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• Braintree district: Bus service celebrates 30th anniversary

  A volunteer bus service has marked its 30th anniversary with a champagne brunch. read more

• Braintree district: Council defends £75,000 website

  Braintree Council has defended its new £75,000 website following criticism about costs and design. read more

• Braintree: Parents appeal for help to find missing daughter

  Worried parents are appealing for their daughter to come home after she went missing yesterday.   read more

• Essex: A levels to become standard for officers?

  Essex could miss out on potentially great police officers if A Levels become the minimum standard for entry. read more

• Witham: Man arrested for offensive weapon and affray

  A woman driver who may have seen an incident in Witham is being urged to contact police. read more

• Witham: Review into town centre to delay market relocation

  Promises are being made to launch yet another review into Witham’s struggling town centre. read more

• Braintree: Village phone lines cut off by would-be cable thieves

  Would-be cable thieves left villagers without phones and crossed wires for up to five days.   read more

• Witham: Mother angry after home raided

  A mother said she feels “constantly on edge” after her home was raided as part of a police drugs operation. Homes in Witham and Hatfield Peverel were targeted on Thursday evening in a drugs crackdown. They stormed one home in Mortimer Road, Hatfield Peverel, but made no arrests or seized any property after searching the property for more than an hour and half. The mum-of-four who lives at the house but did not want to be identified said: “I feel very angry that our home has been raided. “It was so upsetting to know they were going through our personal things and our children’s bedrooms. “The officers said that they had received information from a number of sources. “Someone has obviously put our address forward. “Police did not find anything here, which we knew they would not. “They are never going to find anything here because we are not involved in drugs and never will be. “I am pleased that they seem to have recovered what they were looking from the other homes they searched. “However the incident has left me feeling on edge.” read more

• Witham: Single vehicle incident partially blocks road

  A single-vehicle incident on the B1018 Maldon Road, Witham has partially blocked the road at the junction with Maltings Lane, reports the Essex Traffic Control Centre. read more

• Chelmsford: Police warn of V Festival crook

  People who are attempting to sell any V-festival tickets to potential revellers through websites are being warned to be wary of a purportedly-injured man who stole tickets from four people in Essex on the same day. read more

• Heroic two year-old saves mum's life

  A HEROIC two year-old tot saved her mum’s life when she suffered a severe epileptic seizure. read more

• Braintree: Neighbours object to charity's new flats proposals

  A care home charity has revived plans to demolish four cottages and replace them with a combination of private and affordable housing. read more

• Braintree district: Scouts get £3,000 boost

  Scouts have been given £3,154 to buy new tents and camping gear.   read more

• Braintree: Plaques to recognise philanthropists and martyr

  Descendants of an important Braintree family have helped commemorate their contribution to the town.   read more

• Police from around the country drafted in to support Essex events

  POLICE from eight other forces will be drafted in to Essex this weekend to cope with demand. read more

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