Essex news

• Facial recognition could be expanded as views sought to shape new laws

  04-12-2025 09:30 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Facial recognition could become more frequent in Essex as ministers are seeking to ramp up police use of of the technology to fight crime.
  
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• Late night shopping events to be held in Colchester before Christmas

  09-12-2025 17:10 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Our Colchester Business Improvement District (BID) is holding late night shopping events over the Christmas period.
  
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• Leisure centre evacuated due to 'gas smell'

  09-12-2025 16:37 via bbc.com
  Firefighters are at the scene and say they "isolated the gas".
  
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• Changes to railway timetables are on the way

  09-12-2025 16:27 via bbc.com
  Greater Anglia is among the operators making changes and adding extra carriages from this weekend.
  
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• A127 shut for four hours due to police incident

  09-12-2025 16:01 via bbc.com
  Essex Police previously urged motorists to avoid the area, but says the road has now reopened.
  
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• Britain's most bashed bridges revealed

  09-12-2025 15:57 via bbc.com
  Network Rail reveals a low bridge in Leicestershire saw more crashes than any other crossing.
  
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• Reckless drivers caught red-handed car racing and drifting at popular leisure park

  09-12-2025 15:53 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Reckless drivers were caught red-handed by police patrolling a Colchester leisure centre.
  
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• Essex Police make almost 100 drink and drug driving arrests in campaign's first week

  09-12-2025 15:06 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  During the initial phase, 97 arrests were made with 61 of these linked directly to drug driving offences and 17 for drink driving offences.
  
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• Essex Police make 97 drink and drug driving arrests in campaign's first week

  09-12-2025 15:06 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  During this initial phase, a total of 97 arrests were made with 61 of these linked directly to drug driving offences and 17 for drink driving offences.
  
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• Colchester primary school rated Outstanding in all areas for its Catholic education

  09-12-2025 14:43 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Prayer spaces throughout the school and frequent use of the parish church were said to contribute to the school’s deeply rooted culture of worship.
  
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• '12 days of Christmas' savings tips to reduce your outgoings this holiday season

  09-12-2025 14:35 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A thrifty influencer mum from Essex has shared her top tips for staying financially savvy this holiday season.
  
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• School cancels Christmas show after security fears

  09-12-2025 13:31 via bbc.com
  Police are trying to find the man who sparked an emergency school lockdown on Monday.
  
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• 'Hardest thing I’ve ever done': Colchester star on new series of popular TV show

  09-12-2025 12:38 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Cole Anderson-James has confirmed he will feature in the 2026 series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins on Channel 4.
  
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• Serving Essex Police officer denies assaulting woman

  09-12-2025 12:36 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A serving Essex Police officer from Colchester has denied assaulting a woman.
  
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• Update from emergency services after closure of Colchester car park

  09-12-2025 12:19 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Emergency services have issued an updated following the closure of a Colchester car park.
  
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• Colchester armed forces personnel to get free Christmas travel support

  09-12-2025 11:47 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A further 5,000 separated parents with non-resident children will also receive travel credit, helping them reunite with their children over Christmas.
  
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• Emergency services seal off city centre road and close car park

  09-12-2025 11:34 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are attending an incident in Colchester’s city centre as a car park has been closed.
  
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• Man wrestled to ground after stabbing policewomen

  09-12-2025 11:22 via bbc.com
  The 25-year-old was suffering a psychotic episode as he attacked the officers with a kitchen knife.
  
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• Serving police officer denies assaulting woman

  09-12-2025 10:59 via bbc.com
  Lee Mullen, 52, is suspended from duty while the legal process takes place.
  
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• Lorry breakdown on Colchester-bound A12 causes long delays

  09-12-2025 10:36 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Motorists are experiencing delays on the Colchester-bound A12 this morning.
  
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• Top acting school to move to Colchester after university closes Southend home

  09-12-2025 08:52 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A top-tier acting school is relocating to Colchester as its former home will be shut.
  
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• Heartbroken family say Essex mum died after using hot tub on birthday trip

  09-12-2025 08:12 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A woman died from Legionnaire's disease after using a hot tub in a holiday cottage which had been rented to celebrate her birthday, an inquest heard
  
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• More than 200 homes could be built in village

  09-12-2025 07:35 via bbc.com
  Council documents show the plans also include a cafe, nursery and food shop.
  
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• Roofing and lighting upgraded in £1m station works

  09-12-2025 07:34 via bbc.com
  Harwich International station is now "brighter, more modern and more welcoming", Greater Anglia says.
  
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• 'School punished my child because I missed her parents' evening'

  09-12-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  Louise Butcher is one of many parents who say a federation's two schools are too strict with pupils.
  
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• Man left woman 'constantly on edge' due to repeated court breaches

  09-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Darren Hooper, 39, regularly loitered around Great Bentley in the hope he might encounter the woman.
  
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• Man left his woman 'constantly on edge' due to repeated court breaches

  09-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Darren Hooper, 39, regularly loitered around Great Bentley in the hope he might encounter the woman.
  
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• In pictures: Shoppers enjoy bespoke Christmas market at Colchester Town Hall

  09-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Shoppers were spoilt with choice at a bespoke Christmas market at Colchester Town Hall.
  
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• Colchester shop owners share thoughts on shoplifting crimes ahead of festive holidays

  09-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The Gazette went out and about to speak to shop-owners in the city centre about their experience with shop-lifting crimes.
  
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• Barwoman left pedestrian bleeding and unconscious after drink driving

  09-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Jasmine Coe, 27, was driving home from work at the time of the incident and was described as being inconsolable after the collision in Blasford Hill.
  
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