THE trust which runs Colchester Hospital has been told it requires improvement. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission visited the East Suffolk and North Essex Trust over a month last summer. It is the first time the trust, which was formed
THERE is a population boom happening on the backwaters along the north Essex coast. What started a as a small colony of seals in the 1970s and 80s, has steadily grown to a healthy 400. And the public has a chance to see the animals thanks to
More than 250 extra patients were admitted to hospital every week at the trust which runs Colchester Hospital last year compared to five years ago. NHS Digital data shows 202,060 patients were admitted to hospitals run by the East Suffolk and North
A MAN pulled a burning mattress into the communal hallway of a block of flats before getting trapped in his flat. Three fire crews were called to a blaze on the first floor of the block, in Nayland Drive, Clacton, at about 1.25am yesterday.
CLACTON'S policing team has started the New Year with a show of force in a bid to tackle antisocial behaviour and drug dealing in the town centre. Essex Police's Clacton Town Centre Team was set up in July following an increase in police numbers
A BOAT owner has launched an appeal for witnesses after his seal watching ferry was damaged. Christian Zimann, 38, who is the owner of the Seal Watching company, was left with a bill for £400 to repair a window which was shattered in his ferry.
AN abandoned dog has finally found a new home after spending nearly 500 days in the kennels of an animal charity. Lurcher Jake, who is two, became the charity’s longest resident as he failed to win the hearts of prospective owners. The unclaimed
