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  • Fundraiser makes £600 towards Halstead Cinema campaign

    Determined volunteers have raised £600 towards the cost of a new projector as part of their campaign to reopen Halstead Cinema. Hundreds of people attended the event at Halstead Football Club, in Rosemary Lane, to show their support for the reopening

  • Yobs dump wheelie bin in river

    Yobs have been accused of undoing the hard work of the community after throwing a huge bin into a river. Halstead is renowned for its picturesque riverwalk, but on Tuesday the area was blighted when a wheelie bin, belonging to Richard Edwards Group

  • Democratic views 'totally disregarded' in town housing plan

    Plans to build affordable homes go against the will of democracy, a councillor claims. The former site of the senior citizens’ centre in New Street, Halstead, has been earmarked for up to 11 affordable homes in Braintree Council’s Local Development