22+ hour, 51+ min ago   (91+ words) Police are searching for a 70-year-old woman who was last seen this morning. Jeanette Smith went missing in Harlow around 9am on Sunday, September 13. She was last seen in the area of Hamstel Road, wearing a blue coat, black leggings, and…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (545+ words) With the exciting Banksy artworks exhibition coming up next month, The Minories Creative Director Emma Howe is sharing a column on what art lovers can expect from it. Banksy is coming to Colchester! Well, at least 28 original pieces of his…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (241+ words) Aftermath - Police tape and cones have cordoned off the scene (Image: Halle Groves, Newsquest)> Police presence remains on Halstead High Street after a cash machine was ripped from a building in the early hours of this morning. Officers closed the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (379+ words) THE heart-broken family of missing woman Vitória Barreto are urging people with information to come forward, six months after her disappearance. Vitória arrived in the UK on March 1. and began staying at the home of a university lecturer in Southend,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (406+ words) A FUNDRAISING campaign is giving supporters the chance to adopt part of Colchester’s historic Jumbo water tower. North Essex Heritage, the charity leading the restoration of the historic landmark, is inviting individuals and businesses to sponsor one of the 264 cast…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (436+ words) A major airline has cancelled multiple flights amid ongoing travel chaos across the UK. Ryanair said more than 65,000 of its passengers had been disrupted and it had cancelled more than 50 scheduled flights. Flights to Toulouse, Gdansk, Wroclaw, and Katowice from…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (51+ words) Colchester Gazette Stansted Airport disruption for second day - live updates - Stansted Airport faces recover from disruption over past 24 hours - Thousands of passengers affected as a result and airport say flights are operating as normal - Earlier disruption caused by issues with…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (80+ words) A road that is used as a rat run by commuters has been closed for urgent works. Boxted Road, on the outskirts of Colchester, has been shut by Essex Highways to allow resurfacing to take place. A short diversion route…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (233+ words) Stansted has provided an update, with the airport facing disruption due to a technical issue with air traffic control. Stansted is one of a number of airports which is facing issues this afternoon (September 8) with departing flights. A spokesman for…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (296+ words) More than one hundred flights have now been cancelled at Stansted Airport following an air traffic control issue. Data from FlightRadar24 shows 107 cancellations and 241 delays at the Essex airport, which, as of reporting, is the fifth most disrupted in the world....