pensioner Joan Albert in Capel St Mary, near Colchester. The 79-year-oldwas
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Helpers needed for charity Christmas party
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help with a Christmas party for people with learning disabilities. United Response is organising the party on Tuesday, December 14, from 4pm to 6pm, at the community centre on Hawthorn Avenue, Greenstead. The party is for those
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Fire leaves family homeless for Christmas
A FAMILy face a difficult Christmas after fire badly damaged their home. The blaze broke out in the semi-detached house off Glebe Road, Tiptree, on Tuesday night. The two adults and two children and pet dog all got out safely but the blaze caused
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Question over Bob’s claims
I read with interest your report on Bob Russell’s expenses from May to the end of August 2010 (Gazette, December 3). While I am not so concerned as to how many toilet rolls he needs to purchase, what is of a concern is the rent he pays. I understand
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Where are the shops’ canopies?
If you go to Chelmsford, Ipswich or Norwich, or most big towns in Essex, you can park your car and walk to the shops without even going outside and then shop in the warm where most shops are all undercover. Yet here in Colchester we have car
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The real reason to close school
So now we know! We’ve long suspected that the real reason Essex County Council was so keen to close Alderman Blaxill school was to sell the valuable land that goes with it. Now Stephen Castle has said Alderman Blaxill “may have to be” sold off
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It’s not always practical to open when snow falls
As a headteacher of a closed school, I felt it important to briefly write and outline an alternative point of view. While I have great admiration for Simon Billings, headteacher at St John’s Green Primary School, who I know personally, and heads
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£2.4m Colbea centre for businesses to open in Colchester
A BUSINESS unit aimed at nurturing the growth of multi-million pound companies of the future will be opening next month. About 60 per cent of the 27 offices at the 14,000 sq ft North Colchester Business Centre have been leased in advance. The £2.4million
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Race For Life venue scrapped to "streamline" event
A POPULAR venue for one of the region’s biggest fundraising events has been scrapped in a re-organisation. Essex University’s Wivenhoe campus has been dropped as one of the courses for next year’s Race For Life. Instead, Cancer Research UK wants to
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More affordable homes for Colchester
MORE than 100 affordable homes have been provided in Colchester in recent months. A Colchester Council meeting next week will discuss a report which reveals 119 new affordable homes have been built or converted since April this year. A further 300 council
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Updated: Third student protest in Colchester
AROUND 200 students held a protest in Colchester Town Centre against proposed education cuts. Students, parents and lecturers took to the streets, including representatives from the University College Union, Labour party councillors and university
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Matt Cardle mobbed in Colchester
IT was hysteria like Colchester has never seen before, when X Factor heart throb Matt Cardle came to town. Thousands of female fans worked themselves into a frenzy ahead of the 27-year-old Essex boy’s homecoming gig for hit ITV show X Factor.
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Charter Hall to host cage fighting nights
CAGE fighting looks set to become a fixture on Colchester’s entertainment calendar, despite safety fears. Promoter Gavin Robinson hired Colchester Council-owned Charter Hall to stage the town’s first showcase of the emerging sport, which
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Commons pledge to help make A120 stretch safer
TRANSPORT ministers have pledged to work with campaigners and council bosses to make a road safer. Mike Penning, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, made the statement after Witham MP Priti Patel highlighted the dangers
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Bond hands U's fitness boost
Midfield dynamo Andy Bond is ready to return from injury and boost Colchester United over the festive period. The free-scoring midfielder - nicknamed Forrest Gump because of his non-stop running - is currently sidelined following a double hernia
