Residents in one part of Essex will have their black general waste rubbish collected only once every three weeks starting ...

Clear sacks used for mixed recycling would be replaced with wheeled bins, the council said. It hoped the new approach would ...

Household waste collections are to be made three-weekly and recycling services divided up in an area following a council vote. Braintree District Council, in Essex, agreed to introduce fortnightly ...

An MP has accused the company that runs of it of using planning creep to change the site from its original planning ...

Allowing Jodie Marsh to keep lemurs would have attracted an influx of complaints from neighbours, a senior council officer ...

National Grid has been asked to spare a 300-year-old oak tree threatened by plans to build pylons across Essex. The oak ...

A media personality who appealed a decision to keep lemurs at her farm near Braintree will receive a decision next week.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Braintree District Council has announced its chairman and vice-chairman for the year ahead. At its annual general meeting on April 28, the ...

Braintree District Council has announced its chairman and vice-chairman for the year ahead. At its annual general meeting on April 28, the council selected councillor Justin Wrench as chairman and ...

Gabrielle Spray, 73, is the cabinet member for planning at Braintree Council, and she said there was “an intake of breath” when the council worked out the district’s housing target after government ...