Braintree and Witham Times

With the May bank holiday set for temperatures of up to 30C, we have put together some of the best beer gardens in and around Colchester.

Police.uk data has revealed the 'most dangerous streets' in Colchester for March.

Judith Chalmers, who has died at the age of 90, was well known for presenting the show Wish You Were Here...?

Drivers are facing delays of at least an hour due to an incident on the M25, with all traffic being held

All traffic is being held on the M25 on the approach to the Dartford Tunnel due to an incident.

A major Essex motorway has been brought to a standstill following a vehicle fire.

A man has been arrested after a cyclist was left seriously injured in an early morning crash.

Morrisons is planning to close 100 Morrisons Daily stores over the coming months, as it blamed government policy choices for rising costs.

Lodge Farm Free School, planned for a 750-home development in Witham, has been scrapped by the government.

One of the world’s largest mega container ships is due to dock in Essex over the bank holiday weekend.

Police searching for a missing teenage girl say she has been seen in the Manningtree area of Essex.

A construction manager from Essex is among those convicted following the death of a labourer on a site in Surrey.

Parts of Essex could reach 32C as Met Office and UKHSA amber heat health alert has been issued for a "mini heatwave".

The Met Office and UKHSA has issued a yellow heat health alert for the whole of Essex this bank holiday weekend as temperatures set to hit 32C.

Hobbs, Phase Eight and Whistles have come to Braintree Village in time for this sunny bank holiday weekend.

Families have thanked Essex Police after a Colchester man was jailed for a series of child sexual offences including using AI to make indecent images.

A new 'league table' has outlined the UK's best secondary schools after analysing data from almost 3,500 state-sector secondary schools.

Stock in Essex was recently named one of the poshest villages in Britain. Here is how to spend a day here.

Pictures have shown the extent of a house fire in Laindon which has caused severe damage.

HUGE balls of red flames and smoke bellow into the sky as firefighters tackle a car fire near homes in Laindon.