Braintree and Witham Times

This spot in Essex was among the top of the list of almost 7,000 compiled based on factors such as crime rates, access to green spaces and more.

CONCERNS have been raised for the welfare of a man, and an appeal has been launched to help find him.

THE council has refused plans for the erection of six commercial units in Braintree.

Councils are remaining tight-lipped about the future of a parish councillor following his controversial appearance on Big Brother.

Lauren Shirreff described visiting an empty Clacton Pier at 11.30am, noting that "once a lovely seaside town, Clacton-on-Sea is in decline".

A trial to see if graphene-enhanced materials can increase the lifespan of Essex roads is showing positive results.

People over 19 in Essex can apply for free skills courses which offer guaranteed job interviews on completion.

AN Essex tv personality could reportedly take part in the second season of a spin-off of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

Patricia Robertson, 77, now of Witham, tormented her victims for 15 years while she was teaching at Fornethy House in Angus, northeast Scotland.

READERS have shared their views after we reported on a variety of stories in mid-Essex.

A warm and welcoming regular coffee morning for veterans and military families celebrated one year of community support and socialisation.

CRGS remains the only grammar school in the Essex selective schools consortium without a catchment area policy.

This year has an impressive array of events and fireworks displays all across north and mid-Essex to celebrate Bonfire Night.

The Essex Wedding Awards have revealed the county’s favourite wedding venues of the year, from historic houses to barns and boutique hotels.

A pile of logs next to a log burner caught alight last night at a flat fire in a town high street.

A REGISTERED nurse who worked for an Essex NHS trust has been struck off for swearing at a patient and humiliating his colleagues, even calling two of them a “pair of prossies”.

Charitable shoeboxes and children’s toys are being gathered to offer a meal and happiness to those who need it this Christmas.

THE number of suspected carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning incidents in Essex have almost doubled across the county since 2020, according to new data.

Emergency services are currently attending a building fire on Halstead High Street.

An Essex hospital trust has paid out more than £80million to birth injury claims following fatalities and stillborns.