Braintree and Witham Times

A plume of smoke was seen rising from Southend Airport at about 4pm with reports coming in of a small aircraft being involved. There have also been reports of multiple firefighter crews arriving to the incident to help the airport’s onsite team.

"We were called to Middlewick Ranges at 7.57pm to a fire affecting about two hectares of grass and gorse bushes.

A NUMBER of contestants that starred in a hit ITV reality series are from Essex.

With the 2025 Wimbledon Championships underway, it’s the prime time for budding tennis players to pick up a racket.

Despite being relatively small in size and often overlooked, Bures in Suffolk has so much going for it - including the chance for visitors to spot a dragon.

Fan Neil Tayler, of Thorpe Le Soken, took his family to the concert, he said: “It was fantastic, the support acts included.

WHETHER you like his music or not, Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest contemporary artists in the world.

The e-scooter, capable of reaching speeds of up to 30mph, was being operated without any lighting.

It will be focused on the fatal four offences of drink and drug driving, mobile phone use, speeding, and failing to wear a seatbelt.

We’ve uncovered these long lost photos of Hollywood star Helen Mirren

An environmental education scheme is giving children in Harwich the chance to learn about the coast.

Shepherd carried out "numerous instances of dangerous driving manoeuvres"

A festival to celebrate the 70th anniversary of a charity raised more than £10,000 towards supporting adults with learning disabilities.

A teen from Gosfield, who attends Colchester Institute is going for gold at the Youth Waterski Championships in Spain next week.

Owen Stewart, from Southend, asked his partner, Emma Chapman, to marry him at the Chelmsford City Live show.

Residents said the A12 is in desperate need of a third carriageway after the government’s U-turn on a £1.2billion widening scheme.

A POWER cut in Braintree has seen almost 100 residents lose electricity.

CREWS prevented a fire from spreading to "dozens of homes" in Braintree earlier today.

ESSEX police caught drivers speeding across the Braintree district this week, including one driver going 11 mph above the limit.

FIVE flats and two business were evacuated in Essex earlier today, after the gas had been left on at a near-by premises.