Blockbuster stores across the Braintree district have closed.

The rental store, in Halstead High Street, shut last Sunday, affecting seven members of staff.

The branch in Rayne Road, Braintree, closed last Saturday with a loss of seven jobs, and the shop in Newland Street, Witham, which had six employees, also closed last Sunday.

The stores were included in a list of 62 closures and 427 job losses that were announced last week by joint administrators Simon Thomas and Nick O'Reilly, of Moorfields Corporate Recovery LLP.