Colchester Evening News: Difference between revisions

Established in [[1907]], the '''''Colchester Evening News''''' was a local newspaper in [[Colchester]]. The [[19 April|April 19]], [[2011]] issue of the newspaper had news of [[Nina (Closing Time)|Nina]], a local girl who was kicked off ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'', on the front page. News items on mysterious disappearances caused by [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] were on pages 7, 19 and 22. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')

 

The main story was the poisoning of a fellow Britain's Got Talent contestant by a local teenager. According to the paper, the pair of rival [[singer]]s didn't believe there was room for both of them in the show, and what began as mild mannered backstage sniping soon turned into something much more serious.

 

Contestant [[Josie-D]] was accused by Nina of buying similar clothes, leading to the girls wearing strikingly similar outfits in the early stages of the competition. In the final stages, rumours were rife of Nina's drug habit and Josie-D's liberal attitude towards relationships. There escalated when Josie-D developed a [[throat infection]]. Nina claimed Josie wasn't ill at all and was simply trying to excuse a poor performance, and in return Josie had tampered with her medication before that Saturday's show, adding household [[bleach]] to the [[throat spray]]. Tests revealed that the spray had been tampered with, and Nina was kicked off of the show pending a police investigation. The full story was continued on page 3.

 

 

==== Local Lad Heads to the Olympics ====

The paper reported that an up-and-coming Colchester [[swimmer]] would celebrate his 15th birthday by representing [[Britain]] at the [[2012 Olympic Games]]. The student from who attended [[St John's Comprehensive]] was encouraged by his swimming instructor to participate in after school sessions where he was subsequently spotted by a talent scout. The full story was on page 15.

 

According to the article, a local [[German Shepherd]] was praised by [[archaeologist]]s investigating the sites around [[Colchester Castle]] after he helped to sniff out some long-lost [[Norman]] treasure in the wooded grounds. The full story was on page 6. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')