Fans wanted a steeper hill than Colchester High Street for the event - which had hosted the spectacle previously The organiser of a soapbox rally has announced the event will return to a city centre.

The union boss for security personnel has appealed the sentence of a Colchester clubber who was spared jail after punching a security guard.

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Racing in-costume is essential, with 2023 seeing flying fish, chariots, dinosaurs and minions hurtle down Colchester High Street. It was a spectacle involving 48 karts, which attracted 8,000 visitors.