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  • Dovercourt: Mum's rats' fear

    A worried mother has told how she could not let her daughter play in their garden because of rats. The rats have been seen along an alley off Manor Road, Dovercourt. Tree cuttings have also been dumped there, and while the two may not be connected, residents

  • Colchester: No let up on teacher shortage

    Teacher shortages are still a major problem in Colchester. As the deadline for resignation looms teachers moving on next term must notify schools by May 30 vacancies are becoming clear. And filling the posts is more difficult then ever, according to the

  • Colchester: Death crash teenager locked up

    A teenager has been locked up for causing the death of another teenager by dangerous driving. Thomas Bugg, 19, was going too fast when he pulled out of a junction and collided with another car on the A134 at Horkesley Hill, Little Horkesley. Daniel Bowen