Braintree and Witham Times

Braintree Council will send letters to households outlining upcoming changes to waste and recycling collections.

The three-bedroom Thespian house at Bellway’s Oakfields Park development in Halstead has been named the Essex winner.

Tributes have been paid to a "courageous" Essex Police officer who died on the A12 near Ingatestone while responding to an emergency.

Police are concerned for the welfare of a missing man after he was last seen more than a week ago.