In today's Gazette: The under-fire East of England ambulance service will employ 350 frontline medics to boost response times.
Andrew Morgan, interim chief executive, announced the £5 million investment as part of a self-critical 89 point plan.
* A man who had his little finger amputated following a motorbike accident cooked it and ate it.
Dave Playpenz, who runs a business in Colchester, said he was intrigued about the taste of human flesh.
* A group of 40 friends have raised enough money to buy their local pub.
Regulars at the Black Buoy in Wivenhoe are set to become shareholders adfter raising the cash to buy the venue from Punch Taverns.
* Police search teams have returned to a nature reserve to look for the weapon used to kill teenager Jay Whiston.
A team of divers yesterday searched the lake at Lexden Park nature reserve in Church Lane.
For more on these and other great stories, see today's Gazette. There is always more in the paper than there is online.
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