Braintree and Witham Times

Essex NHS is asking residents not to making 'unnecessary trips' to hospital ahead of resident doctors strikes this week.

Essex Police were called to the scene at approximately 2.50am on Tuesday, 28 October, where they launched an investigation.

A social supermarket is launching in its second Braintree district location this week - aiming to support residents with the cost of living crisis.

DELAYS on the A12 southbound following a multi-vehicle crash.

Great Bradford Junior School in Marlborough Road, Braintree welcomed the BBC Essex Children in Need Three-Legged Challenge.

Alfie Wilson, of Samuel Courtauld Avenue, Braintree, was accused of committing the offences against a complainant when she was at his house.

Tony Arthur served as Detective Constable 3591 and resigned in October 2025 after being suspended during a professional standards investigation.

Braintree drug dealer Alfie Sibbons walked free from court after police found a machete, a sword and zombie and rambo knives in his home.

National Grid previously announced plans for a 180kilometre electricity transmission connection between Norwich and Tilbury in 2022.

The UK’s unemployment rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, and residents in Essex are feeling the rise.

Jack Harris, 21, from Braintree, has been jailed for four years for cocaine dealing and chasing an innocent civilian with a knife.

The incident between Stansted Airport and Takeley, has resulted in one lane being blocked, with traffic building up.

Located just beyond the capital's bustle, roughly an hour from Essex, this elegant retreat promises to deliver quintessentially English Christmas.

A major crackdown on the illegal tobacco and vape trade has resulted in more than £75,000 worth of illicit goods being seized.

The Met Office says there will be two "Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)" with the Northern Lights visible across most of the UK.

Asylum seekers can continue to be housed in the Bell Hotel in Essex after Epping Forest District Council failed to secure a High Court injunction that would block them.

Jessica Schomberg, owner of Jes Lifestyle in Colchester warns that keeping the business afloat has become "almost impossible."

Margaret says today the town is full of friendly people, adding: “The reason Burnham is quite flourishing is the train line, it’s a very good train line.

Plans have been approved for Owls Hill Tearooms to open at the former Terling United Reformed Church on Church Road, Terling, near Witham.

An iconic Spitfire aircraft made an appearance in an Essex town centre for a special Remembrance event.