The mother of a 23-year-old man who was brutally glassed while at a town centre pub has praised his friends and paramedics for saving his life.

Bradley Keefe was in the Bull pub in Market Place on Saturday night when a man reportedly threw a glass at his face, severing an artery.

Mr Keefe’s friend Adam Ryan then flagged down a passing ambulance outside the pub and he was taken to Broomfield hospital for emergency treatment, leaving him with 30 stitches to the three-inch cut to his head.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the attack which happened at around midnight inside the pub.

For the full story, see this week's Braintree and Witham Times.