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  • Mum's plea to council after son slashes hand on broken seesaw

    A mum-of-three is urging a council to fix a children’s play area in Braintree after her son slashed his hand on broken equipment. Full-time mum Hailey Jensen, 22, claims she has called Braintree Council multiple times in three months to fix the

  • Marks Hall Country show returns

    Marks Hall Garden and Country show returns for another year. The charity event, which is being organised by the Rotary Club of Colchester, will raise money for ABF The Soldiers Charity, Essex Air Ambulance, Marks Hall and Rotary. It feature

  • Separate car accidents send two people to hospital

    Separate traffic accidents sent two people to hospital on Saturday, July 19. In the first incident police were called to the junction of Church Road and Rickstones Road in Rivenhall after two cars collided.   Police said a 52-year-old man from

  • Braintree paralympian reunited with swimming coach

    A GOLD medal-winning paralympian from Braintree has been reunited with his childhood swimming coach. Giles Long won seven medals in the Paralympics including three gold medals during the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney games. Mike Gosling, 57,

  • Police appeal for information over Great Dunmow burglary

    Police are appealing for information about a burglary which took place in New Street, Dunmow, between midnight and 7.30am on Monday, July 21. A Hewlett Packard laptop and bag, a wallet and a purse containing £50 in cash and four bottles of wine