A police officer from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire has run a local marathon while pulling a 40 stone Aga !
DCI Pete Digby ran all 26 miles of the Halstead and Essex Marathon in aid of the Afghanistan Trust for hurt soldiers.
The former paratrooper had previously been banned from pulling the Aga called Agatha in the London Marathon. Running partner Paul Milson helped him around the course. They were raising money for the Afghanistan Trust for hurt soldiers.
The parents of a four-year-old boy say an Essex hospital repeatedly failed to diagnose their son's cancer.
Danielle Uren and James Cackett from Halstead say it took four visits to Colchester Hospital before doctors spotted a tumour on their son Mackenzie's spine.
He spent his final weeks at the East Anglian Children's Hospice, where he was visited by the charity's patron, the Duchess of Cambridge shortly before his death.
The hospital trust, one of a number to be investigated for a high mortality rate, have since apologised to the family but the grieving parents say they are considering legal action.
A new foodbank's opening in Halstead in Essex to provide emergency supplies to people in crisis.
The centre at St Andrew's Church Hall in Parsonage Street will be part of the Braintree Area
Foodbank which has been used by 300 people since it opened in April. Volunteers will also give housing and benefits advice.
A new foodbank is opening in Halstead in Essex to provide emergency food to people in crisis.
The centre at St Andrew's Church Hall in Parsonage Street will be part of the Braintree Area Foodbank which has been used by 300 people since it opened in April. Besides providing food, volunteers will also offer housing and benefits advice.
A man has been charged with four offences after a firearms incident in Halstead in Essex.
Police were called to White Horse Avenue on the morning of Wednesday 25 July after a man was allegedly shot in the face with an air pistol.
29-year-old Henry Gaskin, of Long Green in Cressing, was arrested in Braintree later that day. He has been charged with possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, assault causing actual bodily harm, dangerous driving and possessing cannabis.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court this morning (Friday 27 July).
A1124 Colchester Road blocked due to accident, three vehicles involved between Church Road (Greenstead Green) and High Street (Earls Colne).
Chemicals from a farm trailer spilled into Topplesfield Brook, Halstead, on June 13.
Two teams from the Environment Agency were sent out this morning to continue rescuing fish from the River Colne.
They are also monitoring the river system for signs of further environmental damage.
The farm trailer overturned above the Topplesfield Brook, spilling around 5,000 litres of pesticide directly into it.
1800 pre-school children at Halstead in Essex are to be given a commemorative Diamond Jubilee coin.
The Mayor of Halstead, Councillor David Hume, will distribute the coins to nine pre-schools during the next two weeks.