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  • Soccer: Fans' favourite to return?

    Braintree Town are closing in on a double transfer swoop. Manager George Borg has money to burn, following the recent departures of Warren McBean and Stephen Hughes and the summer transfer of Alex Revell, to Brighton and Hove Albion. And Iron have held

  • Soccer: Town promise to get tough

    Witham Town have issued a stark hands-off warning to rival clubs keen to snare their leading players. The Spa Road club have already lost their manager Russell Tanner and a host of key first team players, including Nicky Smith, Alan Sampson, Gino Defeo

  • Youth rugby: Youngsters rise to the occasion

    As part of Witham Rugby Club's junior section's alliance with Premiership team Saracens, the under-eights travelled to Vicarage Road, where they played in front of more than 5,000 people at the half-time interval of the Saracens v Cardiff clash. The

  • Kidnap bid on seven-year-old

    POLICE are hunting a man who took hold of a young girl's coat as he attempted to lure her into his van. The seven-year-old managed to escape and is recovering after the encounter in Braintree. She told police a man in a yellow van had stopped beside