Braintree Council has approved its budget for 2025-26 with more than £3million for community investment. The funds will be used to create cleaner and greener streets, improve community assets, boost ...

Marian and Tony, who are both fitness enthusiasts, sold their four-bedroom detached house in Writtle and moved to Kelvedon.

Delivering a united Ireland would be the “most fitting tribute” to former senior IRA man Brendan “Bik” McFarlane, mourners in Belfast have heard.

A woman said she is pleading guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a ...

The review was launched following allegations about Westwood, who was accused of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour by multiple women in 2022.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has insisted no financial offer will be made to paramilitary groups to persuade them to end violence.

From April 1, stamp duty will become more expensive for some home-buyers. Under the changes, the current “nil rate” band for first-time buyers will reduce from £425,000 to £300,000, while other ...

A woman has been arrested and charged with nine shoplifting offences in Braintree town centre. The 36-year-old was arrested by the Braintree Community Policing team yesterday, in connection with nine ...

A woman has admitted committing fraud to complete UK citizenship tests on behalf of 13 applicants. Josephine Maurice appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court via video link from HMP Bronzefield where she ...

A 15-year-old boy racially abused an 80-year-old man while kicking and punching him to death in a park to “let his anger out” before falsely claiming the pensioner had threatened a girl with a knife, ...