PLANS to install underground gas tanks near the A12 have been approved despite concerns over safety. Braintree Council's planning committee approved Countryside Properties’ plans to install the containers below the ground along Bury Lane, Hatfield
AN eight-year-old boy who suffers from life-threatening seizures inspired a team of cyclists to ride non-stop for 24 hours. Braintree youngster Harrison Hart, who has a rare form of epilepsy, regularly goes to Broomfield Hospital’s Phoenix ward
Emergency services were on the scene after a person was reported to have collapsed in Braintree town centre this afternoon. The incident occurred outside Toni & Guy in George Yard shopping centre at around 12.30pm. One ambulance attended
COUNCIL bosses are failing residents due to their inability to create a housing plan for the district, it is claimed. Members of the public vented their fury at councillors during a heated meeting last week when it was decided Braintree Council
Drug dealing in Witham is out of control and is putting lives at risk, it is claimed. A resident living in the Hatfield Estate area of the town has demanded the authorities do more to tackle the problem, which he believes has deteriorated to the
AN inquest has opened into the death of a man found hanging at his home. Zak Farmer was discovered by emergency services at his home in Braintree on July 21. At Chelmsford Coroner's Court yesterday an inquest exploring his death was opened and
