Colchester Chat is back after the international break to talk all things U's...what went wrong at Crawley Town, how has Brandon Comley become a midfield mainstay and will Kem Izzet be a success at Brightlingsea Regent?Sports reporters Jon Waldr

Colchester Chat non-league football special

Sep 13th, 2019 30m 38s

Colchester Chat's non-league experts Simon Spurgeon and Matt Plummer discuss brilliant starts to the season for Braintree Town, Stanway Rovers, Halstead Town and Little Oakley...and if any Essex non-league managers can replicate the success of

Colchester Chat with South Lanes Project co-ordinator Simon Wright

Sep 11th, 2019 25m 41s

Colchester's South Lanes are the jewel in the town's crown - home to a collection of independent shops, restaurants and cafes. Colchester Gazette editor Dom Bowers chatted to business consultant Simon Wright who is one of the brains behind the

Colchester Chat with Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Martin Goss

Sep 2nd, 2019 33m 1s

Martin Goss has been a Lib Dem for 30 years, a councillor for ten and is now a parliamentary hopeful. The Gazette’s head of content Dom Bowers spoke to Martin about Brexit, Twitter fights and how Boris Johnson is holding up his holiday.

Colchester Chat with Tina McKay

Aug 27th, 2019 42m 35s

Tina McKay describes her meteoric rise from armchair critic to Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Colchester and explains why Jeremy Corbyn is still the man to lead the party into Number 10.

Colchester Chat: U's woes, Town's steady start

Aug 23rd, 2019 30m 38s

Colchester United have started the League Two season with two defeats and two draws, while Ipswich Town have kicked off their League One campaign with two wins and two draws. Gazette sports reporters Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer discuss...

Colchester Chat with twtd.co.uk editor Phil Ham

Jul 25th, 2019 34m 22s

Colchester Chat has made a rare trip over the border to talk to Ipswich Town fanzine twtd.co.uk editor Phil Ham. Phil is upbeat - even excited - about Town's chances in League One, and particularly new signing James Norwood. We also talk about

Colchester Chat with Jon Burns and Si Collinson

Jul 12th, 2019 32m 42s

Colchester United fans Jon Burns and Si Collinson discuss the U's new signings, Luke Gambin, Paris Cowan-Hall, Omar Sowunmi and Jevani Brown, the possible return of keeper Dean Gerken, playing style, atmosphere, McGreal, Cowling and everything

Colchester Chat with sports reporter Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer

Jul 4th, 2019 34m 43s

Colchester United have sold Sammie Szmodics and Frankie Kent and Rene Gilmartin, Mika Mandron and Brennan Dickenson have also left the club. Jon Waldron discusses how a new-look U's are shaping up for the 2019/20 season. Ipswich Town's squad wi

Colchester Chat with Sam Good from Our Colchester

Jun 30th, 2019 25m 1s

Sam Good is the manager of Colchester's Business Improvement District, called Our Colchester. He chats to the Gazette's head of content, Dom Bowers, and Essex University journalism student HK Norman about what the group has planned for the town

Non-league team of the year

Jun 17th, 2019 32m 1s

The Gazette's readers have spoken...here is the non-league team of the year for 2018/20. We asked fans of Braintree Town, Brightlingsea Regent, Heybridge Swifts, Maldon and Tiptree, Coggeshall Town, Witham Town, Stanway Rovers, Brantham Athleti

Colchester Chat with Colchester United media manager Matt Hudson

May 23rd, 2019 32m 45s

Matt Hudson has worked in Colchester United's press office for 18 years and has seen in the region of a dozen managers, from Steve Whitton to Phil Parkinson, and 300 players. He chats to Gazette sports reporter Jon Waldron and head of content D

Festival organiser, socialist and legalise cannabis supporter Don Quinn

May 10th, 2019 31m 47s

Colchester Chat catches up with Don Quinn who organises the town's popular Medieval Fair and Food and Drink festival. He's a socialist with strong views on legalising cannabis. He chatted to Gazette editor Dom Bowers and Essex University studen

Colchester Chat: The future of our town centre, with Nick Chilvers

May 10th, 2019 30m 58s

Nick Chilvers worked in retail management for most of his life and still feels passionately about Colchester town centre. He talks to Gazette editor Dom Bowers and Essex University student Rhiannon Bevan about the future of Colchester's High St

Colchester Chat with Peter Silk and John Chapman from Emmaus

May 10th, 2019 24m 49s

John Chapman had a nervous breakdown two years ago and was left homeless. He says he would be dead if it wasn't for charity Emmaus Colchester. Gazette head of content Dom Bowers and Essex University student HK Norman talk to John and charity tr

Colchester Chat football special with Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer

Apr 26th, 2019 30m 41s

Colchester United goalkeeper Ethan Ross has been thrust into the limelight due to Dillon Barnes' suspension and Rene Gilmartin's injury. The Colchester Gazette's Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer discuss whether he could be the U's play-off hero and

Colchester Chat with Mark Cory and Mark Goacher

Apr 19th, 2019 35m 18s

Colchester Council leader Mark Cory and Green party candidate Mark Goacher go head to head (although they agreed about most things!) in a local election special.

Colchester Chat with North Essex Garden Communities MD Richard Bayley

Apr 8th, 2019 33m 16s

Three new towns with 43,000 homes are planned in Colchester, Tendring and Braintree and Richard Bayley, as managing director of North Essex Garden Communities, is the man tasked with making the proposals a reality in the face of fierce oppositi

Colchester Chat with Darius Laws and Tim Young

Apr 7th, 2019 35m 1s

Colchester goes to the polls on May 2 with Darius Laws' Conservatives needing to win eight out of 17 seats to gain control of the borough council, while Labour's Tim Young will be hoping his party strengthens its ruling coalition. Darius and Ti

Colchester Chat with Mercury Theatre executive director Steve Mannix

Mar 27th, 2019 31m 16s

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester is in the midst of a £9 million revamp, which means it will set up am 850-seat marquee on nearby Abbey Field to show this year's pantomime. Executive director Steve Mannix talks to Essex University student Rhia

Colchester Chat with environmental campaigners Jill Bruce and Laurel Spooner

Mar 8th, 2019 30m 40s

Colchester environmental campaigners Jill Bruce and Laurel Spooner chat to Essex University journalism student Rhiannon Bevan and Gazette editor Dom Bowers about how we can all tackle climate change.

Colchester Chat with Mersea Island campaigner John Akker

Mar 1st, 2019 31m 9s

John Akker has stood at the last Colchester Borough Council and Essex County Council elections as an independent candidate, fighting on a ticket protecting Mersea Island from development. He chats to Colchester Gazette editor Dom Bowers.

Colchester Chat with Rosie Pearson and Angela Luxford-Vaughan

Feb 20th, 2019 31m 21s

Three huge new towns, dubbed garden communities, are planned in Colchester, Tendring and Braintree...but campaigners say the proposals won't work. Rosie Pearson, of the Campaign Against Urban Sprawl in Essex, and Angela Luxford-Vaughan, of Wive

Colchester Chat with Katie Palmer, Pam Schomberg and Skinny Jean Gardener Lee Connelly

Feb 16th, 2019 30m 55s

Pam Schomberg and Skinny Jean Gardener Lee Connelly are among a small band of heroes who run Colchester in Bloom. They chatted to Gazette reporter Katie Palmer about the importance of volunteering and gardening.

Colchester Chat with Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer on Colchester United and Ipswich Town managers

Feb 12th, 2019 38m 16s

Gazette sports reporters Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer describe what it was like working with Colchester United and Ipswich Town managers over the past 15 years, including Roy Keane, Phil Parkinson, Geraint Williams, Joe Royle and Aidy Boothroyd