In today's Gazette: Seriously ill Debbie Bond could be jailed after she was sued by her niece for £30,000.

Debbie, 49, is due to get a £1 million pay out from the NHS after doctors failed to diagnose a bleed on her brain. She is being sued by her hiece for unfair dismissal.

* More than 120 protesters rallied outside a Colchester Council meeting calling for Abbots Activity Centre to be kept open.

The council is looking to close the centre in a bid to save £74,000 but was accused of knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

* Villagers in Dedham are celebrating after plans to introduce fees at two car parks in the village were put on hold.

* Homeowners have described their shock after a fire ripped through their gardens.

Firefighters believe the blaze behind homes in Sydney Street, Colchester, was started by children playing with matches.

For more on these and other great stories, see today's Gazette. There is always more in the paper than there is online.