Seven per cent of repair works on the worst urban local roads in Essex will be carried out in the Braintree district. Essex County Council intends to target 700 roads in its ambitious maintenance programme, which involves spending an extra £17.5m
Primary school pupils are learning the importance of money management and long-term savings by creating their own bank at school. Jane Bass, headteacher at Powers Hall Academy in Spa Road, Witham, launched Get Witham Saving on Thursday alongside
Children and adults in the Braintree district are dangerously obese according to the latest government figures. New data published by Public Health England also shows Braintree pensioners suffer a high number of hip fractures and the amount of
A driver escaped uninjured after a car collided with a tree in Cressing. The black Honda Jazz left Lanham Green Road just after 9am today at the junction of Ashes Road and The Street. The driver did not need to be taken to hospital. Essex
Overnight flash flooding caused havoc in a town, after water poured into a primary school, houses, basements and cellars. Fire crews from Thaxted, Dunmow and Saffron Walden were called to Thaxted at 3am today after heavy rainfall caused a road
Teenagers painted bright murals for a primary school. Gifted and talented art students in Years Eight to Ten at Maltings Academy in Spinks Lane, Witham, donated their artistic works to Holy Family Primary School in Maltings Lane. The themes
Four long serving teachers bade farewell after clocking up 86 years of teaching children between them. Holy Family Primary School in Maltings Lane, Witham, held a party at the end of term for Ellen Watkinson, Jo Silver, Brenda Evans and Sue Bartlett
