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UPDATED 4.30pm Monday: I Am Music organisers release details of how to get a refund
See updates below. ORGANISERS of Colchester’s I Am Music festival have announced the event is cancelled. The festival was due to be held in Castle Park on Saturday. Organisers made the announcement on Twitter this evening.
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Seven-vehicle crash on A12 between Kelvedon and Marks Tey junctions
EMERGENCY services were called to a crash involving seven vehicles on the A12, between junction 24 for Kelvedon and junction 25 for Marks Tey. The smash on the Ipswich-bound stretch happened around 4.30pm today, Thursday July 24. Essex County
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Move from Essex County Hospital to Colchester General Hospital is one step closer
THE trust which runs Colchester’s hospitals will invest £1.1million to help transfer services from Essex County Hospital to Colchester General Hospital. The cash will be spent on extending the main outpatients department at the Turner Road hospital
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Gilbey sidelined by shin injury
Joe Dunne has revealed Alex Gilbey needed stitches after limping out of Colchester United's pre-season friendly against Ipswich Town last night. The teenage midfielder, who skippered the U's in their 3-0 defeat at the hands of Town at the Weston
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Traveller and gypsy sites in Colchester to double
COLCHESTER needs to double the number of traveller and gypsy pitches in the borough, according to a new report. Planning experts from local authorities in Essex have assessed demand for the next 20 years. Colchester currently has 24 pitches
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Taser use shoots up in Essex
TASERS shooting up to 50,000 volts of electricity into people are being deployed five times as often as two years ago in Essex. In 2010 and 2011, the force used Tasers about 30 times. In 2013, they were used about 150 times. The figures
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Elderly woman seriously hurt in Colchester
A WOMAN has suffered a serious head injury during a fall in Head Street, Colchester. Emergency services arrived at the scene following the incident shortly after 1pm today. The woman, aged in her 70s, was treated at the scene by paramedics
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U's boss Dunne is coy on possible Ambrose signing
Joe Dunne refused to be drawn on the possibility of Darren Ambrose staying for a longer spell following his surprise appearance for Colchester United against former club Ipswich Town last night. The 30-year-old attacking midfielder, who played
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UPDATED: Travellers arrive at council car park
TRAVELLERS have pitched up on an Essex County Council car park. About nine caravans and other vehicles drove onto the car park behind Essex House, The Crescent, Severalls Business Park, Colchester. They arrived last night. The car park
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Scouting for Girls drop out of Colchester music festival
INDIE rock band Scouting for Girls have dropped out of Colchester’s I Am Music festival. The group, whose hit singles include She’s So Lovely and Elvis Ain’t Dead, were due to play the festival in Castle Park on Saturday. But this morning they
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VAN drivers have been warned not to leave valuable tools in vehicles overnight.
VAN drivers have been warned not to leave valuable tools in vehicles overnight. Officers were called to two incidents in The Commons, Colchester, overnight between June 23 and 24. Hundreds of pounds worth of tools were stolen. Police want
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Appeal after Rusty's van stolen and dumped - minus his wood carver's tools
THIEVES stole a wood carver’s tools from his van before abandoning it. Mark “Rusty” Russell, 50, woke to find his green van missing from near his houseboat on Colchester’s King Edwards Quay. The van was found four miles away, in Homefield Road
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A120 tailbacks after slip road breakdown
DRIVERS faced long tailbacks on the A120 this morning after a vehicle broke down and blocked a lane. The problem began shortly after 8am on the exit slip road from the A120 to Ipswich Road. Drivers reported tailbacks stretching back many miles
