War veterans are hoping that a budget supermarket chain has lost interest in buying their memorial hall in Witham, which would have forced them to leave. More than a year after Lidl reportedly approached the Royal British Legion headquarters about
A pilot has launched a campaign to unclog Braintree’s congestion after he became fed up of sitting in traffic jams every day. Adrian Kinsley, 28, of Clay Pits, Braintree, has written to MP Brooks Newmark and Essex County Council’s Highways Agency
Thieves stole jewellery worth more than £12,000 during a burglary at a home in Claudius Way, Witham. Police said a kitchen knife was used to open a bedroom safe while the family of four were out at around 11.45pm on Sunday, July 20. The burglar
Everyone rallied round to raise money for Essex Air Ambulance. More than 30 people competed against each other in a series of fun matches in June as part of a tennis day, organised by Felsted School parents Sibel Peck, Clare Savva, Kathryn Wilkes
Alex Lynn held his nerve at the Hungaroring to keep his remarkable run of GP3 Series qualifying successes going. For a fifth race in a row, the 20-year-old racing driver from Dunmow placed his Carlin car on the front row of the grid for the feature
A great-grandmother of nine hailed as the oldest lady in Wickham Bishops will celebrate her 103rd birthday today - with a tipple at her local pub. Sylvia Blagrove, of Kelvedon Road, was born on 26 July 1911 and still visits the Chequers in The
