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TV quiz winner Steve banking on new cafe in Clacton
A BANK worker has given up deals for meals after a big TV quiz show win. Mortgage adviser Steve Woodward, 29, won £200,000 with his friend Tony Grant, 27, when they appeared on Channel 4’s the Million Pound Drop in October. The father-of-one
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Donkeys to return to Castle Park in Colchester
YOUNGSTERS visiting Colchester's Castle Park this summer are in for a treat. For alongside the acres of open space and play equipment, there will be donkey rides to enjoy for the first time in decades. Sue Field, who runs Leavenheath-based
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Colchester mum faces trial after girl misses year’s school
A MOTHER faces trial next month for keeping her daughter off school for a year. Pamela Allen, of Maidenburgh Street, Colchester, took daughter, Faye, out of St Helena School in March last year after claiming the teenager’s human rights had
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Colchester shop worker locked up for refunds fraud
A SHOP worker has been locked up for a fraud that netted him more than £20,000. Ben Miller sent refunds for clothes supposedly bought from a Colchester fashion store to his own bank account. By the time matters came to light, Miller
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Guard dogs hired to stop travellers using traveller site
COLCHESTER’S controversial new official traveller site is being guarded around the clock by security staff – to stop travellers moving in illegally. A security guard with a dog is now patrolling the Severalls Lane site after two attempts by travellers
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Shopping centre is delayed 18 months
A LONG-AWAITED £14 million shopping centre will not see the light of day for at least 18 months, it has been confirmed The Braintree bus park development – a bus station, 60-room hotel, multi-storey car park and shops planned for Manor Street – is meant
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Colchester traveller site opens early
TRAVELLERS have been allowed to move onto Colchester’s new site. The pitches at the Essex County Council site on Severalls Lane started to be filled today with the site expected to be full by Friday. See the full story in Thursday's Gazette.
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Girl’s wait to see if attack scar will fade
A GIRL who needed 60 stitches after being savaged by a dog faces an anxious wait to learn whether she will need plastic surgery. Abbie Varrow, five, was bitten in the face by a German shepherd dog while jumping on a trampoline in a neighbour’s back garden
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Watchtower's wartime heritage
HARWICH’S position at the mouths of both the Stour and Orwell estuaries has long made it an important strategic location. As the only safe anchorage between the Thames and Humber, the town thrived as a port, but had also long been considered vulnerable
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Historic gates are back on home soil
ICONIC railway gates that guarded the entrance to Frinton for more than a century are back on home soil. Rail bosses sparked fury after removing the landmarks so they could be replaced by automatic barriers. Now the gates have been officially unveiled
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DEAL OF THE DAY: £89pp weekend at Crowne Plaza
Deal of the Day in today's Gazette is a voucher for two 18-holes of golf, three-course dinner, breakfast, a night in a twin or double room and complimentary use of leisure club facilities at Crowne Plaza in Tolleshunt Knights for £89 per person
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Teenager injured at skate park
A 15 year old girl had to be airlifted to hospital after suffering a head injury at Harwich Skate Park. The East Anglian Air Ambulance landed next to the nearby Boating Lake on Wick Lane before flying the girl to Queen's Hospital in Romford at
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Hundreds lose power in High Woods
HUNDREDS of homes were plunged into darkness after a power shortage. Almost 1,500 homes were without electricity on Tuesday night after an electrical fault hit an underground cable in High Woods at 7.30pm. UK Power Networks had apologised for the fault
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The travellers have wrecked our pitch
TRAVELLERS have been accused of wrecking a football pitch and leaving behind piles of rubbish. Six caravans have now left playing fields in Bromley Road, Colchester, after four days. One of the pitches, used by Gas Recreation Football Club, was damaged
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West Mersea Mayor's charity do
A MAYOR is set to present a year’s worth of fundraising efforts to charity. Cllr John May, West Mersea Mayor, has raised £7,200 through various events throughout his term. He is now set to present cheques to Essex Air Ambulance and St Helena Hospice
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Burglars ransack Colchester home even taking the Easter eggs
CROOKS stole almost £2,000 worth of items during a house burglary even taking the family’s Easter eggs. Police are appealing for information after thieves smashed a rear window and ransacked a home in Woodlands, Colchester. Sometime between noon on
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U's expecting biggest crowd of the season
Colchester United will allow Sheffield Wednesday a bumper ticket allocation for this weekend’s clash at the Weston Homes Community Stadium. The U’s are expecting their biggest crowd of the season for the visit of the promotion-chasing Owls, on Saturday
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Cost of Polestar deal revealed
DETAILS of budget cuts that saved a printing company from closure have emerged. Bosses at Polestar reached an agreement with employees and unions in March to keep the factory running, at Severalls Business Park, Colchester. The deal means employees
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Don’t blame us for loading bay chaos
DRIVERS ignoring loading bay restrictions are blocking Colchester’s Crouch Street. The bays on either side of the road have restrictions at different times of the day to allow deliveries to Circle Bar and Qube on one side, and the Bull on the other side
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In today's Gazette: Defendant "took pills before collapsing"
A DEFENDANT was rushed to hospital after collapsing in Colchester's new courthouse. Brian McCue, 50, fell to the floor moments after an eyewitness heard him threatening to commit suicide. Also in Wednesday's Gazette: * Donkey rides return
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Could we have some water for our plants?
THE team in charge of keeping central Colchester looking bright and blooming is appealing for help to beat the hosepipe ban and keep the town’s flowers alive. Colchester in Bloom is looking for someone who can spare some water for the plants which brighten
