Braintree and Witham Times

The Witham Music Festival is returning this summer with free live music, food and family activities.

A convicted rapist who failed to attend his trial at Chelmsford after being released on court bail is still on the run.

The newly relaunched Witham Open Gardens event raised more than £1,000 for the Alzheimer's Society.

Further police body-worn video footage has been released showing Vickrum Digwa lying to officers that he had been “racially attacked” by Henry Nowak.

The parents of a seven-year-old girl who tragically died after a tree collapsed in Chalkwell Park have spoken publicly ahead of the first anniversary.

Colchester has been around for nearly two millennia — England’s oldest recorded town, and once a Roman capital.

A Chelmsford asylum hotel used to house asylum seekers has closed as part of a wider Government push to end the use of hotels across the UK.

Here are some of the best villages in Essex for a picturesque weekend walk while the sun is shining.

Garden centres are closing early or shutting for the day (June 26) as soaring temperatures make working conditions "unbearable" due to the heat.

A school has been closed after a lightning strike caused a fire and led to an environmental clean of an area containing asbestos.

Wethersfield Asylum Reception Centre is set to remain in operation beyond 2027 and expand by 55 per cent, the Home Office has confirmed.

Several schools and businesses are closed today and trains are cancelled as heat disruption across Essex continues.

Indaver's integrated waste management facility (IMWF) at Rivenhall has been highly talked about for years – but what’s going on inside?

Families are being invited to swap the seaside for the park this weekend with an extra dose of summer with sandcastles and live brass.

Several schools across Essex are closed or shutting early tomorrow (June 26) as amber and red "extreme heat" warnings are in place.

Stevie Mortar, Charlie Flemming and James Flemming were accused of beating up a man in Colchester.

Essex Police is teaching farmers how to protect their high-value technology attached to tractors, which are prime targets for professional rural thieves.

The Indaver incinerator plant at the Rivenhall site has long been a contentious topic for locals.

A paedophile former teacher and Scout master who abused two teenage boys in the 1960s has died in prison from natural causes after being discovered in his cell.

The Met Office have forecast possible showers for Essex this weekend, with a fair chance of downpours following an extended period of hot weather.