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Police warn homeowners after spate of burglaries
POLICE have warned homeowners to lock doors and windows after a spate of burglaries. A home in Forest Road was targeted between 1pm Sunday, July 8 and 3pm Wednesday, July 11. A second occurred in Laing Road between 2:30pm and 3:30pm on Wednesday
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Tributes paid to respected academic
TRIBUTES have been paid to respected academic Dr Tony Rich who has died of cancer. Dr Rich, who was 58, was described as an exemplary and popular registrar at the University of Essex, a post he held for 12 years. While based in Colchester
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U's win five-goal thriller in Holland
Colchester United ran out 3-2 winners over a youthful Vitesse Arnhem side in their latest pre-season friendly. Goals from Freddie Ladapo, Marcus Bean and Freddie Sears proved enough to give the U's their second successive pre-season win
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Meeting over bus lane plans
A PUBLIC meeting will be held to showcase plans for a new bus lane in north Colchester. Essex County Council wants to create the two-way bus lane along the existing Northern Approach Road from Mill Road. It will end near Bruff Close at North
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Plans for new Mersea park
AMBITIOUS plans to create a new country park in Mersea have been unveiled. West Mersea town council want to merge four existing fields and a wooded area and turn them into the 12-acre West Mersea Park. It is hoped it will eventually host a wild
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Mountain of specs help Developing World
A MOUNTAIN of spectacles will shortly head its way to help the sight of people in the developing world following generous donations to a Colchester opticians. More than 5,000 unwanted pairs of glasses have been handed to Specsavers, in Long Wyre
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Free cycle jaunts around Colchester ride off this Saturday
A SUMMER of free cycle rides in and around Greenstead starts this weekend. CTC Colchester Cycle Champions has organised gentle rides starting with a tour of Salary Brook and a visit to the Beehive pub which leaves Greenstead Community Centre at 11am
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Don't miss your Olympic supplement in tomorrow's Gazette
The athletes The sports The venues
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Detectives seek help tracing cop killer's movements
DETECTIVES are appealing for help to trace the movements of the gunman who shot dead off-duty police officer Ian Dibell in Clacton. It has emerged that Peter Reeve travelled from Colchester to Chelmsford by train before killing himself. PC
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Firefighters walk out for 24 hours
FIREFIGHTERS are holding a 24 hour strike protesting against what they claim are frontline cuts which put the public in danger. Members of the Fire Brigades’ Union walked out at 9am and will not return to work until 9am tomorrow.
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U's unlikely to make any further signings this summer
Colchester United manager John Ward has confirmed that Clinton Morrison’s arrival will be the last signing he makes this summer. Striker Morrison, 33, joined Colchester on Monday, after leaving Sheffield Wednesday. Colchester have also brought
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Okuonghae set to feature against Vitesse Arnhem
Colchester United take on a Vitesse Arnhem XI in their second pre-season friendly of the summer this afternoon. The U’s play their Eredivisie opponents at their training base in Holland. Defender Magnus Okuonghae could feature after re-signing
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Motorcylist crashes in Dedham
A MOTORCYCLIST came off his bike in a crash in Dedham. The man, who was in his 30s, suffered minor injuries in the accident, which involved no other vehicles. It happened on Ipswich Road at just before 7.15am on Wednesday. The driver was
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We witnessed boy racers crash into Great and Little Tey church fete marshall
THE hosts of a village fete have described the horrific moment boy racers crashed and hit a marshall. Graham Argyle, 59, suffered a broken leg and his other ankle was broken in two places. He was flown to hospital. He was hit by a Volkswagen
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Ramp Rage fears new extreme sports site will hit its business
A COUPLE fear their skate park could go bust when Colchester Council opens a free facility at a former bus depot. Robert and Jodie Luckman, who run Ramp Rage, in Eastgates, Colchester, say the council’s plans for the vacant building in Magdalen Street
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IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: MY £200K BLACKMAIL PLOT
IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A DENTAL worker faces jail after trying to blackmail Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. Martin Peckham, 41, of Silverthorne Close, Colchester, demanded £200,000 from the motor racing supremo claiming his daughter Tamara was going
