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Police cuts ‘could create no-go area’
AN independent member of Essex Police Authority fears plans to cut 1,100 police jobs could turn Colchester town centre into a no-go area at night. Essex Police has revealed as many as 400 officers and 700 staff posts could be cut across the county over
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Hero para was going to get married after Afghan tour
A COLCHESTER-BASED soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday was due to marry his fiancee at the end of his tour. Lance Corporal Kyle Cleet Marshall, from 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was killed by a roadside bomb just as his team discovered a
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How paramedics describe our boozy high streets
NHS staff are four times more likely to be attacked than most other workers. The shocking figures from the Commons Public Accounts Committee put the lifesavers second only to the police and security services. Frontline ambulance workers and nurses are
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Teenager robbed after using cashpoint in Greenstead
TWO men have been arrested after a teenager was robbed after using a cash point in Colchester. The 18-year-old was punched in the ribs after being approached by two men in an alleyway in Lugar Close, Greenstead, at 1.10pm today. They
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Colchester Zoo celebrates birth of new baby
ZOOKEEPERS at Colchester Zoo are celebrating the birth of a new aardvark baby. The arrival of the new baby for mum and dad Oq and Adela is the sixth for the zoo's breeding group, making it one of the most successful in Europe. The baby is yet to
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Why north Essex headteachers think Michael Gove is wrong about the English Baccalaureate
Manningtree High School’s headteacher, Deborah Hollister, insists she has no intention of imposing the English Baccalaureate on any of her pupils. It is not often headteachers take quite such a tough stand against Government educational dictats. But
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£1,000 is given to aid paras
JAM-MAKERS have given £1,000 to the Parachute Regiment Afghanistan Trust. Tim Came, managing director of Tiptree-based Thursday Cottage, visited Merville Barracks, the home of 2nd and 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, to hand over the money. The
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Warning sparked by £13k payout
A HUMAN rights campaigner has spoken out about the perils of ignoring the law after a boss, who carried out a citizen’s arrest on a worker who had stolen from him, was forced to pay out £13,000. Roger Smith, director of legal campaign group
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Breast cancer charity is always there to help you
Readers may have seen the recent news that a woman’s lifetime risk of developing breast cancer has risen from one in nine to one in eight. As ambassador of leading support charity, Breast Cancer Care, I want to reassure any readers who are worried
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Walk-in centre was excellent
I recently phoned the doctors’ emergency service when my son became ill over the weekend complaining of a chesty cough, headache and sore throat. The nurse practioner who phoned back advised me it was probably viral, there was no need for him
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Schools need health scheme
It is greatly hoped that, though the Government may no longer fund the National Healthy Schools Initiative, Tim Hull, Essex and Southend Healthy Schools co-ordinator, will succeed in convincing Essex County Council to keep it running, and that
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Do we need these high-paid executives in our councils?
I would like to ask Colchester Councl what it is doing, on a personal basis, to help get this country out of debt. We hear about all the people losing their jobs, but how much money do the council officers earn each year? Do we really need a
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Man left in critical condition following crash
A DRIVER is in a life-threatening condition after his car was left wrapped around a large sign post in Colchester. The 25-year-old man, from the Colchester area, suffered serious injuries to his legs, arm and back during the crash, which happened
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Cowling - new U's youth set-up will be one of the best around
Robbie Cowling is confident Colchester United’s new youth set-up will be one of the best around. And the U’s executive chairman believes their innovative Thurstable School project is “light years” ahead of anything the club has ever done before. Colchester
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Clacton boy Spike now a West End star
SPIKE Grimsey admits it has been a long haul from the West Cliff to the West End. But the former Clacton schoolboy is now living his dream in the long-running West End hit musical Les Miserables and is about to take a leading role as the outrageous innkeeper