Mark Fairhurst of the Prison Officers’ Association said overcrowding and violence were his members’ key concerns.

FRESH plans have been submitted as part of a proposal to build 300 homes and a health centre in Kelvedon. Barratt Homes Eastern Counties has submitted a plan to Braintree Council for approval final ...

Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch are facing pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes after the local elections saw Reform UK make major gains across England. Nigel Farage hailed the results as ...

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A popular Essex swimming pool has reopened just in time for the mini heatwave currently engulfing Essex. Spring Croft ...

A swimming pool in Essex has been transformed into a community hub thanks to a government grant. Spring Croft swimming pool, in Stambourne, has been extended after being awarded £36,350 from Braintree ...

New England announced Cardona’s release just two days after the Patriots selected another long snapper — Vanderbilt’s Julian ...

Bertucci's, the beloved New England pizza restaurant chain that has struggled through multiple bankruptcies, is closing more ...

The proportion of adults in Braintree meeting the recommended amount of exercise last year reached a record high, new figures ...

Fire crews from Colchester, Braintree, Clacton Tiptree ... Essex Police and the East of England Ambulance Service also ...

Massachusetts is well known for its strange and often hard to pronounce town names, and these towns are no exception.