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The MoJ unveiled plans for the two prisons last year

Braintree council calls for clarity over plans to create two 'mega-prisons'

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) wants to build what protesters have described as two 'mega prisons' at the former Wethersfield airbase near Braintree in Essex.

21 Dec 2022

Taser

Police 'Tasered man who died after assault on officer'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched the inquiry after Sali Byberi, 29, died after a disturbance in Braintree last month.

16 Dec 2022

Clockhouse Way in Braintree, where a man died after being tasered.
Credit: Google.

Man dies after being tasered by police

Police fired the taser as they responded to reports of a disturbance in a residential area.

24 Nov 2022

'Distressed sobbing' heard from house before couple found dead

Couple in 70s found dead at home are named by neighbours

Midnight fire destroys thatched cottage roof

Typewriter artist ‘blown away’ after Tom Hanks autographs his portrait

Cyclist aged in his 60s dies following crash between car and two bikes

Fire crews spend New Year's Eve battling blaze at Essex industrial unit

The villagers fighting plans to build two prisons on their doorstep

Two 'mega-prisons' set to be built near RAF airbase in Essex

Man fighting for his life after stabbing in Braintree

E-scooter monthly hire scheme coming to Essex town

UK's first electric vehicle charging forecourt opens in Essex

Wedding broad-bands: Gran unable to attend ceremony watches on web