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  • Braintree athletes shine at South of England event

    Braintree and District Athletic Club athletes were able to gauge their training progress at the South of England AA Indoor Championships. They competed against some of the most talented under-15, under-17, under-20 and Senior athletes from this part

  • Iron keen on friendly match

    Braintree Town are hoping to play Southern League outfit AFC Sudbury in a friendly tomorrow night. Iron boss Robbie Garvey is keen for his players to get some match action, following the postponement of their home match against Weston-super-Mare

  • Braintree: Contracts signed for new hospital

    CONTRACTS have been signed to provide services at a new hospital. Health trust NHS Mid Essex and Braintree Clinical Services Ltd formally signed the paperwork regarding Braintree Community Hospital, which is due to open within the next few months.

  • £6,000 cash boost for Macmillan

    HOUSING association staff and tenants have raised over £6,000 for a cancer charity. Greenfields Community Housing - which looks after former council housing stock in the Braintree district - has handed £6,335.71 to its charity of the year, Macmillan

  • Braintree's royal silk chosen for world history project

    SILK fit for a Queen features in a flagship project tracing the history of the world. The Queensway Coronation Silk, woven by Warner and Sons Ltd in Braintree, is one of ten objects chosen from museums and collections across Essex to tell the county's

  • Explosion at warehouse

    A WAREHOUSE fire has been extinguished. Firefighters were called to an explosion at a warehouse in Toppesfield Road, Great Yeldham, at 9.05am. It was being used as a car workshop and a number of vehicles were damaged. Fire crews