In today's Gazette: Teenager Bradley Cockel was found dead in a flat after taking an LSD-type drug.
Bradley, 19, was found in a flat in Witham along with two other young men who are believed to have taken the same drug and who are seriously ill.
* A teenager free runner has suffered serious head injuries after falling 30 feet thorugh a roof at a derelict warehouse.
Emergency services wre called in to help the 17-year-old who fell at Rowhedge Wharf on Friday evening.
* Remains of a Roman temple have been found in the grounds of a Colchester school.
Archaeologists found evidence of a temple dedicated to the god Jupiter during investigations at St Helena School.
* A Scout leader revealed how he leapt out of the path of a car which mounted a pavement.
Joseph Spicer, 21, was on his way to a Scout meeting when the drama happened in Ipswich Road, Colchester.
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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