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A free, interactive app called Street Tag, which promotes physical activity in a fun accessible way, launches today in Colchester. The app has been brought to Colchester by a partnership between Colchester Borough Council and the Essex Local Delivery Pilot (LDP). Street Tag turns physical activity into a game by converting walking, running and…

Colchester MP Will Quince has teamed up with Lion Walk Shopping Centre manager Martin Leatherdale to bring families across Colchester a free community project. The project entitled Discover Colchester aims to support families; education, learning, creativity, local history knowledge, mental stimulation, and much more, through lockdown. There are two project activity books available…

Lion Walk Shopping Centre in Colchester have announced the launch of their magical Winter Garden for Christmas. Open daily they have a host of festive treats, including a wonderful Santa experience for the whole family! They have their first ever canopy covered, well ventilated and covid secure, flame heated garden. Bringing you magical and…

A Colchester resident has started a project to provide disadvantaged families with books this Christmas. Lee Scordis, also a local councillor, came up with the Keep Colchester Reading project, which is now up and running. Lee Scordis said “After helping with the delivery of food to free school meal families over half-term, It came…

Gather your little monsters for a ghoulishly good time at High Woods Country Park this October half term. The whole family can enjoy four frighteningly good Halloween themed walking trails, suitable for ages 4-8 and 7-11yrs. Venture into the woods and follow the trail to solve the creepy clues and uncover spooky myths and…

Strictly Champion siblings, Kevin and Joanne Clifton, will be fox-trotting their way to Charter Hall in Colchester, on 13 November, with an intimate show produced for a socially distanced audience: An Evening with Kevin And Joanne Clifton. The much-loved dancing duo, who have both won the highly sought-after glitter ball trophy on the hit…

Local Superstar Olly Murs has today announced a huge 25-date UK tour for next summer, with the final show of the tour seeing Olly in Colchester for his homecoming spectacular show on Bank Holiday Sunday, 29 August 2021. With much of 2020 coming to a standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic, next year’s shows…

Comedy superstar John Bishop is to bring his brand-new, highly anticipated ‘Right Here, Right Now’ World Tour to Charter Hall, Colchester with two new dates on 19 October 2021 and 29 January 2022. John Bishop’s World Tour will visit major theatres and arenas around the UK and Ireland from early September 2021 before culminating…

Lion Walk shopping centre is bringing a touch of the Caribbean to Colchester this year with their amazing Summer Drinks Terrace. Imagine an immersive space to take you away from the reality and pressures of life, somewhere you can relax and feel like you are on holiday, oh and some shopping too! With…

This weekend Clacton Pier opened its latest ride a White Water Log Flume and it’s an instant splash hit! Customers of all ages were queuing long before it made its initial run around lunchtime on Saturday and by the end of the day hundreds of thrill seekers had enjoyed the attraction. The ride…