Braintree and Witham Times

Greater Anglia have announced "emergency speed restrictions" due to the heat. Routes to Colchester, Clacton and Braintree affected.

A former police officer has been found to have committed gross misconduct after driving a police vehicle under the influence of alcohol before crashing.

Jack Shepherd, 38, who was jailed in 2018 over the death of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown, has admitted assaulting his girlfriend.

Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live at the Apollo are among the programmes to be cut

Jimmy's Farm has announced the death of its 16-year-old Asiatic lion, Kamal who was the oldest of its kind in captivity in Britain.

Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club has announced they are leaving Wormingford Airfield after 36 years in search of a new home.

Fire crews were last night called to the scene of a blaze in Colchester after reports from residents of an explosion.

A woman has been charged with the murder of her eight-month-old daughter in Harlow after her death was deemed 'suspicious'.

There are miles of delays on a major Essex road, the A12 between Witham and Witham North due to a crash.

Essex Police have launched an appeal to find missing 46-year-old Richard Munns, who is missing from the Harlow area.

The Met Office has given its verdict on how hot Essex is expected to get today amid extreme heat warnings.

An investigation into a tragic crash at Southend Airport in July 2025 is continuing more than a year on.

A woman says her black bin has not been emptied for seven weeks since Braintree’s new waste collection scheme launched.

A fourth heatwave is gripping Essex with temperatures expected to reach 34C tomorrow. Here's an hour-by-hour forecast.

Popular restaurants and pubs across Essex are set to close this summer as Whitbread prepares to shut all of its separately branded dining venues.

A Braintree woman has denied racially aggravated harassment amid protests outside Wethersfield Asylum Centre.

Customers from across Peabody's care and support services attended the event at Cressing Temple Barns.

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Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood, Essex, will close to the public tomorrow due to soaring temperatures.

London Stansted Airport in Essex is preparing for its busiest summer yet.