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The Latest Breaking News from Colchester

Search launched after man who fell asleep on train woke up to being sexually assaulted

The attack happened on a train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester

Evening Standard

Underpaid and overstretched: Essex yoga instructors ballot to strike over pay

Teachers at Colchester council say they’re paid less than those at other councils despite ‘bending over backwards’ to provide classes

The Guardian - UK

Colchester man jailed for life after murdering wife in ‘jealous rage’

Ertan Ersoy sentenced to minimum of 25 years for killing university lecturer Dr Antonella Castelvedere

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London leavers: ‘we saved £500 a month by moving our family to Essex’

After spending lockdown in Essex, Hannah Porter decided to move her young family somewhere 15 minutes from the beach

Evening Standard

Olympic rower James Cracknell to stand as Tory candidate in next election

The gold-medal winner will run in Colchester after current Conservative incumbent is to stand down

The Guardian - UK

Olympic rower James Cracknell chosen as Tory candidate

The two-time Olympic gold medallist has been confirmed as the party’s candidate in Colchester.

The Independent UK

List of schools affected by concrete safety fears

The Department for Education has said a full list of affected schools will be published this week.

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Health minister Will Quince to stand down at next election to ‘put family first’

The Conservative MP for Colchester said he felt he had been ‘neglecting’ his job as a father.

The Independent UK

Woman with injuries and man found dead in gated home as police 'seek answers for family'

Emergency services were called to an address in Colchester, Essex, shortly after 9.30am on Tuesday, May 30 - with an injured woman inside and the body of a man, before both were pronounced dead at the scene

Daily Mirror

Little known but beautiful UK beach island where day trippers regularly get stranded

Mersea Island near Colchester in Essex has been a holiday spot since the Romans populated the UK and is home to one of a small number of red squirrel populations

Daily Mirror

RideLondon Classique: Charlotte Kool wins reduced bunch sprint on stage 1

Team DSM rider tops Copponi to take first leader's jersey

Cycling News

Angry dad threatens to sue club after son 'won a car' - only to be handed kids toy

ATIK nightclub in Colchester, Essex, told guests they were 'giving away a car' in a poster which appeared to show a Mini Cooper and learner driver Noah Edwards was overjoyed when he won

Daily Mirror

Blur tour: how get tickets for the newly announced intimate gigs and other Europe dates

Blur are stopping off in a couple of small venues before embarking on their big European summer tour

Evening Standard

Boudicca returns as a 21st-century feminist – 2,000 years after her death

The queen and warrior who led a revolt against the Romans is enjoying a national resurgence as a symbol of rebellion

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Daily Mirror

Lying teacher who told colleagues she had a glass eye after cancer banned from classroom

Julianne Cox has been banned from teaching indefinitely after falsely telling colleagues at St Helena School in Colchester, Essex, she battled cancer and that her eye had been removed

The Independent UK

Work starts to unearth mosaic under pavement outside vape shop

Colchester is a former capital of Roman Britain.

Evening Standard

‘Talk to your critics’: King and Queen Consort greeted by protesters on visit to Colchester

As Charles and Camilla got out of a car, a protester said through a megaphone: ‘Answer your critics Charles. Come over and talk to your critics’

Daily Mirror

King Charles and Camilla met with 'not my King' banner and protestors on royal visit

The King and Queen Consort did not acknowledge the presence of anti-monarchy protesters Republic as they stopped to speak with some locals and schoolchildren who had gathered near Colchester Castle

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The Independent UK

King and Queen Consort greeted by protesters on visit to Colchester

One schoolgirl handed the King a drawing of him, with the words ‘best King’ written above the image.

The National (Scotland)

'Not my King': Charles and Queen Consort met with protesters during royal visit

KING Charles III and the Queen Consort arrived on a royal visit to Colchester to shouts from protesters holding a yellow banner that said, “not my…

The Independent UK

King and Queen Consort to celebrate Colchester’s city status

The couple will also reveal the chosen name for Colchester Zoo’s newest addition, a baby white rhino.

The Guardian - UK

‘Startling’ new evidence reveals gladiators fought in Roman Britain

Latest analysis of vase found in Colchester in 1848 shows the vessel was a piece of sports memorabilia from an area of combat

The Independent UK

Newspaper and magazine publisher DC Thomson announces 300 redundancies

Around half of the jobs expected to go will reportedly be at the Aceville publisher in Colchester, Essex.

Daily Mirror

Struggling mum slapped with £100 parking fine despite proving she bought a valid ticket

Rosie Welch, from Colchester, has been threatened with court action over a £100 fine after a firm claimed she failed to input all of her car registration for her 15-minute stay

Wales Online

Mum missing for days with partner and newborn baby has ties to Royal family

It has emerged that Constance is from an aristocratic family

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