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A MUSICAL success story has praised the town which helped land her the opportunity of a lifetime. Vanessa Higgins, who grew up in New Town, Colchester, has landed her dream role as managing director of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services UK. Now living in London, Miss Higgins still feels a piece of her heart remains in her home town and she will return to Colchester to get married in the summer. The 36-year-old credited her education at Colchester County High School for Girls as fundamental to her success, first as a live musician and now in her current career. She said: “It was great, I did a lot of music when I was there, putting on my own plays and writing my own songs. The school let me explore the music industry for myself, it was really good.
A TALENTED young musician and performer who honed her craft in Colchester is now progressing her career at a revered educational institution. Lottie Anstee first started her foray into the world of music at the age of 15 when she joined the Essex Music Services’ Essex Youth Orchestra. Before long, the 19-year-old, who studied at the Colchester County High School for Girls, was made the flagship ensemble’s principal flute player. The gifted flautist, who is also part of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, is now composing music at the University of Cambridge. She joined the prestigious institution in October 2019 after her skills helped her secure a place at the university’s Churchill College.
File photo of Rachel Nickell. Picture: PA FILMING for a drama on the investigation into the devastating murder of a former Colchester schoolgirl has begun. Rachel Nickell, 23, was stabbed 49 times and sexually assaulted in front of son Alex Hanscombe, then aged two, while walking their dog on Wimbledon Common. Alex was found by a passer-by clinging to her body, crying ‘Mummy, get up’. The 1992 attack shocked the country and was one of the UK’s most high-profile cold cases until paranoid schizophrenic Robert Napper, 42, admitted manslaughter. Rachel was a pupil at Great Totham Primary School, before going on to Colchester County High School for Girls after passing her 11-plus exam.
File photo of Rachel Nickell. Picture: PA FILMING for a drama on the investigation into the devastating murder of a former Essex schoolgirl has begun. Rachel Nickell, 23, was stabbed 49 times and sexually assaulted in front of son Alex Hanscombe, then aged two, while walking their dog on Wimbledon Common. Alex was found by a passer-by clinging to her body, crying ‘Mummy, get up’. The 1992 attack shocked the country and was one of the UK’s most high-profile cold cases until paranoid schizophrenic Robert Napper, 42, admitted manslaughter. Rachel was a pupil at Great Totham Primary School, before going on to Colchester County High School for Girls after passing her 11-plus exam.