A coroner has found serious failings in the delivery of a baby who died shortly after birth at Colchester General Hospital.

Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray said Frank Gamble might have survived if better care had been provided.

Tracey and John Gamble say it will haunt them forever.

<i>Also in today's Gazette...</i>

<li> Out-of-town planning rules could be relaxed to allow more shops and leisures facilities in places like Stanway

<li> Fed-up residents say their lives are being made a misery by hundreds of seagulls

<li> Plans to introduce parking fees in North Station Road, Colchester have been shelved

<li> Two-page Colchester Carnival preview, including a map of the route and details of the fun day in Castle Park

<b>For these and much more see today's Gazette.</b>