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Witham: Father and son arrested after attack in restaurant

11:23am Sunday 14th March 2010

A FATHER and son have been charged after a man was stabbed in the back with glass.

Thieves target 4x4 catalytic converters

2:00pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Motorists are being urged to get their catalytic converters security-coded after a series of thefts across north Essex.

Sister Marian retiring after 40-year career

Marian Baker is retiring after 40 years

1:00pm Saturday 13th March 2010

From the uniforms to the equipment used on the wards, not much has stayed the same for a Colchester nurse about to retire after 40 years.

Happy birthday to Colchester's Girl Guides

Brownies Sophie Armstrong, Lillie Carey, Isla Size, Alyce Hobbins, Chloe George and Faye Size celebrate 100 years of Guiding

12:00pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Generations of girls and women who have been taking part in girlguiding in Colchester have celebrated 100 years of the girls-only group.

Road to school set for planners’ rubber stamp

11:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

PLANNERS have been advised to approve a new road – key to a £130million investement for Colchester’s schools.

Family’s terror at hands of arsonists

Police investigation – the van set alight in Bishop Road

8:00pm Friday 12th March 2010

A FAMILY was left terrified after arsonists poured petrol through their letterbox.

I didn’t want to retire – I’m only 79!

St Mary’s Achool girls wish Hilda Golby a happy retirement

10:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

ONE of Colchester’s oldest shop workers is losing her job because the school whose uniforms she sells is putting its sales online.

Faye’s big bike ride

Getting ready to ride – Faye Size, seven, with her dad Garry

9:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

A DETERMINED seven-year-old has set her sights on a 17-mile fundraising cycle ride.

I wish I’d had a sharp knife, says raider’s little old lady victim

7:00pm Friday 12th March 2010

A COLCHESTER pensioner says she “would have made mincement” of the violent burglar who raided her home if she’d had half a chance.

Drunken car spree paras fined and facing discipline

Private George Bradshaw

6:00pm Friday 12th March 2010

A PARATROOPER has been banned from driving after crashing his car three times in Colchester while drunk, causing £1,500 damage to a restaurant.



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