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Colchester Council approves Emily Home, a parent-and-baby safehouse on Greenstead Road supporting vulnerable parents and babies with care and assessments.

Loughton shoplifter Sergiu Marin Dobre jailed for four months after stealing £80 of goods from Morrisons and carrying a knife on November 6.

Essex motorway services ranked: Moto Thurrock on the M25 scores 96% and Welcome Break Birchanger on the M11 95% in Transport Focus customer satisfaction survey.

Tendring District Council reports missed bin collections in Walton, Frinton, Kirby and Thorpe-le-Soken after technical issues; Veolia will return November 11.

A man has died after a four-vehicle crash in Stone Lodge Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Colchester Council is inviting the public to offer feedback on services at the Residents' Panel Marketplace in Moot Hall.

Residents, businesses, community groups and people who work or travel in Essex are encouraged to complete the PFCC Precept Survey, which runs until November 11, 2026.

St Helena Hospice charity shops in Colchester and Tendring are preparing for Christmas with special events and sustainable shopping ideas.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Speaker Lord Forsyth of Drumlean laid wreaths and led the nation in a two-minute silence in remembrance of the fallen on Armistice Day.

Angela Rayner will push for a “new wave” of homes to “turn the tide” on the crisis when she brings together the country’s biggest housebuilders, councils and housing chiefs next week.

Governments have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care, the leader of a review into reform of the sector is expected to say as new research concludes it is a “fundamentally fragmented system” with no-one in charge overall.

Parents are returning to buying toys for fun rather than educational value amid the fastest growth in the market for more than a decade, the industry has said.

A journalist has been covering Colchester United for 21 years.

Colchester United’s youngsters took centre stage against Ipswich Town U21 on a night of fresh injuries and an unusual tannoy appeal

Colchester United under-21s lost 4-0 defeat to Charlton Athletic

Danny Cowley praised Colchester United’s academy players after the U’s drew 0-0 with Ipswich Town under-21s before winning the penalty shootout