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The most deprived areas of Braintree have been revealed in the latest 2021 census results.

The most deprived areas of Braintree have been revealed in the latest 2021 census results.

HOUSE sales in the district are booming, despite property prices increasing.

HOUSE sales in the district are booming, despite property prices increasing.

CORONAVIRUS cases have risen dramatically in two areas in Halstead in the past week, the latest figures show.

Rates of Covid infection in Suffolk and north Essex are tumbling - with just 20 postcode areas recording three or more cases in the week to June 7.

Rates of Covid infection in Suffolk and north Essex are tumbling - with just 20 postcode areas recording three or more cases in the week to June 7.

In England the infection rate is 107.8 cases per 100,000 people.  Across the Braintree district as a whole the figures for the seven days to February 23 show an infection rate of 84.5 cases per 100,000 people.  A further 129 cases were also recorded in the seven days. A map also shows the infection rate in each part of the district and how much it has changed in a week. It shows three areas have infection rates higher than the national average.  Marks Tey and Wakes Colne ha...

File photo dated 15/01/14 of a broadband cable and router. Those living in remote areas could be left with slow broadband for years to come due to a "litany of planning and implementation failures" within Government, a group of MPs has warned. A SHOCKING percentage of homes in mid Essex are incapable of accessing full-fibre broadband, figures reveal. A group of MPs has warned that the Government’s pledge of gigabit broadband for 85 per cent of the UK by 2025 will not be met, leaving those...

A SHOCKING percentage of homes in mid Essex are incapable of accessing full-fibre broadband, figures reveal.