In middle school, Owen Kelly and his classmates opted to stay in public school to pursue a bright future for the Braintree boys basketball team.

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Grace Tutt has been left with life-changing injuries after her school bus was involved in an accident with a tractor. A customer was left unable to eat for the rest of the day after she found a ...

Essex Police are appealing for help following a theft at a cafe in Chelmsford. The force has issued an appeal to help identify two women they want to speak to in connection with the incident, which ...

After 25 years of rocking out with Taking Back Sunday, Mark O'Connell announced his departure from the band in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The Rockville Centre, New York, native joined the ...

Emergency services sent multiple vehicles to the scene of a crash on the A12. The East of England Ambulance Service deployed three vehicles following a crash on the London-bound carriageway near ...

A block of flats had to be evacuated as a precaution after a fire broke out in a bin ... to the three-storey flats in Station Approach, Braintree, at about 16:00 GMT. A witness, former councillor ...

A fire in a bin store next to flats saw one block evacuated, a witness says A block of flats had to be evacuated as a precaution after a fire ... in Station Approach, Braintree, at about 16: ...

Two unidentified bodies were found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport late Monday night, Jan. 6. The airline ...

AN assistance dog has been left “scared to go outside” after she was hit by a car which ... seven-year-old dog Storm near where he lives in Braintree last Sunday. Ian is partially sighted ...

References to the pre-Islamic queen of the ancient city of Palmyra, Queen Zenobia, were to be removed, as were the names and images of pre-Islamic deities from the high school curriculum.