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• Essex: Blue badge amnesty extended

  Disabled drivers now have longer to use their expired blue badges. read more

• Braintree: PARC shop opens

  A charity is using its first shop to train young people and raise money for its work. read more

• Braintree: Olympic fun in Coggeshall

  Children had a taste of the Olympics with their own week if sporting events. read more

• Braintree district: 2,000 sign Mencap petition

  Campaigners handed a petition of nearly 2,000 signatures to council bosses in a bid to save an activity club for disabled youngsters. read more

• Braintree: Driving school appeals over new office plans

  A driving school will appeal to the Secretary of State in a bid to build a new office complex. read more

• Braintree: Road blocked after crash involving tractor

  A road was blocked for a short time this morning after a crash involving a tractor and a car. read more

• Braintree district: Anger over rail fare increases

  Cash-strapped commuters face more pressure after the Government confirmed it will reinstate a planned fare rise from January. read more

• Braintree: Man in hospital after fall from farm roof

  A Witham man has fallen from a farm roof in Tillingham in an industrial accident. read more

• Braintree: Man disappointed with housing association for no-show

  A man who slept outside his flat after locking himself out is disappointed the housing association failed to come to his aid. read more

• Braintree: Lorry sheds load of animal carcasses

  A road was blocked last night after a lorry overturned and shed a load of animal carcasses. read more

• Braintree district: Firefighters go out on strike

  Firefighters are due to go out on their first strike from 10am. read more

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