The look of relief on the face of Braintree Town boss Alan Devonshire was matched only by that of delight as his team picked up three vital Skrill Premier points against Dartford. While two of the other sides bidding to secure top-five finishes
BRAINTREE TOWN 1 DARTFORD 0 Skrill Premier It may have been a slender victory, but what this result could mean to Braintree Town is huge. Kenny Davis’ wonderful strike in the first half, added to some last-gasp heroics by keeper Nick Hamann
Families can get out and have an “egg-cellent” time this weekend, which is packed full of Easter events around the district. The Blake House Craft Centre will be holding various themed activities from today until Monday including an Easter Bunny
A community choir surprised visitors to London’s Southbank with an uplifting flash mob performance. Funky Voices, including singers from the group’s Witham branch, took to the streets as part of the Southbank Centre’s Choras Festival. Thousands
Road widening works at a busy town centre junction are due to begin next week. Braintree Council has spent more than £300,000 buying and demolishing two houses at the junction of Fairfield Road and South Street, Braintree. Highways improvements
Braintree Cricket Club captain Nick Butler knows how important it is for his team to make a positive start to their Marshall Hatchick Two Counties Championship season. Preparations have been going well for the Panfield Lane side ahead of the start
4:59pm Wow what an ending that was. Nick Hamann is the hero at the end with incredible double save to safeguard the Iron's valuable three-point haul. 4:55pm That's it Braintree
A MAN with a form of cerbral palsy is running five miles to give something back to the charity which helps him. Michael Hewett, 20, has Worster-Drought Syndrome, a type of cerebral palsy which affects the muscles around the mouth and throat causing
A woman arrested in connection with a murder investigation has been released on bail. A 24-year-old man was stabbed in Cressing Road, Braintree, on Wednesday and died yesterday at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire. Police arrested a 20-year-old
Garry Kimble says his Witham Town players will only have themselves to blame if they fail to win the Ryman League division one north title now. Witham moved above VCD Athletic to the top of the pile with two late goals in a 2-1 win against Chatham
As pregnant Natasha Corrigan lay in a hospital bed, her family were warned that mother and baby may not survive. Natasha, of Witham, has Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) which means she has joint problems, intestinal failure, a bladder three times
Elderly residents have been left with nowhere to sit after a series of town centre benches were replaced with new versions without backs. The angry shoppers have branded the £78,000 revamp of Braintree’s town centre fountain as a waste of money
Brantree Town striker Sean Marks won’t mind warming the bench when Dartford visit the Amlin Stadium today if the Iron can continue pushing for a top-five finish in the Skrill Premier. Marks returns from a three match suspension – for a red card
