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Blaze hits abandoned offices near Colchester quay
TWENTY firefighters battled a blaze at empty offices in Whitehall Industrial Estate. Crews from Brightlingsea, Wivenhoe and Clacton joined Colchester's aerial ladder platform after being called to the long-derelict building on Haven Road at
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Headteacher says parents could still save school
PARENTS will still get the chance to decide if Colchester’s Alderman Blaxill school should re-open once it has closed in 2014, its headteacher claims. Essex County Council has confirmed plans to shut the school in August 2014, with the last
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Burglars steal car after raiding home in Harwich
BURGLARS raided a Harwich home while its residents were in another room, before stealing their car. They broke into a home in Main Road between 7pm and 9pm last night while the occupants were in another room. A handbag, cards and car keys were taken
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Colchester fire crews tackle two car blazes overnight
COLCHESTER fire crews were twice called out to tackle car blazes on Saturday night. At around 7.50pm, one crew put out a fire in an abandoned Peugeot Estate outside Ardleigh Hall Squash Club on Dedham Road. Then at 1.45am the following morning, they
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Brick thrown through window of car in Harwich
A BRICK was thrown through the window of a car in Harwich late on Friday night. Anyone with information about the criminal damage caused to a black car parked on Ashley Road should call Harwich Town police station on 0300 333 4444.
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Paratrooper killed in hometown days before he was to fly out to Afghanistan
A PARATROOPER has died after being attacked on a night out days before he was due to join Colchester-based colleagues in Afghanistan. Private Rory McWilliams, a member of Colchester-based Second Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, was assaulted
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Man jailed over cash theft from elderly
TWO women in their eighties have been left traumatised by a man purporting to be a gardener who stole cash from their homes. Leo Temple, pictured, tricked his way into the houses of the 84 and 89-year-olds and took money from their purses. A court heard