The company that runs a care home at the centre of abuse allegations has been told to improve the care and welfare of residents at another of its homes. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors visited St Mary’s Court, on Deanery Hill, Braintree
A girl who had been missing from her home in Chigwell since Monday has returned home. Angjela Ahmetaj returned home of her own accord this morning. Miss Ahmetaj is thought to have been spotted in Braintree earlier this week. A spokesman
The village retreat of legendary actor and director Sir John Gielgud is on the market for the first time in more than 50 years. Ffuleslo near Finchingfield is a Grade II listed four bedroom cottage with just over 1.5 acres of grounds. Gielgud
Work to improve drainage in Feering will start on Monday. The work aims to reduce surface water in Coggeshall Road following downpours after a large pipe, which allows water to flow under the road to the north of the rail bridge, has collapsed.
The Kelvedon Players will be performing Looking for Love at The Institute, High Street, Kelvedon tonight and Saturday and next Friday and Saturday from 8pm. After twenty-one years of marriage, James Beale walks out on his wife, Molly, leaving her
A group of youngsters have got their first foot on the ladder in the construction industry after joining an apprentice scheme. The Tamdown Group, based in Braintree, has extended its apprenticeship programme by taking on ten new apprentices for
Police are still trying to find out who was involved in a brawl in Braintree High Street. Three men suffered head and facial injuries last Sunday in a disturbance, which was thought to have started in Bar Sport and spilled out into the road.
Police are launching a crack down on cycle thieves targetting stations. Last month, The Times revealed that already this year nine bikes have been stolen from Witham Railway Station, compared to only three in the whole of last year. The British
A man who was wanted for breaching a court order relating to burglary has been arrested. John James Patrick Macdonald, 25, was traced to an address in Catford in south-east London, where he was arrested on warrant on Wednesday by officers from
We have picked ten of the town’s most interesting snippets from the history books for this week’s Pride in Witham to celebrate the places and people that make Witham what it is today. Click through our gallery to see some of the town's most important
Cake and coffee are on offer this Saturday at Dunmow Bowling Club. Members held a successful fundraiser for Breast Cancer last year and have decided it's the mens turn this year. The club in St Edmunds Lane is hoping to raise over £500 for
