IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A MAN accused of killing his former partner and their two-year-old daughter claims it was not his fault.
David Oakes, 50, said his ex-lover Christine Chambers shot little Shania and died when the gun went off as he grabbed it. The case continues.
* A first aid instructor, on a sabbatical in the Cayman Islands, saved an elderly holidaymaker's life.
* A teenager who tried to rob a village shop has been locked up.
* A shop worker has criticised Colchester Council for using a jet spray to clean the pavements during the hosepipe ban.
FOR MORE ON THESE AND OTHER GREAT STORIES, SEE TODAY'S GAZETTE. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE IN THE PAPER THAN THERE IS ONLINE.
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