Two police officers who used a Taser and synthetic pepper spray on a 92-year-old amputee have been sacked for gross misconduct. Pcs Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto used “excessive force” on Donald ...

MERSEA Island Rugby Club is celebrating its youngest-ever first team player. Heath Tatum-Morris, 17, made his debut for Mersea Island's first team, playing against Dagenham on Saturday, October 3.

The Economy Secretary said he was ‘profoundly disappointed’ by Syngenta’s move to close down the chemical plant.

An anti-racism group has spoken out after being caught up in what it called a "sustained violent attack". Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) Colchester said the attack took place while members were running a ...

A NEW gym is set to fill an empty unit created when B&Q left a major site in Colchester. JD Gyms plans to open the gym at 1-3 ...

A councillor is relieved to see more roadworks being done across Colchester, following previous cancellations.

Andrew Garfield stars in The Uprising, Paul Greengrass’s historical drama about Essex’s 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, released ...

B&M is hiring ahead of its new city centre store opening. The discount retailer will move into the former Wilko unit at Colchester’s St John’s Walk shopping centre, empty since Wilko closed in October ...

Kelvedon Parish Council has condemned Braintree District Council’s draft Local Plan as “fundamentally unsound”, warning it relies on unproven infrastructure.

The American fast-food giant is set to open its first Clacton branch at Unit 2, Brook Retail Park, on London Road. No opening ...

More than 750 runners raised nearly £55,000 for St Helena Hospice at Harwich Half Marathon and 10k, with Olympic boxer Lewis Richardson taking part.

Former editor-in-chief of British Vogue Edward Enninful has said he hopes Prime Minister Andy Burnham will “push the arts more” than his predecessors, similar to how Tony Blair’s New Labour had done ...