Braintree and Witham Times

Officers have seized taxidermised bats in Essex following concerns raised by the government's natural environment advisor.

HMP Chelmsford inmate Ivor Manton, 43, died in hospital on March 6 after a drug-related incident at the jail.

Manningtree has been named the best place to live in the East of England by to the Sunday Times.

BBC Radio 1’s Charlie Hedges headlines Chelmsford’s Street Eats 'n' Beats Festival 2024 with top DJs, street food, family fun, and live music in Central Park.

Aaron Allsop, 27, appeared before Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday to face the two charges.

The M&S food store at Westway Clock Tower Retail Park, in Chelmsford, relaunched at 9am this morning.

A wedding fayre to meet suppliers, look for inspiration and tour a town hall will welcome happy couples this weekend.

Calls to build Halstead bypass have grown loader as plans for almost 3,000 new homes have been proposed by the district council.

Pupils from Great Bradfords Junior School visited the site of the Community Diagnostic Centre at Braintree Community Hospital.

A crash on the northbound A12 carriageway is causing delays for motorists with a lane closure in place.

Stansted Airport has now increased their passenger drop-off prices, hiking it up £3 from before.

A star of The Only Way is Essex, Jordan Wright is believed to have been found dead in Thailand after being discovered in a drainage canal.

A person has been pronounced dead at the scene, after being hit by a Greater Anglia train near Colchester.

Here's what readers across North and Mid Essex have had to say about this weeks news.

With open fields with wildlife all around, Wethersfield is the epitome of rural life in the Essex countryside.

Hello and welcome to our live blog. Here we will be updating you on Greater Anglia lines between Colchester and Witham, which are blocked due to a person being hit by a train.

National Grid is engaging with local communities and other energy projects to minimise the impact of its Sea Link project in East Anglia.

Greater Anglia lines between Colchester and Witham are blocked due to a person being hit by a train.

Stansted Airport has confirmed the launch of a new Turkish Airline service, seeing passengers taken directly to Istanbul and 350 further destinations.

Several meningitis cases have been reported around Canterbury since last week.