Page 14 - Mark Cory News Today

DRIVE, determination and care. Three words that leap to mind when describing Colchester Council executive director Pam Donnelly, who has been put forward for recognition as one of the Gazette’s Community Champions. Pam also holds a post on the north Essex NHS board and chairs One Colchester - a strategic and operational group that brings together key partners, to try and keep residents safe and well. Council leader Mark Cory was one of those to put her forward for praise. He said: �...

• Essex County Hospital new public realm – £500k • ‘Jumbo’ water tower – £1m • Liveable Neighbourhoods and School Streets – £2.1m • Vineyard Gateway – £1m What have the council said? Business boss David King said: "Despite the severe pressures on our day-to-day revenue spending, capital investment in our borough is prudent and affordable at a time of low interest rates and is vital to economic and pandemic recovery. "This council will do all it can to attract...

COLCHESTER Council has announced plans to invest more than £43 million in homes, community facilities and the town centre. The council’s Cabinet unanimously approved the authority’s capital strategy and capital programme, which will see it invest upwards of £43 million across the borough over the next few years. Further cash will also be brought in from outside sources to boost the capital programme, the total value of which is more than £50 million. About £40 million will be sp...

ELECTIONS cannot be held safely during the coronavirus pandemic, council leaders have insisted despite the Prime Minister’s pleas for them to go…

COUNCIL staff are set to visit supermarkets across Colchester to help ensure stores are Covid compliant. The leader of Colchester Council has written to supermarket chiefs across the borough urging them to step up Covid protections, with the borough at a "very dangerous point" in its fight against coronavirus. Praising the work already undertaken by supermarkets, Mark Cory (Lib Dem) has appealed for stores to step up further to limit the spread of coronavirus in the borough. The council...

Mark Cory, leader of Colchester Council, has urged supermarkets in the town to continue doing all they can to prevent the spread of Covid.

A COUNCIL leader has said he does not believe Colchester schools should reopen tomorrow.

Council leader Mark Cory has said he does not believe Colchester schools should reopen tomorrow. Main picture: PA A COUNCIL leader has said he does not believe Colchester schools should reopen tomorrow. Secondary schools, and colleges in Clacton, Colchester, and Harwich will not open until January 18, with remote learning being rolled-out instead. But primary schools are expected to open today as planned. Schools in mid and south Essex are remaining closed due to high infection numbers....

MORE support from the Government is desperately needed for Essex’s struggling NHS services, Colchester leaders have claimed. Yesterday Essex Resilience Forum declared a “major incident” in the county due to the pressure on NHS services caused by rapidly rising coronavirus infection. The move will allow the group, which is made up of NHS bodies, blue light responders and local authorities, to ask for further support from the Government. The number of coronavirus patients in hospita...

SOARING cases of Covid-19 in north Essex has pushed coronavirus patient numbers to more than 50 per cent higher than in the spring peak. According to the latest figures from the East Suffolk and North Essex Trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals, there were 212 patients with Covid-19 at the trust as of December 22. This is up from 169 a week previously - an increase of about 25 per cent. This is more than the trust had during any point in April, where the highest number was ...