Essex Chronicle published Late Sean Marks goal sends Braintree Town through in FA Trophy

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British deep coal mining at an end

Miners at Kellingley Colliery work their final shifts as the pit closure brings to an end centuries of deep coal mining in Britain.

TomBage published Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Chrome Extension that blocks...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is expected to be the biggest film at the UK Box Office in quite a while, meaning many of us who didn't get our act together and book tickets months ago are now facing a deluge of spoilers on social media over the coming weeks.Now some clever people have made a Google Chrome extension that means you can browse in peace without having to avert your eyes and scroll off at high speed whenever you see the word 'star' on your screen.Force Block: the Star Wars spoiler...

chrisdyer published Delays on A12 near Margaretting after lorry crashes into ditch

A lorry that crashed into a ditch off the A12 is causing tailbacks while the road is cleared.The vehicle went off the road on the north-bound carriageway, heading towards Chelmsford, at around 6.15am this morning at junction 15 near Three Mile Hill.Police officers are at the scene enforcing a rolling road block and coning off the area from junction 14 while junction 15 is closed.Junction 15 turn off for Maragretting is expected to be closed for the next hour.Sgt Colin Shead of Essex Police's...

chrisdyer published Alleged victim in Kieran Hope trial tells court: 'I felt like I...

A MARRIED music teacher accused of having sex with two teenage pupils in the grounds of a Chelmsford school bombarded one girl with 7,000 messages over eight months, a court heard.Former Sandon School teacher Kieran Hope faces three charges of sexual activity with a child, aged 13 to 15, and four counts of sexual activity with a child, aged 16 to 17, in a position of trust.The 33-year-old, of Keith Avenue, Wickford, denies all charges said to have happened from September 2011 to April...

SamBalls published Braintree car wash boss Kujtin Rexha, who repeatedly raped...

A car wash owner who raped a teenage immigrant on a daily basis and threatened to kill her with a knife hidden under his bed, has been jailed for 11 years.Kujtin Rexha, 43, of Jeffreys Road, Braintree, denied the charges during the six day trial, which was held at Chelmsford Crown Court. The jury reached a unanimous verdict after eight hours of deliberation.The court heard that Rexha was arrested in May following an investigation into offences at a car wash in Colchester Road, Little Bentley....