Posts Tagged ‘Colchester’
Fortnightly Waste Collections Resume Next Week
Colchester Borough Council have announced today that fortnightly waste and recycling collections are to restart across Colchester from this Monday, the 22nd June. From Monday you are advised to use the 2020/21 recycling calendar, which covers the period until March 2021, or visit www.colchester.gov.uk/recycling, to check their regular collection information. The announcement of a…
Read MoreRed Arrows Are Due To Fly Over Colchester Today
The RAF Red Arrows are due to fly over Colchester this afternoon as the French President Emmanuel Macron visits London. Weather permitting the jets will take off from an RAF base in Oxfordshire before going over London and then towards Essex. Their flight plan will take them over Colchester just after 5pm.
Read MoreNow You Can Get Your Name On The Rollerworld ‘Wall of Fame’
Colchester’s popular skating entertainment venue DX’s Rollerworld is offering you the chance to have your name on their ‘Wall of Fame’ and help and secure its future. Rollerworld’s Wall of Fame is just one of the fundraising ideas owners Anne & Jason Khan have come up with. Anne says “We have had to…
Read MoreOakley Raised £621 for the NHS and Receives a Treat.
Since lock down young Oakley from Colchester has spent weeks making hundreds of individual pictures to sell to raise money for the NHS. On Tuesday he was rewarded for his efforts with a shopping spree in Toy Store. On Tuesday 16th June, staff at Smyths Toy Superstore in Tollgate, Colchester welcomed Oakley in to…
Read MorePolice Appeal For Witness Following An Altercation In Boadicea Way
Officers in Colchester are appealing for witness following an altercation in Boadicea Way, Colchester, yesterday Wednesday 22 April. It was reported that a man in his 30s was in his van when he was approached by a man in his 40s, at around 2.30pm. The man became racially abusive towards him, hit him…
Read MoreColchester Cemetery Reopens
Colchester Borough Council has reopened its cemetery today (22 April) following a change to the coronavirus emergency legislation by Government. The Council closed Colchester Cemetery to the public, except for funerals, earlier this month following the Government’s new coronavirus health protection regulations. These were put in place to help tackle the spread of Covid-19…
Read MoreWestlife Are No Longer Coming To Colchester
In a tweet by Westlife’s official account, the group have confirmed that their shows scheduled for June and July “must be cancelled”. The group were due to appear in the Castle Park on Saturday 11th July as part of their “All the Hits Tour”. The tweet continues “Those who have been on the…
Read MoreColchester “Meals on Wheels” Service for Greenstead Residents
Colchester Borough Council’s Community Response Team have been hard at work supporting organisations across the borough, helping them to adapt the way they work and continue to deliver their much-loved community services. Dale Sainty, who runs the Greenstead Filling Station Cafe has set up a not-for-profit ‘meals on wheels’ service, so that Greenstead residents are…
Read MoreBaby Tamandua Born at Colchester Zoo
Although Easter was very different this year for everyone at Colchester Zoo. On Saturday 11th April their Animal Care Team were delighted to see that Ruth the Tamandua had given birth to a healthy baby. The young Tamandua is yet to be sexed but is growing healthy and strong with Ruth proving to be…
Read MoreSome Amazing News From Colchester Zoo
In these unprecedented times life at Colchester Zoo is strange and quiet without visitors. However, nature and life continues despite the feeling of it being on pause. On the morning of Wednesday 15th April, the Animal Care Team were delighted to see that female Cheetah Sia had successfully given birth to not 1, not…
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