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• DJ duo who've collaborated with Paloma Faith to perform in Colchester this weekend

  25-11-2025 20:00
  
  A DANCE music duo will headline a Colchester nightclub this weekend.
  
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• Cast announced for the Mercury Theatre's Manningtree Witches

  25-11-2025 20:00
  
  The show will be about two hours and 30 mins, including an interval, being rated for children aged 14 and above.
  
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• London fashion brand to film Christmas campaign at Essex's 'The boat that rocked'

  25-11-2025 19:00
  
  “The day will bring together a fun and festive mix of generations who have shaped and been shaped by music culture, hopefully including some radio legends from across the years.
  
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• Essex Squid Games contestant reveals hardest part about the show

  25-11-2025 19:00
  
  Simon Hipkin, 35, was ecstatic when he got the call accepting him as a contestant on season two of Squid Games: The Challenge.
  
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• Essex Squid Games contestant reveals hardest hardest part about the show

  25-11-2025 19:00
  
  Simon Hipkin, 35, was ecstatic when he got the call accepting him as a contestant on season two of Squid Games: The Challenge.
  
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• Essex Police share Black Friday tips from scams to packages to online safety

  25-11-2025 18:31
  
  Essex Police said: “Burglars target homes they think contain valuables and leaving packaging, especially from expensive items, outside your front door or by bins is a sure giveaway.
  
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• £7million plans to transform St Botolph's Quarter set to be given the green-light

  25-11-2025 18:00
  
  BIG plans to completely revamp Colchester’s St Botolph's Quarter should be decided upon by the local authority later this week.
  
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• Love for 'ancient' 150-year-old oak leads to protest outside insurer's London HQ

  25-11-2025 18:00
  
  Campaigners from Wivenhoe are calling upon a major insurance company to find a solution for an ancient oak tree.
  
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• Hundreds of Essex students visit recruitment fair to learn about health careers

  25-11-2025 18:00
  
  The careers fair was organised by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
  
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• Colchester Library reopening plans on track after £450k refurbishment

  25-11-2025 18:00
  
  With less than a week to go until the reopening of Colchester Library, all plans are said to be on track.
  
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• Christmas Lights Switch to take place at Colchester's The Fat Cat pub

  25-11-2025 18:00
  
  The pub will be hosting their annual Christmas Lights Switch on at 7.30pm on Friday November 28.
  
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• Admiral Taverns to take over four Essex pubs following new deal

  25-11-2025 18:00
  
  RedCat Hospitality, founded by Rooney Anand, is now refocusing its efforts on its managed business.
  
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• Water quality improves at beach hit by pollution

  25-11-2025 17:49 via bbc.com
  The Environment Agency releases its latest results on bathing water quality.
  
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• Harwich man with Clacton and Colchester connections wanted over shop thefts

  25-11-2025 17:35
  
  Stearn is of stocky build, is 6ft 4ins (193cm) tall, with short receding hair, and a short brown beard.
  
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• Newest Essex railway station opens

  25-11-2025 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Beaulieu Park is the first to open on the Great Eastern Main Line in 100 years.
  
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• Patten on engagement and winning ATP Finals

  25-11-2025 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The Manningtree player proposed to his girlfriend in Turin and won the men's doubles.
  
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• Asylum seeker flats plan is ludicrous, says council

  25-11-2025 16:03 via bbc.com
  The government is branded "tone deaf" over a plan for Buckhurst Hill after a summer of protests.
  
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• Fire crews tackle blaze at agricultural building

  25-11-2025 15:33 via bbc.com
  A "significant amount of smoke" has surrounded the area in Peldon, the fire service says.
  
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• Cowley hopeful of improving squad in January

  25-11-2025 15:24 via bbc.com
  Colchester boss Danny Cowley is confident owner Robbie Cowling will back him in the January transfer window, despite the club being up for sale.
  
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• What is Disability Burnout? How you can cope with it

  25-11-2025 15:06
  
  When my body says ‘hey I’m reaching my limit now’, my brain overrules and that is when it all comes crashing down
  
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• Application made for alcohol licence in former Colchester city centre fitness shop

  25-11-2025 14:51
  
  Symmetry Cafe Limited, based in 84 Rotary Way in Colchester and founded in April, have now given notice to apply for an alcohol licence for the property.
  
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• Alcohol licence application submitted for former Colchester fitness shop

  25-11-2025 14:51
  
  Symmetry Cafe Limited, based in 84 Rotary Way in Colchester and founded in April, have now given notice to apply for an alcohol licence for the property.
  
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• Essex firefighters taking part in Christmas car washes for charity

  25-11-2025 13:56
  
  The inivative ‘One Beautiful Day Free of Poverty’ will also be supported.
  
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• Headgate Theatre to host tribute act dedicated to 'golden era' of Las Vegas strip

  25-11-2025 13:30
  
  Make Colchester Great Again, a tribute show by Neil Devlin will take place at Headgate Theatre on January 9, 2026.
  
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• Colchester Record Fair returning with two upcoming Saturday dates

  25-11-2025 13:17
  
  Tickets are free.
  
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• PC who touched female colleagues is sacked

  25-11-2025 13:12 via bbc.com
  PC Fraser Walsham's behaviour "fell way below" the expected standard, a senior Essex officer says.
  
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• Tickets still available for tribute band which combine Elvis and Nirvana's music

  25-11-2025 13:00
  
  AN act which combines the music of Elvis and Nirvana is returning to a Colchester venue next week.
  
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• M&S wants to open 13 new stores in Essex - offering a 'finder's fee' for sites

  25-11-2025 13:00
  
  Marks & Spencer is looking to open 13 new stores across Essex, the firm has revealed on its corporate website.
  
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• Colchester heroin and cocaine dealer has £75k seized by police

  25-11-2025 12:46
  
  An investigation by Essex Police also established Walkley had benefitted from £74,900.98 in criminal funds through his drug dealing activity.
  
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• Agricultural building near Colchester on fire with public asked to avoid area

  25-11-2025 12:26
  
  The fire service has asked the public to please avoid the area.
  
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• Essex cocaine dealer jailed for 5 years after police drug investigation

  25-11-2025 11:50
  
  The Albanian national, of no fixed address, will serve half of his sentence in the UK and will then be deported.
  
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• T20 Blast groups and fixtures released for 2026 revamp

  25-11-2025 11:00 via bbc.com
  Somerset begin the defence of their Vitality Blast crown with a rematch of last season's final, hosting Hampshire Hawks in Taunton on Friday 22 May.
  
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• Mercury theatre pantomime star asks for support as she launches new web series

  25-11-2025 11:00
  
  Sasha Latoya, 36, is marking her fifth consecutive year at the Mercury and will once again enchant all audiences as the magical fairy in this year's pantomime.
  
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• Drama graduates inspire next generation of theatre-makers at Essex University

  25-11-2025 11:00
  
  Amy Yankuba-Triggs and Rio Montana Topley, co-founders of Succulent Theatre, led a workshop for first-year students.
  
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• Colchester United unite with testicular cancer charity for important campaign

  25-11-2025 11:00
  
  Colchester United have joined forces with The Robin Cancer Trust for a campaign called "Check Your Balls".
  
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• Listed: some of the Colchester businesses taking part in Black Friday

  25-11-2025 10:40
  
  Black Friday is taking place on November 28, an annual event where retailers often slash prices on many of their goods for a limited time only both online and instore.
  
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• Business raises more than £1,000 for community group in Colchester

  25-11-2025 10:16
  
  The Palmer and Partners 500 Club's fundraising event for Tots2Teens collected £1,054.
  
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• Emergency service issues update after car crashes through supermarket wall

  25-11-2025 09:30
  
  A driver at the Asda in Church Road, Tiptree, crashed through a brick wall last Wednesday morning shortly before 10am.
  
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• School forced to shut as it's added to 'emergency closure' list by county authority

  25-11-2025 09:01
  
  A SCHOOL in mid Essex has had to shut its doors today as part of an “emergency closure”.
  
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• Nigel Farage says he never engaged in racism ‘with intent’ whilst at private school

  25-11-2025 08:29
  
  CLACTON's MP Nigel Farage has said he never engaged in racist behaviour “with intent” while he attended a top private school.
  
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• Car damage halts football on largest village green

  25-11-2025 07:19 via bbc.com
  Families are "absolutely gutted" by the damage to the green, a football club's chairman says.
  
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• Academics to use AI supercomputer for eye study

  25-11-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  The lead researcher believes the machine will "offer new insights" into human behaviour.
  
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• Sister of man killed in terror attack: 'he would have been delighted' with huge gig

  25-11-2025 06:00
  
  The Nick Alexander Music Trust (NAMT) hosted its 10th edition of it’s a Peaceful Noise concert across 10 venues on Saturday.
  
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• Man keeps history of beloved Colchester bar alive, and regular already love it

  25-11-2025 06:00
  
  Crescent Moon is now preparing for its first Christmas—what Mark describes as “exciting and nerve-wracking in the same breath.”
  
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• Great Bentley village green deliberately damaged by reckless driver

  25-11-2025 06:00
  
  “We had to cancel all the games, let all the opposing teams know, and children did not get to play.
  
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• Essex Air Ambulance Trust to host charity dance event with celebrity guests

  25-11-2025 06:00
  
  ESSEX Air Ambulance trust will host an evening of glitter and dance with special celebrity guest appearances.
  
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• Dozens of teachers attend climate action planning day at Colchester Zoo

  25-11-2025 06:00
  
  Around 80 teachers gathered for the Teacher Climate Action Planning CPD Day at the Colchester Zoological Society.
  
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• Colchester Conservatives say 2026 council elections must take place

  25-11-2025 06:00
  
  “We are submitting a clear and unambiguous statement that all elections due in May 2026 must go ahead.
  
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