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Stage set for new arrivals at the Mercury
THE Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced its new executive team. Daniel Buckroyd and Theresa Veith will become artistic director and executive director in July. They replace Dee Evans and Adrian Grady, who left at the beginning of the year Mr
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New Business Advisor
Job Title: New Business Advisor Responsible to: Newspaper Sales Manager - South Essex via the New Business Team Leader Job Purpose To increase the home delivered copies of the Echo via
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New Business Advisor
Job Title:New Business Advisor Have you got what it takes to sell the Echo? We are looking to recuit part time advisors to join our canvassing team Monday to Friday 3.30pm till
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Old Heath roadworks put children at risk
DELAYED roadworks have put children’s safety at risk and made them late for school, according to a Colchester headteacher. Residents, commuters and community representatives have all complained about the temporary traffic lights at the corner of Old
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Nine scholarships up for grabs at Wivenhoe hotel school
SCHOLARSHIPS totalling more than £25,000 are on offer to students at the Wivenhoe House Hotel. The Edge Hotel School, on Colchester Road, will be the first of its kind in the UK where students learn in a fully operational commercial hotel. Nine students
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Colchester: Have your say at hustings
HUSTINGS will be hosted by Colchester Pensioners’ Action Group tomorrow. All parties contesting seats in the Colchester Council elections on May 3 have been invited to send a representative to the event at Cardinal Bourne Hall in Priory Street. Each
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New burial ground is opened in Stanway
A BURIAL ground prepared by Stanway Parish Council has been opened. The one-acre site, in Church Lane, is on land donated by a resident who wants to remain anonymous. Gates, a wall and a car park for the site cost £40,000. It was opened by parish council
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Who will clear up the mess?
On Tuesday, the waste vans came round as expected and took black bags. Later, the recycling team came round, looked in my green box and shut it again, then looked in my neighbour’s box and took out some rubbish, and left. My other neighbours
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Smokers’ democratic rights removed by the Government
I am writing to respond to David Mills’s letter (April 16) about blue badge holders. In his latest letter, responding to the previous two replies on the issue, it’s obvious he actually stops and thinks about the issue, instead of the knee-jerk
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Children’s charity is looking for worth award winners
As a band, Scouting for Girls really believe in the work of WellChild, the national charity for sick children, so much so that we cycled from London to Brighton to raise money for it – and we are proud to be among its celebrity ambassadors. On
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No more road names tripe
The recent disaster regarding the Phase 1 road naming for the Severalls Hospital site, in Colchester, has certainly made my blood boil! A lot of time and effort went into the suggestions for Phase 1 roads, which, after discussion, was agreed
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Copper piping stolen from outside Wivenhoe home
THIEVES have stolen copper piping from outside a Wivenhoe home. The piping was taken sometime between 2.40am and 3am yesterday from Queens Road. Anyone with information call the Colchester area investigation team on 101.
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Plans for Wivenhoe community hall back on agenda
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a gallery on the site of a community hall in Wivenhoe set for approval next week. Applicant Pru Green hopes to turn the former St John’s Ambulance Hall in Chapel Road into a gallery, pottery studio and flat. Colchester Council
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Kids to get Olympic breakfast
SCHOOL children are being given a special treat when the Olympic flame passes their school in July. St John’s Church of England Primary School, in Clay Lane Grove, will celebrate the event by providing pupils and parents with a cooked breakfast in the
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Ward cool on Bennett link
Colchester United manager John Ward has played down rumours linking them with Ipswich Town starlet Callum Bennett. The U’s were rumoured to be keeping tabs on the young right-back, who has turned down the offer of a one-year deal at Portman
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Former cab company boss gets 6-month driving ban
THE former owner of a Colchester cab company has been banned from the road for a series of driving offences. John Moss, 44, of Mill Road, Colchester, admitted five offences when he appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court. He was disqualified from
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Visiting Mersea for the Jubilee? You'll need a passport!
A MILITARY barricade will be set up on the Strood to restrict access to Mersea Island...in the name of charity. The Strood – the only road on and off the island – will be manned by servicemen from Colchester’s Royal Army Medical Corps as part of the
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IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: MAN DENIES DOUBLE MURDER
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A MAN accused of killing his former partner and their two-year-old daughter claims it was not his fault. David Oakes, 50, said his ex-lover Christine Chambers shot little Shania and died when the gun went off as he grabbed it. The
