The community is rallying around a struggling rugby club. Witham Rugby Club has been under financial strain for several years, but it came to a head a fortnight ago when it received a £10,000 unpaid utility bill. British Gas withdrew threats to seize
A cancer patient and her fiance have raised over £400 for research into pancreatic cancer. Cheryl Wray, 19, and Stephen Kittles, 23, both from Braintree, cycled along the Flitchway from Braintree to Dunmow and back on Wednesday. The money will go to
Poems will be read in a six-hour sponsored poetry recital. Verses old and new will be read at the United Reformed Church in Newland Street, Witham, on Saturday, July 24. Money raised will pay for a band from New Generation Ministries in Bristol to work
Chinese teachers shared their culinary skills with pupils. Tabor Science College in Panfield Lane, Braintree, has three exchange teachers visiting from Suzhou in the Jiangsu Province of Eastern China. And the trio - Qian Sufang, Zhang
