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  • Cruel bogus callers target Kirby Cross woman aged in her 90s

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a distraction burglary in Kirby Cross. A woman in her 90s was approached by two men outside her home in Baynards Crescent while she was in the garden. They claimed they needed to check the water in the

  • Police issue new appeal in hunt for three wanted men

    POLICE have renewed an appeal for information in a bid to trace three wanted men from the Clacton area. Robert Hardwick, 39, is wanted after he failed to appear at North Essex Magistrates Court to face a charge of criminal damage on April 27 this

  • Coffee date at funeral directors'

    A FAMILY business is hoping to put the fun back into funerals by hosting coffee mornings next week. R Gwinnell and Sons are holding events at several of their funeral parlours to raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support as part of a national campaign

  • A12 tailbacks after double accident at Capel St Mary

    THE A12 north of Colchester was blocked this morning following two crashes. A car left the northbound carriageway at 8.15am and ended up in bushes. Fire crews from Colchester, Ipswich and Hadleigh were at the scene, at the Capel St Mary junction

  • Woman badly injured and man rescued in Clacton blaze

    A WOMAN has been badly injured after fire ripped through a flat in Clacton. Firefighters had to rescue a man from above the ground floor flat in the early hours of this morning. The blaze started at 2.40am today in North Road. Fire crews

  • Woman and child cut free from smash in Elmstead Market

    A WOMAN and child were trapped in the wreckage of a car for more than half an hour after a two-vehicle smash in Elmstead Market. Yesterday's accident happened just before 6pm in Clacton Road. Fire crews from Colchester had to cut the roof off