Braintree and Witham Times

Drivers are facing severe delays near the M11 due to a lorry fire.

Holidaymakers travelling to Stansted Airport have been hit by delays and cancellations after a track defect blocked a major Essex train line.

A man has been banned for life from teaching after showing favouritism and crossing professional boundaries with a primary school pupil.

Essex Police have shared an appeal to find 36-year-old Calum from Hertfordshire who may have travelled to Harlow.

All traffic has been held on the M25 clockwise near Junction 28 for Brentwood following a collision.

Platja de s’Arenal beach in Ibizia, that you can fly to from Stansted Airport, experienced a series of "mini-tsunamis" on Sunday morning.

A man from Harlow has been jailed for six weeks after a number of abusive 999 calls and also racially abusing a police officer.

Haven has been forced to apologise after a 12-inch knife was found in a child's caravan bedroom at the Orchards Holiday Village in Clacton-on-Sea.

easyJet has released destinations perfect for the August bank holiday from Essex airports to avoid using annual leave.

Staff who work on the hit BBC debate show Newsnight fear it could be axed by the end of next year after 46 years.

All of Essex could be at risk of intense rainfall as a result of thunderstorms the Met Office has said.

The East of England Ambulance Service have paid tribute to a Jess McKee, who sadly passed away months before she was due to qualify as a paramedic.

A 35-year-old man from Halstead has been arrested in connection to a string of burglaries in Braintree.

Essex Police have launched an investigation after a banner outside Lyons Hall Primary School on Deerleap Way in Braintree was subject to racist criminal damage.

John McCormack has been reported missing from Colchester after last being seen leaving home with a suitcase.

Concerns were raised after an apparent ongoing discharge was reported near a village in north Essex, with the incident believed to have been going on for days.

Luke Warner, 35, plunged two knives into his victim – one into her eye and another into the back of her head – in a horrific attack.

A detached Essex pub complete with a two-bedroom flat, trade garden and parking for up to 30 vehicles is set to go to auction.

Police have confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances following the recovery of a man’s body after he was reported to have gone overboard.

Plumes of smoke have been seen in south Essex due to a large fire in Tilbury.