Essex Chronicle published Braintree Rugby Club record home win to move top of Essex One

BRAINTREE's long suffering fans finally witnessed the home victory they have waited so long for as the black and ambers continued their winning start to life in Essex One on Saturday.Following hard on the heels of their impressive 26-12 win at Clacton the week before Tree started the game with gusto against opponents who were making their first league visit to Robbs Wood.And they got off to the best possible start when Lee Turner crashed over in the corner to score an unconverted try following a...

WillWatkinson published Two imitation firearms recovered after teenage boys arrested in...

Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences in Chelmsford after a cyclist reported two people with a gun.Officers conducted an area search and arrested two teenage boys on suspicion of possession of a firearm, aged 13 and 15 from Chelmsford and recovered two imitation firearms.The incident occured in Springfield Park Road, at around 8.20pm last night, Wednesday, September 23.The boys remain in police custody this morning.

ricbrown3193 published Heybridge teen appears in court over Maldon A414 crash that...

A TEENAGER has appeared in court charged with causing the death of a 67-year-old after a head-on collision in Maldon last year.Michael Post, died in Broomfield Hospital just after 10.30pm on the night of October 9, 2014, after his blue BMW 320 was involved in an accident with a Renault Clio driven by 18-year-old Lewis Cross earlier that same day.Appearing in Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning, Cross, a former student at the Plume School, of Scraley Road in Heybridge, entered no...

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Gun rule flaws 'could lead to deaths'

More people are likely to die in shootings unless firearms rules are overhauled, a watchdog has warned.

Corbyn hailed for 'impressive' win

Jeremy Corbyn is praised for his "impressive" victory in the Labour leadership contest by First Minister Carwyn Jones.

ricbrown3193 published Girl injured as yobs throw stones at cars and a bus in Rochford

Police are investigating four incidents in which objects have been thrown at vehicles in Rochford.A large stone was thrown at a bus in Ashingdon Road at about 2.30pm on Monday, September 7.It caused a window to smash and a girl suffered a minor injury to her face. Other children were covered in glass but unhurt.A brick was thrown at the window of another bus in the same road on the same day, shortly after 12.35pm, causing it to smash.Between 8.30pm and about 8.55pm that evening, an object was...

Federer & Wawrinka advance in style

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka will meet in an all-Swiss semi-final at the US Open after cruising to straight-set wins.

Essex Chronicle published Philip, 66, is a batting master for Great Waltham

A 66-year-old former PE teacher has shown age is no barrier by scoring 753 runs this season at an average of 83.67.Philip Whettell has earned the nickname "The Run Machine" after starring for Great Waltham II this season in T Rippon Mid Essex Cricket League Division Five.Batting at number three, in his 13 innings this campaign he has finished not out five times, having made two big half-centuries and unbeaten centuries of 130 and 131.Whettell, of Tolleshunt Knights, who is still a...

Rescue effort as major fire hits town

People are rescued from a flat in the centre of a market town after a major fire broke out, police say.

HSinclair published Chelmsford residents to raise crime and policing concerns at...

City residents have an opportunity to raise crime and policing concerns in a public meeting next week.Essex police and crime commissioner Nick Alston and Chelmsford's District Commander Chief Inspector Alan Cook will host the meeting on Thursday September 10 at 6.30pm at the Keene Hall, Watchouse Road, Chelmsford CM2 8PT.Nick Alston said: "I encourage everyone who lives in the Chelmsford area to come along to the meeting and raise the issues that matter to them around crime, policing and...

Braintree Chronicle published Chefs at Tutti Grille give master class to youngsters from...

ITALIAN restaurant Tutti Grille might have unearthed the county's next Jamie Oliver after it hosted a cooking session for youngsters from the Braintree Youth Project Charity (BYPC).Based at Freeport in Braintree, the restaurant laid on the master class to teach teenagers about healthy foods and how to maintain a balanced diet over the summer holidays.Mother-of-two Jo Fish, who has been manager of the charity since 2013, explained that the afternoon of expert demonstrations on Thursday last week...

matt_harris published Reece Topley takes a wicket on debut for England against...

Essex's Reece Topley finished with figures of 1-35 as England beat Australia by five runs in the T20 International at Cardiff.The 21-year-old fast bowler was handed his senior England debut by captain Eoin Morgan but had to wait for his piece of the action after the Australians won the toss and opted to field.After England had posted 182-5, Topley bowled the fourth over of the innings conceding just five runs. His second saw Glenn Maxwell hit three boundaries with 14 coming off the over.Eight...