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Flooding problems have been an issue in Haven Road for decades.  Last year one business, Velvis Cars, left its base in Haven Road and decided to relocate to West Bergholt due in part due to the flooding. Picture: Sue Witheridge Earlier this month Labour ward councillors Mike Lilley, Lee Scordis and Adam Fox set up a petition calling for the issue to be sorted "once and for all". The councillors have also written directly to bosses at Colchester Council, Essex County Council and Anglian Water as well as Colchester MP Will Quince and Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs min...

Flooding problems have been an issue in Haven Road for decades.  Last year one business, Velvis Cars, left its base in Haven Road and decided to relocate to West Bergholt due in part due to the flooding. Picture: Sue Witheridge Earlier this month Labour ward councillors Mike Lilley, Lee Scordis and Adam Fox set up a petition calling for the issue to be sorted "once and for all". The councillors have also written directly to bosses at Colchester Council, Essex County Council and Anglian Water as well as Colchester MP Will Quince and Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs min...

THE cost of single-use plastic carrier bags will double later this month. And all shops in England from the largest supermarket to the smallest corner shop will be obliged to impose the 10p charge from Friday, May 21. Since the 5p plastic bag tax was introduced in England on October 5, 2015, there has been a massive reduction in the number of bags being used in the country. The levy, which until now has only applied to retailers employing more than 250 staff, saw the average customer cutting the annual number of plastic bags they took their shopping home in from 140 to four. Includi...

A PETITION has been set up calling for councils and politicians to work together to fix flooding issues which have plagued a busy road for decades. Haven Road, in Hythe in Colchester, floods almost every time there is a high tide in the neighbouring River Colne. On Friday there were miles of queues across the east of the town, stretching down Clingoe Hill as far as Wivenhoe, after a car broke down in the water. The following day, the road flooded again, with some drivers being forced to use the pavement to get through the water. Ward councillors Lee Scordis, Mike Lilley and Adam Fox...

A SOMERSET council has voted to ban the release of sky lanterns or balloons on publicly owned land in its district.