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Proper pub grub will tempt us back
I have wanted to visit the Lexden Crown for ages. Billed as a good pub with equally good grub I decided there was no better time to go than on a Sunday to try out its roasts. An intimate setting with friendly staff and a good drink list settled us
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Elton’s parties are great, but I love it back in Essex
LISA Scott Lee is tired from partying at Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball last night. “I’m afraid I’ve just finished recovering,” she confesses. “It was a bit of a surreal night. At one point I was having a chat with Shirley Bassey in
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Grapes of wrath! Bomb trailer stolen by raiders
THE owner of a vineyard has appealed for raiders to return a Second World War bomb trailer which had been in the family for more than 60 years. The large wooden trailer, of sentimental value, was kept in the tractor barn at Carter’s Vineyards, in
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Cowan sends out message to England as he scores century against Essex
ED Cowan issued a powerful message to England’s bowlers as Gloucestershire took charge on the second day of the County Championship Division Two match against Essex at Cheltenham. While his countrymen were comprehensively outplayed by Alastair
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Residents furious at broadband blow
HIGH-SPEED broadband could be a pipe dream for residents on a Colchester estate after plans for an internet exchange were refused again. BT has had permission for an equipment cabinet turned down twice by Colchester Council. The council said the site
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Colchester Angling Preservation Society closes Layer Pit after fish hit by virus
A FISHING lake has been closed after hundreds of carp died. Colchester Angling Preservation Society closed Layer Pit, in Layer de la Haye, after about 200 fish were found dead. The fish died due to a bacterial infection and a lack of oxygen in the water
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Movie set to mirror Blur’s early days
A MOVIE charting the fortunes of a fictional Britpop band from Colchester is being filmed later this year – with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon writing the soundtrack. The Wanderers is set in the town in 1996, with scenes to be shot in Colchester and London
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Opposition grows to conservation centre
THE tide of opposition is growing to proposals for a heritage and conservation centre in Dedham Vale. More than 100 members of Stour Valley Action Group attended a meeting to discuss the latest, fifth application from established family firm Bunting
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Now pensioners hit out at new bus station
A PENSIONERS’ group has spoken out against plans for Colchester’s £2million bus station. Work is due due to start on July 30, but the scheme has already been poorly received by the public and bus users’ group, C-bus. Concerns have been raised that
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U’s new training field gets a yellow card...on day one
COLCHESTER United have been accused of breaking planning rules by allowing afternoon training sessions at the new Florence Park practice ground. The U’s have moved into the £2.5million complex in Grange Road, Tiptree after years of training at Essex
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Police appeal following Alresford burglary
BURGLARS smashed a front window of a house in broad daylight near Colchester. Police are appealing for witnesses following a burglary in Coach Road, Alresford. Between 11.30am and 1.30pm on Tuesday, criminals smashed a lounge window and stole a Playstation
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Colchester: Shop worked attacked with stone
A SHOP worker was left badly bleeding after his attacker threw a stone at his head. Essex Police said the victim, who was working at Martin’s newsagent in Hunwicke Road, Greenstead, Colchester, could have suffered a serious injury.
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More than three people caught drink driving in Essex every day
DANGEROUS drunk drivers are putting lives at risk with more than three people a day caught in June. Essex Police ran a zero tolerance summer drink driving campaign during the European Championships. There were 110 people caught for driving over the
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Hero's family "robbed of an explanation"
THE family of heroic police officer PC Ian Dibell have lost the chance to find out why he was killed, according to a former cop. Former chief superintendent Mick Thwaites said Peter Reeve’s decision to kill himself robbed PC Dibell’s family
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Deerhounds could be put down after attack in Brightlingsea, court told
TWO dogs bit people and attacked dogs after running away from their owner. Mary Girling’s two deerhounds Quill and Sabine ran off from private land after becoming tangled in an electric fence. The fence, which was not live at the time
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Sir Bob and Bernard spar over Lords reform
ESSEX MPs clashed in Parliament during a debate on plans to reform the House of Lords. Sir Bob Russell, Lib Dem MP for Colchester, challenged Conservative North Essex MP, Bernard Jenkin during a speech in the House of Commons. Mr Jenkin was speaking
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O'Toole considered leaving U's
John-Joe O’Toole has admitted he considered the prospect of quitting Colchester United this summer. But the tenacious midfielder said talks with U’s boss John Ward helped convince him that his future lies at the Weston Homes Community Stadium
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Classical music in honour of Steven
SOME of London’s finest classical singers will be performing in Great Horkesley this weekend in aid of the Pimlott Foundation. The foundation was set up in memory of the late Steven Pimlott, an internationally-acclaimed theatre director, who worked
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IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: DOG KILLER JAILED
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A MAN who mutilated his dog with ameat cleaver and shot it 17 times with an air rifle has been jailed for six months. Andrew Summerfield, 44, of Defoe Crescent, Colchester, dumped Barney on the A12 after the attack - the dog had to
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TV soundtrack release was recorded on old lighthouse at the Hythe
COLCHESTER-BAsed Dead Rat Orchestra have just released the haunting soundtrack they recorded for a BBC documentary about an obscure bird hunt on a remote island. The electro-experimental outfit wrote the music for the Guga Hunters of Ness, which was
