A DEFENDANT was rushed to hospital after collapsing in Colchester's new courthouse.

Brian McCue, 50, fell to the floor moments after an eyewitness heard him threatening to commit suicide.

Also in Wednesday's Gazette: * Donkey rides return to Colchester's Castle Park.

  • Mum faces trial for letting girl miss a year's school.
  • Security firm hired at travellers site ahead of opening.
  • The Clacton family who had a miracle escape when their house was destroyed in a gas explosion thank well-wishers.

All this and much more in Wednesday's Gazette - there's always much more in the newspaper than online