IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A SUB-POSTMASTER has been jailed for defrauding the Royal Mail out of nearly £50,000.
Hitesh General Store and Newsagent in Berechurch Road, Colchester, could now be forced to close because of Harenda Patel's scam.
* Fire has swept through a three-storey building in the heart of old Harwich.
Homes were evacuated as fire crews fought for almost three hours to extinguish the blaze in the flat in Market Street.
* The survivor of a gas explosion in Clacton has said she is lucky to be alive.
Kersley Vythilingum, 30, was on the top floor of the three-storey building in Wellesley Road when it was blown apart.
* A man has appeared in court accused of six counts of animal cruelty including allowing a cat to starve to death.
FOR MORE ON THESE AND OTHER STORIES, SEE TODAY'S GAZETTE. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE IN THE PAPER THAN THERE IS ONLINE.
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