IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: Olympic organisers have praised Colchester after 50,000 people lined the streets to welcome the Olympic flame through the town.

Crowds stood out in the rain to cheer and clap as the torch carriers ran past. See today's Gazette for our 8 page Olympic torch special.

Award winning director Darren Cook has agree to produce a film written by a former Colchester paratrooper.

* Plans for a 722-room student complex costing £35 million at Colchester's Hythe have been approved.

* A wheelchair bound woman has become a prisoner in her own home because she cannot get funding for a ramp.

Debra Foster underwent life-saving surgery but since returning home in February has not been able to get out because of delays in getting a ramp.

FOR MORE ON THESE AND OTHER GREAT STORIES, SEE TODAY'S GAZETTE. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE IN THE PAPER THAN THERE IS ONLINE.