Braintree, England News

The Water Wonderful Day was held at the Discovery Centre in Great Notley and was attended by pupils from Rayne, John Bunyan, White Court and Felsted primary schools The day was a joint initiative between Anglian Water and Braintree District Council.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A The steady closure of pubs across Braintree could damage neigbourhoods and leave communities without a hub, according to concerned customers and publicans.

The East of England Ambulance Service was alerted to Broad Road at 1.05pm after a van collided with a roundabout.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A Braintree's MP has slammed a hospital after it cancelled a pensioner's coronary operation twice in just one month.

Braintree District Council has announced a partnership with leading UK technology company Jadu to transform its current website and create a new mobile solution.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting HG to 80360, or email us Click here for more details A A bid to run 10 miles of electricity cables through Braintree instead of the Halstead countryside has sparked a furious debate.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting HG to 80360, or email us Click here for more details A Hunwick Engineering, which has had a factory in Kings Road since 1940, hope to close its town centre plant and move all work to its second base at Gosfield Airfield later this year.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A Braintree's top cop, District Commander Chief Inspector Nick Lee, is warning homeowners to be vigilant and to report any suspicious activity immediately to police.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A James Hindley, and Angus McGregor, 44, were preparing dinner in the at their house, in Coggeshall Road, Stisted, at around 8.45pm on Monday when an open fire in their living room got out of control.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A Councillors Claire Sandbrook of Great Notley and Braintree West, Stephen Sandbrook of Braintree South and David Messer of Braintree East have stepped down after moving out of the area.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A About 60 jobs could be created as the region's ambulance service hopes to build a new headquarters in Great Notley.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A Hundreds of children have been told to stay away from schools for offences including assault, sexual misconduct and drug and alcohol problems.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A The gift shop Past Times entered administration on Monday and the fashion chain Peacocks has announced its intention to appoint an administrator.

The thieves targeted the clubhouse in Beckers Green Road, Braintree, by breaking in through a cellar window and disabling CCTV cameras.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A A well-spoken charity worker had been beaten up by his neighbour in the past, according to a co-worker. Former charity worker Alan Taylor turned up to work covered in cuts and bruises after a fight with his neighbour, lorry driver Richard Wight.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A A lack of funding means that plans to build a brand new sports pavilion in Great Bardfield have been scaled down.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A Grandfather Tim Cheung of Blackwater Way, Bocking, claims that on two occasions he has sent mail containing important solicitor's documents, only for the envelopes to arrive opened and their contents lost.

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A Family and colleagues at a metalwork firm in Braintree have paid tribute to an office manager who is retiring after nearly half a century of service with the company.