A teenager working at a Hatfield Peverel firm is the county council’s 3,000th apprentice. Paige Hughes, 18, has recently began working for Allwag Promotions, a distributor of printed merchandise, business gifts and corporate clothing, after deciding
The Camping and Caravanning Club West Essex District Association is holding a rally at The Swan in Rayne on Saturday. There will be about 20 caravans expected on the field behind the pub and this is the first time they’ve been there. Anyone
Join a Poppy Prom in aid of the Poppy Appeal. Organised by the Royal British Legion, it will take place on Saturday at Royal British Legion Hall in Newland Street. Tickets are £7.50 are available from Witham Visitor Information Centre on Newland
Residents are being urged to ensure their bikes are kept secure after two bikes were stolen. Last Monday, between 3am and 3.30am, a Mongoose Mischief pedal bike was stolen from the rear garden of a house in Chaucer Crescent, in Braintree. The
They might be not be among the upper crust of English football but the Iron are top of the league when it comes to best value tickets, pies, and tea. According to the BBC’s annual price of football survey, Braintree Town sells the cheapest pies
A shopkeeper's politician daughter has been given an award by the organisation representing newsagents. Witham MP Priti Patel was awarded the Fellowship Award by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) for her campaigns and work supporting
A man believed to be in his 60s has been taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash. The incident happed at around 8.10am in Coggeshall Road near Bradwell and involved a silver Peugeot 206 and a silver Volkswagen Polo. An East of England
Nuisance drunks urinating on benches and verbally abusing shoppers on Witham’s high street are ruining the town’s image, say traders and residents. Business owners in Newland Street are concerned that the problems surrounding people drinking outside
Patient-focused doctors could soon be history amid mounting pressures such as lack of funding and a growing population, claims a Braintree GP. The claims were made at a public meeting attended by doctors, practice managers and officials from NHS
