Braintree and Witham Times

Sainsbury’s opened its new Foundry Lane supermarket in Burnham on October 29, creating 30 jobs and offering fresh food and Argos click-and-collect.

Colchester Council cleared more than 1,100kg of litter and waste in October, including 710kg from a major A12 clean-up and fly-tipping across Colchester.

Mrs Salisbury’s Famous Tea Rooms in Maldon, Essex, has temporarily closed after a leak cut electricity and hot water. A new cylinder is needed before reopening.

Century Cinema Clacton remains closed after unexpected circumstances, with prepaid ticket refunds promised.

Nigel Farage faces claims from Daisy Cooper that he physically shoved a female Lib Dem MP at Parliament’s May 13 state opening, amid a prayer card row.

A burst water main flooded a busy Heybridge road overnight, leaving up to 1,500 customers without water and disrupting traffic

M25 traffic hotspots: Geotab research identifies severe congestion between junctions 10 and 20, with the among key trouble spots revealed.

Drivers on the M25 are facing miles of delays near Waltham Abbey after a crash.

GP surgery websites crash after Silicon Practice enters administration, affecting East Hill Surgery in Colchester; patients urged to phone or use NHS App.

National Grid’s £4.2m Bramford to Twinstead Community Fund backs schools, families, village halls and renewable energy projects across Suffolk and Essex.

James Abiwon, 29, died after a tree fell on his car during Storm Boelo in Finchley, north London, on October 25. Tributes paid to Essex graduate.

Rare £1m three-bedroom detached home for sale on Brentwood’s Homesteads Private Estate, Essex, with gardens overlooking the green and parking for four cars.

Pam Cox, Labour MP for Colchester, and Marie Goldman, Lib Dem MP for Chelmsford, hosted an event in Chelmsford alongside a domestic abuse charity

Residents at Hatfield Peverel Bupa Care Home in Chelmsford got up close to birds of prey.

Orlando Morris, 33, became aggressive on the flight from Helsinki on December 31 last year and had to be restrained by staff.

A jury is deliberating at an inquest into the death of a former professional footballer with dementia who was moved between hospitals and care homes.

A new play park has opened at The Maples development in Cressing in time for the half-term holidays.

Project manager Joe Gracey has won a top industry award for his leadership at Bellway's Rectory Fields development in Witham.

Delays are building between Witham and Colchester due to a crash on Braxted Park Road.

Essex Wildlife Trust is urging people to consider wildlife when celebrating Bonfire Night.