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.

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