Lakeside Shopping Centre is popular all year round and even more so over the festive period. Here is when it is open during the 2025 festive season.

Robert Brown was taking part in the World Naked Bike Ride in Colchester when motorcyclist Lee Turnage punched him off his bicycle in Hythe Hill.

Thirteen Colchester women stripped down for a calendar girls themed photoshoot at Brian Stronge’s StrongeImages Photography studio in Keelars Lane, Alresford, in October.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves removes high end cars from Motability Scheme in a move which makes people with disabilities feel like they are unworthy.