The year is 1471 and The War of The Roses has laid waste to England’s green and pleasant pastures. John de Vere, the Earl of Oxford and key commander of the Lancastrians, having defeated William Lord Hastings at the battle of Barnet on the 14th
A man dubbed a “hero in fluorescent trousers” when he helped a family after their car overturned, has said he is no hero and “just did what anybody else would do.” Dave Dawson, of Church Lane in Toppesfield, was returning from a fencing job in
Characters from the Easter story played a game of I Spy with a difference. Members of churches in Halstead dressed up as 12 key characters, including Pontius Pilate, Simon of Cyrene and St John for the town’s second Easter I Spy. Children were
The future of a brewery has been secured after it was bought back by its founder. Nethergate Brewery, based in The Street, Pentlow, had been placed in the hands of administrators last month after its previous owner was forced to retire due to ill-health
