Braintree and Witham Times

Pupils from Great Bradfords Junior School visited the site of the Community Diagnostic Centre at Braintree Community Hospital.

A crash on the northbound A12 carriageway is causing delays for motorists with a lane closure in place.

Stansted Airport has now increased their passenger drop-off prices, hiking it up £3 from before.

A star of The Only Way is Essex, Jordan Wright is believed to have been found dead in Thailand after being discovered in a drainage canal.

A person has been pronounced dead at the scene, after being hit by a Greater Anglia train near Colchester.

Here's what readers across North and Mid Essex have had to say about this weeks news.

With open fields with wildlife all around, Wethersfield is the epitome of rural life in the Essex countryside.

Hello and welcome to our live blog. Here we will be updating you on Greater Anglia lines between Colchester and Witham, which are blocked due to a person being hit by a train.

National Grid is engaging with local communities and other energy projects to minimise the impact of its Sea Link project in East Anglia.

Greater Anglia lines between Colchester and Witham are blocked due to a person being hit by a train.

Stansted Airport has confirmed the launch of a new Turkish Airline service, seeing passengers taken directly to Istanbul and 350 further destinations.

Several meningitis cases have been reported around Canterbury since last week.

Emirates issues advice for UK passengers facing Stansted–Dubai flight cancellations and delays due to Iranian strikes.

Russell Johnson, 50, attended the woman’s address in Frank Clater Close, Colchester, three times in 24 hours last December.

A former bus driver from Essex is due to appear on a new Channel 4 adventure reality show competing to win up to £100,000.

Braintree Council is reviewing its local plan to create a clear strategy for where development will take place in the district.

Outline plans propose up to 60 new homes, including 40% affordable housing, at Brain Valley Avenue, Black Notley with 70% of land set as green space.

Four potential developer sites totalling 12,073 homes have been proposed in Halstead, Kelvedon, Hatfield Peverel and Braintree.

Colchester Zoo has revealed the highly-anticipated name of the adorable baby chimpanzee born earlier this year.

Pupils from Great Bradfords Junior School 'planted for patients' at the site of Braintree's new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC).