Council leader donates £5,000 to heritage bid

A DONATION of £5,000 has been made by Colchester Council leader Anne Turrell from the leader’s fund. Mrs Turrell said: “We don’t have the money to save it outright, but we are 100 per cent behind it and want to support it in any way we can.”

Lyn Barton, the council’s portfolio holder for planning, regeneration and sustainability, said the Liberal Democrat group had also donated £1,000, and she added the council had been active in trying to do what it could to save the circus.
She said: “We can`t buy the Sergeants’ Mess, we don’t have the funds.
“But where we can, we have acquired pieces of land around the circus, as they are important for saving the circus for the future.”