Braintree and Witham Times

New Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is set to announce a financial plan today, bringing forward measures from the medium-term fiscal plan, the Treasury has confirmed.

Shoppers with a loyalty card will be able to claim their free hot drink from next month

Asda's home delivery service includes the option for customers to have their shopping delivered on Christmas Eve for the first time

Three Tory MPs submitted letters calling on Liz Truss to quit over the weekend

MOTORISTS are facing lengthy delays this evening after a car became engulfed in flames on a busy motorway.

Police have arrested an Essex man and three others after protesters poured milk on the floor of a Marks & Spencer shop.

WATER pipes in Marks Tey are to benefit from an £800,000 investment to safeguard against the risk of bursts and water leaks.

BRAINTREE’S MP has labelled environmental protestors as "adult-toddlers" after a series of damaging protests.

JUST Stop Oil protesters remain on the high cables on the QEII Bridge as closure remains in place.

ESSEX Police has issued an update on the current protest at Dartford Crossing where two people remain at a height on the bridge.

JUST Stop Oil protesters have climbed the QEII bridge causing hours of delays across south Essex.

The council has commented on the use of the site sold by auction.

JUST Stop Oil protesters have climbed the QEII bridge causing hours of delays across south Essex.

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He is due to appear at a court hearing next month.

DELAYS of more than an hour after the Dartford Crossing was closed for two hours due to a police incident.

AMBITIOUS plans to bring a new retail row and more than 20 flats to Witham have been given a boost after being recommended for approval ahead of a crunch planning meeting.

Hundreds turned out for the opening weekend.

AN Essex attraction is celebrating the anniversary of the planting of a set of rare trees more than a decade ago.