Braintree, England News

Essex Police have hailed a fall in the number of people killed on the roads as a oeencouraginga , but pledged to keep working to bring the number down.

Life after redundancy has been a struggle for three former factory workers who are still unemployed.

AN outbreak of the noro-virus has closed hospital wards across mid and north Essex to new admissions.

HOSPITAL wards have been closed due to a norovirus outbreak. General wards at William Julien Courtauld Hospital in Braintree have been shut, but the maternity unit is unaffected.

WHAT'S great about living in Braintree district? Snap happy residents are being invited to send in photographs to inspire people to discover new parts of the district for Braintree Council 's Discover Our Heart photography competition.

A much-loved learning support assistant who is battling cancer has been chosen for a makeover worth hundreds of pounds.

MOTORISTS are urged to drive with caution in north Essex. Police are warning drivers to be careful this morning because of a large amount of black ice on the roads.

Witham man Michael Eagles, jailed after bullying his nan, assaulting his wife and kicking a dog.

THE NHS is investigating claims from two brothers that their mother died after doctors failed to notice how seriously injured she was.

SEVEN people have been arrested on suspicion handling stolen goods and of drugs-related offences.

Youngsters used an X Factor format to suggest improvements to their villages. Braintree Council invited pupils from Bulmer St Andrews, Ridgewell Primary School, St Petera s Primary School in Sible Hedingham and Belchamp St Paul Primary School to the event at Causeway House, Braintree.

A PARENTING group which takes a mother and baby into classrooms to help youngsters understand relationships has bid for A 250,000 lottery cash.

A school is set to be forced to hand back more than A 200,000 - despite having already allocated most of it for improvements.

THE number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the district fell for the third month in a row.

POLICE held one of their biggest multi-agency operations so far in Braintree. Twenty five officers teamed up with ten representatives from VOSA, Braintree Council licensing and environmental health, and HM Revenue and Customs to stop check vehicles in Cressing Road, between Braintree Garden Centre and Galleys Corner.

A MAN suffered the affects of smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in his home this evening.

A POPULAR community centre is under threat if it cannot find a new home before bulldozers move in.

A man is set to appear in court charged with assault. Police were called to a collision in Panfield Lane, Braintree, at 12.55pm on Friday, involving a lorry and car.

A MAN had to be cut out of his smoking car after it ploughed into a ditch. At about 9.54am on Saturday December 5 police, fire and ambulance crews were called to rescue the trapped man from the ditch in Witham Road near White Notley.

Bath City suffered their first Blue Square South defeat in more than two months at Cressing Road tonight.