Braintree and Witham Times

Dario Amodei, the boss of AI company Anthropic, said on Saturday he was concerned that since this summer, AI has been “advancing drastically faster”.

Plans for up to 1,650 homes at Hayeswood, between Great Notley, Braintree and Black Notley, include a school, shops, jobs, parks and community facilities.

Gemma Collins reveals abusive letters, rat poison and dog excrement were allegedly sent to her home as police investigate in her Sky and NOW documentary.

Fresh Mount Etna ash disrupts Stansted flights to Sicily as Catania Airport closes; Ryanair flight diverted to Palermo.

A charity boxing event is set to return to Braxted Park next year in aid of the Lennox Children's Cancer Fund.

Drivers using the M25 are facing delays of more than an hour after a crash near Waltham Abbey.

A fourth man has been arrested and becomes the second charged after a string of robberies linked to the dating app Grindr.

Tensions have reportedly erupted in the Big Brother house just days into the new ITV series.

University of Essex staff will strike on Monday over plans to cut 400 jobs and £24m from budgets, as UNISON protests against restructuring and proposed service cuts.

Police are searching for missing Basildon man Andrew Kurt, 63, last seen on September 8. He may be travelling by bus near Southend, Westcliff or Tilbury.

Traffic alert - M11 northbound crash near Bishop’s Stortford and Saffron Walden causes severe delays of up to 92 minutes this morning in Essex.

Travel disruption fears have led to a pause in new EU border checks at nine major Stansted Airport destinations.

Essex - Met Office predicts cooler, changeable conditions, but says warm spells remain possible before September 28, with sunshine and rain.

Hapag-Lloyd's 399m Singapore Express, carrying 23,664 TEU, arrives at London Gateway in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, on September 16 from Tangier, Morocco.

Jet2 flight LS1413 from London Stansted to Burgas, Bulgaria, was diverted to Frankfurt on September 14 after a medical incident.

A Greater Anglia line has been brought to a standstill after a trespasser was reported on the tracks at Ipswich.

Jet2 is hiring more cabin crew as it adds new routes for summer 2027 to meet growing customer demand.

Rail passengers face delays and cancellations this morning as a points failure disrupts services through Colchester.

Two robotic pets were donated to East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Colchester Hospital, by the Alzheimer's Society.

John McCormack, 42, had been reported as missing and Essex Police put out an appeal to the public for information about his whereabouts.