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It’s worth a gander at the Fat Goose
WHEN you make the effort to drive to somewhere out in the sticks, you really hope it will be worth it. My partner and I chose the Fat Goose on the Saturday evening of Valentine’s weekend and with recommendations from friends, our expectations
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Volunteers crucial in the community
FORMER social worker Shirley Cuthew knows what a crucial role volunteers play in the community. As the company secretary of Colchester Carers Centre, she works with people who are committed to offering their time and skills for the benefit of others.
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75% of speed cameras are switched off
ONLY a quarter of Essex’s speed cameras are working at any one time, the Gazette has learned. The council has 99 fixed safety camera sites – ten in Colchester and seven in Tendring. But Essex County Council does not have enough cameras to keep each
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Google at centre of web slur row
COLCHESTER businesses have hit out at internet giant Google for failing to remove incorrect and insulting reviews on its website. The maps.google.co.uk website contains reviews which come up when visitors search for tourist attractions, businesses, restaurants
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Colchester-based Army units suffer heaviest losses yet
FRESH offensives against the Taleban and better weather have been blamed for a dramatic increase in deaths and serious injuries among British troops in Afghanistan. In February so far, seven soldiers have died, four of them either Colchester-based, or
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Colchester Cat Rescue founder Sheila dies
THE woman who founded Colchester Cat Rescue more than 30 years ago has died, aged 84. Sheila Parsonson passed away peacefully in Welshwood Manor nursing home, Colchester. She started to rescue cats and look after them in her own home while living and
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Patient falls halved under hospital trial
The number of falls at one of Colchester General Hospital’s elderly care wards has halved since a new scheme was introduced. The average number of falls each month on Birch Ward was 12 last month compared to 24 previously. The hospital started the trial
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Colchester mother wants security patrols to stop grave thieves
GRIEVING families are calling for more security patrols at Colchester Cemetery after a spate of thefts from their loves ones’ graves. Police have issued a warning to families in the wake of a series of thefts from graves and from vehicles parked at
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Bernard Jenkin MP asks: "What is the Big Society?"
ESSEX MP Bernard Jenkin has launched an inquiry to find out what the “Big Society” actually is. The Harwich and North Essex MP announced the probe by the Public Administration Select Committee, which he chairs. Critics say the concept is too vague to
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Women race to sign up for big weekend
MORE than 500 women have already signed up for this summer's Race for Life events in Colchester. Organisers are delighted with the number of women already pledged to raise cash for the event in July. For the first time ever all three events will
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Boss forced to pay thief £13k compensation
A COMPANY boss is “disgusted” he will have to pay compensation to a worker who stole from him. In 2008, Simon Cremer, his brother Andrew and two colleagues carried out a citizen’s arrest on employee Mark Gilbert, who they found stealing from Mr Cremer
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Residents’ anger over tree felling
RESIDENTS have hit out at a company after it chopped down trees without warning. Householders complained to local councillors after storage company Space Makers felled 12 trees at its site in Ipswich Road. The trees, which were mainly silver birch,
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U's reserves take on Ipswich Town
Colchester United's reserves are in action this afternoon at neighbours Ipswich Town. Richard Hall's second-string U's side travel to Town's training ground for the totesport.com Combination game, which kicks off at 2pm. Youngsters Seb Dunbar and Dan
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Terrified cabbie tried to drive thief to police station
A TAXI driver has told of his terrifying ride after a customer attacked him for just £55. The 67-year-old, from Tiptree, was put in a headlock, but refused to let the thug escape and drove for half a mile before his attacker jumped out. The driver was
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Paratrooper killed by roadside bomb was due to marry fiancee
A COLCHESTER-BASED soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday was due to marry his fiancee at the end of the tour. Lance Corporal Kyle Cleet Marshall, from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was killed by a roadside bomb following a firefight with insurgents
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Have your say on GP changes
Significant changes are on their way regarding the way local health services will be purchased and provided, and we would very much welcome the public’s thoughts on how they can be best engaged in these changes. Under the recently-published
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Take your litter home with you
Your correspondent, A Foster (Letters, February 11) seems not to be in full command of the facts in complaints about dog mess, suggesting a return to three-party politics would break the “stranglehold” Tendring First has on the district council
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Support National Defence Medal battle
In any right-minded society, those who volunteer to serve their country in the Armed Forces should be properly recognised. Serving personnel and veterans appreciate the massive support the British public has given us recently, but we have powerful
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Swifts dumped out of league cup at quarter-final stage
HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS bowed out of the Championship Manager Cup at the quarter-final stage last night, after losing 2-0 at home to Dulwich Hamlet. The Ryman League division one south side scored two late goals to dump Swifts out of the League Cup competition
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Let’s be positive about the improvement of Greenstead
I write this letter after being shown an article, which was headlined: “Revealed: Town’s crime hotspots” (Gazette, February 3), and was illustrated by a picture of the turning where I live on the Greenstead estate, in Colchester. The actual close
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One in six shops now empty in Colchester
COLCHESTER’S shops are closing at one of the fastest rates in the East of England, a survey claims. The vacancy rate is said to be up nearly 5 per cent on last year – with one in six shops in the town now empty. The research by the Local Data Company
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NHS reforms ‘may put patients at risk’
A LUNG cancer expert has warned the Government’s NHS reform plans could put patients’ lives at risk. Dr Tim Howes, a consultant chest physician at Colchester General Hospital, says proposals for the biggest overhaul of the NHS since its inception could