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From restored heritage and improved routes to a livelier city centre and practical support for wellbeing and housing, 2025 brought changes residents could see and feel.

The new camera joins several others already in place on North Station Road.

Colchester City Council remains committed to breathing new life into Holy Trinity Church – Colchester’s oldest standing building – while St Helena Hospice has decided to step away from the project due to sector-wide financial challenges.

Colchester’s War Memorial on the High Street will once again be the focal point for the city’s traditional Remembrance Service

A £1million upgrade programme for St Mary’s and St John’s car parks will begin next week, starting from the 20 October 2025.

The event marks a much-anticipated homecoming for one of the city’s most cherished civic traditions

The annual event will mark the 81st anniversary of Operation Market Garden, a daring Allied attempt to seize a series of bridges in the Netherlands

An acclaimed performer, William has given recitals across the UK and Europe

This continues a longer pattern of gradual expansion seen over the last three decades

The new service is plug-and-play – no engineer visits, no roadworks, and no need to touch your walls.