A CHURCH has moved its services online despite Government guidelines permitting communal worship in the building.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a "larger than life" football club president, who died suddenly at the age of 62.

I am writing regarding your article about the community worker that was stopped by Lidi staff from purchasing an exceptionally large number of cereal packets (Gazette, January 13, “Community worker: ‘I was humiliated by supermarket’”).

Nearly two dozen people living in Colchester care homes have died as a result of Covid-19 in the past two months, figures have revealed.

The Embassy Suite, a former nightclub and Chinese buffet in Colchester, is set to be brought back to life.

A HOSPITAL trust has raised more than £2 million from patients and visitors car parking charges as well as £950,000 in staff car parking fees.

Colchester's Paxman factory will shut at the end of March or in mid-April, with 70 staff made redundant.

A MUM has been left fearing she will lose her vision after a rapid deterioration in her eyesight led to the diagnosis of a rare condition.

A CINEMATIC event organised in a bid to relaunch an independent gangster movie has been cancelled by the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

CORONAVIRUS vaccinations are being rolled out in Dovercourt for the first time today.

Fraudsters are sending out fake texts to BBC TV licence holders offering a Covid refund payment in an attempt to steal personal and financial information.

Flooding on the roads in Essex is causing long delays. Follow our live updates for all the latest.

A HOLIDAY park has moved to reassure Mersea residents after fears were raised over potential out-of-town visitors staying in caravans.

The MOD is selling Middlewick Ranges after which 1,000 new homes will be built at the Colchester beauty spot.

EXPERTS have revealed an engraved Roman gem dug up in Colchester has been found to date hundreds of years earlier than previously thought.

HUNDREDS of staff working at a hospital trust have taken part in a ground-breaking study on Covid-19 immunity.

Colchester residents have long been calling for a Morrisons store in the town - but what do you think?

WITH the new year upon us and our country still battling the horrors of the coronavirus pandemic, it seems an important time to reflect on the grief and devastation experienced by so many.

ASYMPTOMATIC residents who believe they may have coronavirus will be able to check as a new fast testing centre has opened.

A coronavirus mass vaccination centre is set to be created at Colchester United's stadium over the coming weeks.

The £29 million Northern Gateway Sports Park in Colchester is set to open this spring.

Heath Road in Stanway is submerged in water this afternoon after heavy rain fell across Essex.

A MUM who lost identical triplets after they were born prematurely is setting up a fundraising page to buy them a headstone.

No new social distancing restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus will be introduced “today or tomorrow”, Priti Patel has said.

WARM tributes have been paid to a “living, breathing force of nature” who left a community orchard as “a legacy of his vision and hard work”.

More than 180,000 Covid vaccines have been given to people in the East of England, official data has confirmed.

A warning has been issued due to flood waters causing problems on the county's roads this morning.

ZOOKEEPERS have shared their joy after welcoming a baby L’hoest monkey.

A MIDWIFE delivered the perfect present when tiny Wynter Clarke came into the world – on Christmas Day.

More local Covid vaccination services are opening across mid and south Essex today (January 14).

FIREFIGHTERS are issuing a warning to dog owners after teams rescued a dog from a river in Halstead.

UNHAPPY seasiders have hit out at careless and selfish rubbish dumpers for leaving a “terrible mess” at a full-to-the-brim bottle bank.

PLANS are in the pipeline for a new police base in the Harwich and Dovercourt area.

The playground in Upper Castle Park will be closed from tomorrow after as many as 110 people were spotted using the play equipment at one time.

Police in Essex have been coughed on, spat at or bitten hundreds of times during the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

Earlier this week, major supermarkets announced they would be banning people without masks from their stores.

A MANHUNT has been launched after armed thugs broke into a property before spraying their victim in the face with a “noxious substance” and beating him.

TWO dogs have been seized in connection with ongoing investigations into attacks on sheep and people.

Police in Essex have been coughed on, spat at or bitten hundreds of times during the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.

SEASIDERS expecting to see their town’s community venue turned into a mass vaccination centre may be waiting a little longer than they first thought, it has been revealed.

LITTLE ones at a Colchester nursery have been hailed "amazing" for the way they have adapted to the challenges of Covid-19.

TV and radio star Mark Wright is urging residents and families to follow the Covid rules after fearing losing his dad to the virus.

North Primary School headteacher Alan Garnett reflects on a tumultuous week.

A CHARITY is launching a virtual half-marathon to help raise vital funds.