THE boss of Colchester's hospitals has apologised to patients after a Government report listed 42 problem areas.

Despite being told to make a series of improvements, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has not been put in special measures.

Also....

<li> Two men and a woman have been jailed for a combined 24 years for a savage attack on a man in Highwoods, Colchester.

<li>The family of a motorsports enthusiast who was killed in a race she he died doing what he loved.

<li> Find out why singer Annie Lennox and Olympic cyclist Laura Trott were in Colchester.

For these and much more, see today's Gazette.