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• Colchester Council meet with Ofsted after Leisure World was rated non-compliant

  19-11-2025 19:00
  
  Comments from customers about cleanliness and service have also led Colchester Council to strengthen their commmitment to improvements.
  
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• Memoirs of a 'Mad Monk'

  19-11-2025 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Dave Monk looks back at one of his favourite radio broadcasting moments.
  
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• Work starts on second phase of Colchester Hythe waterfront restoration project

  19-11-2025 18:00
  
  The second phase of the Fieldgate Quay project to restore the waterfront at Colchester Hythe is now under way.
  
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• 'We're all responsible' - Emergency services speak on Road Safety Week

  19-11-2025 18:00
  
  Partners across Essex joined together in SERP to raise awareness about road safety with a poignant memorial for fatal collisions.
  
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• 'It's the people that make me proud' - dentist celebrates 20 years in Colchester

  19-11-2025 18:00
  
  The Dental Studio, which opened in 2005, has been recognised as a highly respected provider of oral care in Colchester and further afield.
  
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• International Men's Day – What is it and which charities offer help

  19-11-2025 18:00
  
  International Men's Day highlights positive role models and raises awareness of men’s well-being.
  
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• Hythe Youth Club looking for volunteers to help create safe space for children

  19-11-2025 18:00
  
  Colchester's Hythe Youth Club is looking for volunteers to help provide a safe and fun place for children.
  
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• Essex media group CEO accused of unpaid wages of up to £10,000 by former staff

  19-11-2025 18:00
  
  A group of former employees from Essex-based Kube Media Limited have raised serious concerns over repeatedly late missing wage payments.
  
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• Drug dealer led police on 130mph chase on A12 and went wrong way on roundabout

  19-11-2025 18:00
  
  Jake Newberry, 23, was on Colne Bank Avenue when police tried to stop him for having an obscured numberplate on his BMW in January this year.
  
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• Colchester barbershop crowned favourite barber by Gazette readers

  19-11-2025 17:40
  
  Goodfellas in Colchester has been crowned the favourite barber by Gazette readers.
  
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• Here's every Essex council reorganisation plan so far - and what they mean

  19-11-2025 17:39
  
  Devolution means these authorities would be abolished, and reworked into a number of larger councils running parts of the county.
  
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• Government launches consultation on future of Essex councils - what you need to know

  19-11-2025 17:21
  
  Essex councils are encouraging residents to take part of the local government reorganisation consultation.
  
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• Colchester primary school's community kitchen aiming to help families

  19-11-2025 17:10
  
  “With that being in terms of the school, is that we can provide the community kitchen as a unique selling point in terms of education, personal development, wellbeing and opportunities in the community.”
  
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• Pupils presented with 'Twinkle, Twinkle' bookmarks by Colchester High Steward

  19-11-2025 16:56
  
  The presentations have been made as part of an effort to educate pupils about poets Jane and Ann Taylor, who lived in West Stockwell Street.
  
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• Colchester school increases capacity by opening Kindergarten extension

  19-11-2025 16:24
  
  St Mary’s Kindergarten and Lower School in Colchester has increased its capacity by 57 per cent after opening a new extension.
  
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• Delays on trains heading through Essex after freight train breaks down

  19-11-2025 15:49
  
  Travellers across Essex are experiencing delays after a freight train broke down in Witham.
  
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• A12 serious crash closes road both ways - live updates

  19-11-2025 15:43
  
  - The A12 is closed both ways near Chelmsford after a serious collision
  
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• A12 police incident closes road both ways - live updates

  19-11-2025 15:43
  
  - The A12 is closed both ways near Chelmsford due to a police incident - The road is expected to be closed until the evening
  
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• A12 near Chelmsford to be closed into evening after serious crash

  19-11-2025 14:47
  
  There are severe delays on the A12 in both directions between junction 15, Three Mile Hill in Chelmsford, and junction 12, Brook Street Roundabout.
  
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• Maldon & Tiptree 'could be EFL club' - Bonne

  19-11-2025 14:21 via bbc.com
  Experienced striker Macaulay Bonne believes Maldon & Tiptree could be pushing for a place in the English Football League in a "few years".
  
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• Christmas shanty special with music and comedy to take place in Colchester

  19-11-2025 13:11
  
  The group won the virtual 2021 North Northamptonshire Music Festival, which invited acts to send in videos of a performance filmed during or in-between the lockdowns.
  
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• University of Essex research shows how racing drivers' brains adapt

  19-11-2025 13:00
  
  Research from the University of Essex, in partnership with Nissan Motorsport, has shown how a racing driver's brain is constantly rewiring itself.
  
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• Training with an Olympic boxer - Lewis Richardson offers private boxing sessions

  19-11-2025 13:00
  
  Colchester’s Olympic boxing champion Lewis Richardson is offering private training sessions.
  
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• Play Strings Academy holding Christmas concert to fundraise for Colchester church

  19-11-2025 13:00
  
  The Play Strings Academy will be holding a festive Christmas fundraiser concert to help save a historic church in Colchester.
  
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• Essex SEN school staff launch petition over pay and 'lack of recognition'

  19-11-2025 13:00
  
  Special education support staff at Essex educational trust Lift Schools have launched a petition to ask for their pay to rise to their teacher equivalents.
  
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• Nine-year-old singing sensation to perform at Christmas light switch on this weekend

  19-11-2025 12:18
  
  Gabriella Goldie, 9, proved a smash hit with audiences at this year’s Colchester Has Talent competition.
  
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• Fears break-in shows new store is 'sitting duck' to thieves

  19-11-2025 12:13
  
  Police are investigating after two unknown suspects broke into the Co-op in East Bergholt, near Ipswich, shortly after 5am on Monday.
  
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• Man with previous conviction for poor driving on A12 has licence revoked

  19-11-2025 11:49
  
  Mark Langstone, 39, committed the latest offence in March of this year while driving his Ford Fiesta.
  
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• North East Essex NHS leader elected chairman of national health alliance

  19-11-2025 11:00
  
  A senior NHS leader in Essex has been named one of Europe’s most influential Muslims and elected chairman of a national health alliance.
  
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• Mersea Island woman with Parkinson's welcomes all to social cafe

  19-11-2025 11:00
  
  “It took me about four years to be diagnosed.”
  
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• Have your say on funding for Essex Police and Essex Fire & Rescue Service

  19-11-2025 11:00
  
  The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) for Essex is inviting residents, businesses and those who work or travel in the county to share their views on policing and community safety through the PFCC Precept Survey for 2026/27.
  
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• Popular village garden centre off A12 to reopen cafe under new ownership

  19-11-2025 10:52
  
  A popular garden centre off the A12 is taking over a cafe, reopening this week.
  
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• Car insurance expert shares £2 hack and 6 tips to avoid spending hundreds this winter

  19-11-2025 10:38
  
  Drivers have been urged to use this £2 window wiper hack to save drivers hundreds of pounds in repairs during the most recent ice warnings from the Met Office this week.
  
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• Famous Colchester garden to be featured on BBC TV show this week

  19-11-2025 10:34
  
  A Colchester garden will be featured on the BBC’s Gardeners’ World this week.
  
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• Police confirm no serious injuries suffered during four-car pile-up on A120

  19-11-2025 10:32
  
  Ambulance and police closed the eastbound carriageway, and drivers faced delays of up to an hour before the road was reopened at 8pm.
  
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• Essex actors on cast as hit crime thriller Line of Duty to return

  19-11-2025 09:20
  
  The BBC officially confirmed the return of the popular thriller series on Tuesday, as further casting is yet to be announced.
  
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• Viaduct work completed 12 weeks early saving £1m

  19-11-2025 06:39 via bbc.com
  Work was completed over 24 hours a day over six weeks to save money, a council says.
  
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• Army unit to use tactical smartphones on frontline

  19-11-2025 06:38 via bbc.com
  The smartphone-based technology is tested in the jungles of Belize and will be introduced in 2026.
  
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• Road experts say A120 is 'high risk route' on Road Safety Week

  19-11-2025 06:00
  
  Roads experts have said that the A120 has been a “concern for many years” and has been categorised as a “high risk” route.
  
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• Meeting to take a look at how to spend £20m Greenstead cash injection

  19-11-2025 06:00
  
  Colchester’s MP is hosting a residents' meeting to shape Greenstead’s future with a £20m cash boost.
  
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• Family describes 'devastation' of losing son in crash for Road Safety Week

  19-11-2025 06:00
  
  A family has talked about the devastation of losing a loved one in a road traffic collision for Road Safety Week.
  
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• Colchester care home rated 'good' after earlier regulator fears

  19-11-2025 06:00
  
  A Colchester care home has turned over a new leaf after it was found in breach of healthcare regulations.
  
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• 'I worked, I paid taxes - then the bank took my home'

  19-11-2025 04:39 via bbc.com
  Homeowners facing repossession homelessness doubles in three years, BBC investigation finds.
  
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• Serial shoplifter sentenced but isn't fined because she already owes thousands

  19-11-2025 00:57
  
  Jemma Rank, 45, took the products from Boots in September when she was caught.
  
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