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The city centre is gridlocked this morning

It will support servicemen and women.

STANWAY Garden Centre brightened its customers’ day, as they welcomed Essex Therapy Dogs into its store, allowing visitors to pet and cuddle the therapy dogs, bringing positive mental benefits.

COLCHESTER Gazette's Camera Club is back for another weekly installment, showcasing your best images in and around Colchester.

DRIVERS can expect delays with an important Colchester road set to close.

A STUNNING collection of functional and fanciful ceramics will be showcased at an art venue in a riverside venue later this month.

THOUSANDS of homes across Braintree are set to get a major broadband upgrade, a broadband company has said.

A PENSIONER percussionist saw his dreams made reality after picking up his drum sticks again to relieve his rock and roll days.

AN extremely poorly pug who has one eye but bundles of love is “fighting so hard to live”, as her owner desperately tries to fund expensive life-saving treatment.

AN ambitious £1million project to transform a former city centre butchers into a thriving new community hub is finally nearing completion.

The five medals have been branded 'irreplaceable'

A FIREWORKS extravaganza will be held in memory of a 12-year-old from Clacton who died after a garage wall collapsed.

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Bonfire Night is an annual celebration where people across the UK celebrate with colourful firework displays.

A LIVE orchestra is set to perform hits from all of the most iconic Christmas movie soundtracks, surrounded by candlelight, in a festive evening.

He was arrested at the Colchester school

A COLCHESTER school girl has been making waves in international football, gaining four goals and four assists in three games for the Lionesses U17 team.

She was left dripping in diesel

A GANG of troublemaking teenagers are reported to have unleashed Halloween hell in a seaside town by “setting off fireworks in a supermarket”.

The case was proved in absence of the business's representatives

AN avant-garde band which uniquely mixes sounds of African-American spirituals with black metal will perform at a historic entertainment venue this weekend.

BBC Essex faces significant cuts to its programming asthe broadcaster has confirmed plans to overhaul its local radio services.

FASHIONISTAS are being encouraged to give their wardrobes a new lease of life by trading in their old clothes for a fresh look at a forthcoming event.

THREE Clacton charities are going head-to-head as part of a shopping centre competition which will see one of them win a bagful of cash.

NATIONWIDE pet retailer Jollyes is handing its colleagues a payment of £600 to help support them through the cost of living crisis with its payments specifically times to help around Christmas.

POLICE are investigating following reports of a lorry failing to stop after causing “significant damage” to a pole.

DANGEROUS drivers were caught exceeding the speed limit by eagle-eyed police officers as they whizzed through a small village and a tiny seaside town.

ESSEX County Council will stump up £80,000 a year to become a member of Freeport East - despite no guarantee a new tax site in Harwich will be delivered.

It comes as part of a landmark sale

FAMILIES enjoyed spooktacular days at a popular Essex attraction in the lead up to the big day.

PROTESTORS with an international children’s charity took to the street of Braintree at the weekend to demand Government action.

A TEAM of academics working with Colchester Borough Council on the use of natural resources in coastal defence development have been invited to host a session at the COP27 UN climate talks in November.

Here is what is planned

A man suffered a facial injury while a teenager was taken to hospital

Colchester Council will have the final say

No opening date has been revealed

TikTok appears to be down as users report outages on Down Detector.

When should you officially but up your Christmas tree?

Tesco Clubcard members have been urged to use their delivery codes before the November 14 deadline.

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There'll be plenty of fireworks displays to attend in Essex for Bonfire Night 2022

Southend's Adventure Island and Colchester's Beth Chatto Gardens were commended by VisitEngland for 2022

HALLOWEEN troublemakers causing distress in a seaside town have forced police into taking action in order to “protect the public.”

Netball Team From Thundersley Shoots And Scores

Sport Science Student Switches To Healthcare Subordinate 

A DOCUMENTARY film festival which started life as a pandemic project will step out into the real world when it is staged inside a historic city centre entertainment venue.

AN antique furniture restoration guru turned accomplished and “inventive” Colchester musician has released his first new single in four years.

He donated more than 30kg to the Colchester Foodbank

FANTASTIC costumes and floats were on display as the Harwich Guy Carnival took place at the weekend.