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• Colchester Library officially opened with special event to mark exciting new chapter

  08-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The official opening of the transformed Colchester Library has taken place with many coming to mark the occasion.
  
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• What Tendring residents think about plan to dissolve Essex County Council

  11-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  We asked Clacton residents whether they were aware of the plans and what they thought about the future of local governance in their area.
  
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• Singer songwriter celebrating 15 years since hit album with annual show in Colchester

  11-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Colchester Arts Centre will play host to singer-songwriter, Ady Johnson who is hosting his annual Christmas show.
  
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• Essex doctor struck off and jailed after trying to bribe patient with £5k

  11-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  An Essex doctor has been struck off and jailed after he tried to bribe a patient with £5,000 withdraw claims of sexual assault.
  
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• East Street due to close while level crossing 'tamping works' take place

  11-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The Colchester level crossing in East Street is due to close next month while tamping works take place.
  
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• Colchester hospice sister awarded national Queen's Nurse title

  11-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A St Helena Hospice nurse who has been awarded the title of Queen's Nurse.
  
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• Campaigners try to save tree with protest in front of insurer headquarters in London

  11-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A campaign group from Wivenhoe trying to save an ancient oak remains “cautiously optimistic” as they brought the fight to a major insurer’s front door.
  
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• Livestock show in Colchester sees strong cattle and sheep entries

  11-12-2025 17:12 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Colchester Prime Stock and Show Sale was deemed a success, with a wide range of East Anglian and East Midlands entries in cattle and sheep categories.
  
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• Ryanair jet driven into fence by tug instructor advising trainee at Stansted Airport

  11-12-2025 17:02 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  An investigation has found a Ryanair jet smashed into a fence while being moved around by a tug driver advising a trainee.
  
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• Scheme to improve energy efficiency in homes across Essex

  11-12-2025 16:57 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  People struggling with cold homes in Essex are set to benefit from a new Heat Essex energy efficiency initiative.
  
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• Urgent police appeal after 'young pedestrian' hit and run outside Essex school

  11-12-2025 15:41 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Essex Police have issued an urgent appeal for information after a hit and run in which a "young pedestrian" was struck by a car outside a Chelmsford school.
  
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• Bees Indian Restaurant in Colchester named Your Favourite Curry House 2025

  11-12-2025 15:09 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Bees Indian Restaurant in Colchester has been named Your Favourite by Gazette readers.
  
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• Ryanair jet driven into fence at Essex airport by tug instructor advising trainee

  11-12-2025 14:13 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A Ryanair plane smashed into a Stansted airport fence while being moved by a tug driving instructor focused on advising a trainee, an investigation has found.
  
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• Former 'UK number 1' pub near Colchester named among country's best for 2026

  11-12-2025 13:53 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The 2026 Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub list has been revealed, showcasing the best spots across the country.
  
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• Colchester villages to experience power disruption due to maintenance works

  11-12-2025 12:33 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The disruption is expected to take place between 11.30am and 12.30pm and will effect the CO7 6 postcode.
  
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• A12 to shut for overnight road and technology upgrades

  11-12-2025 10:22 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Traffic will be diverted as the A12 is shutting for road and tech upgrades.
  
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• Christmas superfan decorates home with 90k lights after vowing 'never again'

  11-12-2025 09:27 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A Christmas superfan from Essex has adorned his house with 90,000 lights for the 20th year in a row - despite vowing never to decorate again after losing his partner.
  
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• A12 partly blocked after crash near Colchester junction

  11-12-2025 09:09 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Motorists are experiencing delays this morning following a crash on the A12 near Colchester.
  
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• Police hunt wanted man who has links to three Essex towns

  11-12-2025 08:48 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Baz Tofik has links to Clacton, Colchester, and Chelmsford.
  
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• Police hunt wanted man who has links to these three Essex towns

  11-12-2025 08:48 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Baz Tofik has links to Clacton, Colchester, and Chelmsford.
  
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• Firefighters battling blaze as smoke fills streets in Essex

  11-12-2025 08:37 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Firefighters are battling a blaze at an industrial unit in Essex.
  
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• Road in north Essex village shut due to fallen power cables

  11-12-2025 08:17 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Fallen power cables have led to a road closure in Little Bromley.
  
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• You can now sponsor a brick on Colchester's iconic Jumbo water tower - here's how

  11-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A charity restoring Colchester’s iconic water tower has launched a special Christmas appeal.
  
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• TV star reveals what audiences can expect when he comes to Colchester

  11-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Award-winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker Gordan Buchanan is bringing his new live tour, Lions and Tigers and Bears, to Charter Hall on February 19.
  
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• Tributes paid to mum-of-five who died in East Street tragedy

  11-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Her family described her as “the joy of every gathering”, and someone who was “always making people laugh and smile”.
  
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• Shoppers flock to Colchester for Colchester Christmas Market of the season

  11-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Shoppers defied the grey skies and wet weather as they filled Colchester’s city centre with Christmas spirit.
  
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• MP hosts reception to support Colchester charity in House of Commons

  11-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  “Open Road is one of Colchester's best known charities. So I thought as Colchester's MP, it was really important to host a major Colchester charity.
  
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• 6 places in Essex named among the happiest places to live in the UK

  11-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Rightmove's happiest places to live list for 2025 has included the likes of Leigh-on-Sea, Colchester and Clacton.
  
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• Colchester MP pays tribute to paratrooper who died in Ukraine

  10-12-2025 18:39 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A spokesperson from the MOD told the Gazette LCpl Hooley was not a member of Colchester-based 2nd and 3rd Battalions of The Parachute Regiment.
  
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• Man hits out at 'lowest of the low' thieves who targeted elderly father

  10-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A Colchester man’s “anger is soaring into a new orbit” after his vulnerable father was the victim of a theft.
  
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