IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A MAN was left fighting for his life after a potentially deadly strain of cocaine went into circulation in north Essex.

The man from Tiptree was tuched to hospital after taking the Class A drug at a house party.

* THE Anglican chaplain of Essex University is to treat the spiritual side of athletes at this summer's Olympic Games.

Wivenhoe chaplain Thomas Yap said working on the campus with students from 132 countries was good preparation for the global event.

* A woman was rescued from a minibus after it crahed on a flood road in Colchester.

* A disabled woman was stranded on a level crossing after the battery on her mobility scooter ran out.

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