Colchester United target Michael Folivi on untimely injury

POLICE want to speak to witnesses following a fatal crash on the A12 yesterday. (Monday)

COUNCILLORS unanimously voted against proposals which would have inflicted "disfigurement" to the historic Law Library at Colchester Town Hall.

A YOUNG mother-of-three whose first child arrived prematurely during her final year of university has launched her own pre-school business.

HOSPICES used by children in north and mid Essex are a ‘lifeline’ which is ‘needed now more than ever’, according to a member of the royal family.

A TALENTED footballer “ruined his life” by turning to gang culture and slashing a rival across the face with a machete.

TWO talented chefs who cook for a luxury restaurant in Dedham have both been promoted.

A UNIVERSITY lecturer is going on his second hunger strike in three months to demonstrate the severity of the planet’s climate change crisis.

A TEENAGER has admitted stabbing a stranger outside a kebab house in Colchester - and is set to spend a long time behind bars.

Millions of people nationwide and locally, have stayed home, abided by the rules and in many cases, have now had one or two vaccine jabs.

Former Colchester United midfielder Ben Stevenson has signed for League Two rivals Forest Green Rovers

Freddie Sears looking forward to playing under former West Ham United team-mate Hayden Mullins

The miles Colchester United will have to travel on the road, this season

A man in his 40s has died after a serious crash on the A12 between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel - with two men being arrested.

THE A12 has reopened in both directions after a serious crash this morning.

THE former House of Commons Speaker and Essex University Chancellor John Bercow has announced he is to join the Labour party in an astonishing political U-turn.

AN explosion of golden confetti signified the grand reopening of Colchester’s Mercury Theatre after an £11.3million renovation project.

A HEALTH boss who believes “coronavirus will be around for the rest of our lives” has urged residents to get vaccinated.

Church Road in Brightlingsea is closed in both direction after a lorry driver 'clipped a tree' leading to debris in the carriageway.

A new tea room has opened in Trinity Street in Colchester town centre, offering full English breakfasts and homemade cakes.

A POPULAR event loved by green-fingered residents will return this year, in spite of the lifting of coronavirus restrictions being delayed.

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of rape following reports of a serious incident in a small seaside town.

A broken down train between Colchester and Manningtree is causing delays to the trains this afternoon - with disruption expected into rush hour.

AN Essex footballer is the latest contestant to be announced for the upcoming series of Love Island.

The household waste drop off service in Colchester is restarting next month, Colchester Council has announced.

A THUG has been locked up for 12 years after slashing a man across the face with a machete, leaving his victim needing 185 stitches.

Keeping elephants in zoos or safari parks could be banned, reports suggest.

The Prime Minister provided an update when speaking to reporters during a visit to a laboratory in Hertfordshire.

The A12 is blocked in both directions near Chelmsford after a serious crash.

A fashion blogger from Essex has been named among the contestants for the new series of Love Island.

A winemaker in Chelmsford will be among the first in the UK to offer customers drinks in a bottle made of paper.

LIFE-SAVING volunteers from two separate lifeboat stations joined forces to tackle a “tricky” eight-hour operation involving three stranded yachts.

A £2.1MILLION project to stabilise a section of crumbling cliffs in Holland-on-Sea will get underway next week.

A woman who fell from a Colchester town centre car park suffered serious leg and pelvis injuries but is no longer in a life-threatening condition.

A FANFARE of trumpets from the British Army Band Colchester is set to herald Armed Forces Day in Colchester next Tuesday.

CHILDREN from Colchester’s military families joined forces for a virtual workshop run by the charity Little Troopers.

THOUSANDS of bricks have been donated to Colchester Institute for bricklaying students to use.

A TEENAGE cyclist was taken to hospital with a potentially serious injury following a crash involving a car.

The company currently employs more than 130,000 crew members in the UK and Ireland.

Amused police officers have joked about drivers 'taking extreme measures' after flooding on the A12.

POLICE officers pulled a woman on the wrong side of a bridge above a busy road to safety.

A TEENAGER has been charged with a string of drugs offences following an investigation into the sale of drugs in a coastal village.

A WOMAN supplied Vietnamese labour to four cannabis factories across Essex in an attempt to grow £2million worth of plants.

A MAGICAL nanny descended from the clouds and gracefully landed on the seafront before enjoying a spot of afternoon tea with a pair of starstruck children.

COLCHESTER'S MP was given a behind the scenes tour of the "town's cultural crown" ahead of its official reopening following a multi-million pound refurbishment project.

THE portrait of the Queen and the plaque she unveiled when she opened Colchester Hospital in 1985 have been placed in the reception area, 18 months after they were removed.

A MUM left paralysed in a horror motorbike crash is ‘ready to get on the road to recovery’ as £20,000 has been raised for her.

A WOMAN who sent indecent images of children as young as nine or ten to a former partner in exchange for “sexual rewards” has avoided an immediate prison sentence.

Colchester Royal Grammar School is the best grammar in the country for getting students into Oxford or Cambridge university, new data shows.

A £34 million surgery centre will be built at Colchester Hospital, helping bring down waiting times for patients across north Essex.