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Dale ends his Open challenge tied with Rory McIlroy
Dale Whitnell's Open Championship adventure ended with the Tiptree golfer sat in a tie for 60th place alongside superstar Rory McIlroy. The 23-year-old Five Lakes Golf Club member had a six-over par final round to finish on eight-over
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My motorcycle diaries
IT’S the standard television quiz question: “And what are you going to do if you win the money?” Although Noel Edmonds on Deal or No Deal was probably not expecting the answer he got from Colchester’s Graham Field. “I’m going to ride a motorbike
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Family left homeless after blaze in Clacton home
A FAMILY of five have been left homeless after a blaze ripped through the kitchen of their Clacton home. The fire brigade said one woman suffered smoke inhalation during this morning's incident in Page Road. Three fire crews from Clacton and
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School marks 100th year with a mural
THE 100-year history of a Colchester school has been marked by its staff and pupils with a centenary celebration. Teachers at the Gilberd School, in Highwoods , wore clothes from 1912 or 1952, the year of the Queen’s coronation. Lessons were
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Quad bike rider fighting for life after crashing into bridge at Boxted
A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital after his quad bike smashed into a bridge last night. The accident happened in Boxted at the junction of Wick Hill, Sky Hill and Lower Farm Road on the Essex-Suffolk border at about 11.30pm. The rider
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RNLI rescue fishing boat drifting at wind farm
HARWICH lifeboat rescued the crew of a fishing boat which had broken down and was drifting close to the Gabbard wind farm. A wind farm work boat managed to establish communications with the vessel Easy Life until the lifeboat arrived yesterday
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Catalogue of car woe for grandad Ron
A GRANDAD is furious after a catalogue of catastrophes left him without his car for the school summer holidays. First , Ron Hunnibal had his car smashed into by another vehicle when it was parked outside his home in Bourne Road, Colchester.
