Drivers can currently park for free for an hour, but might need to register on an app in the future.

Linda Robson says she felt "connected" to the centre because friends and family have children who are autistic.

The council will whittle down a list of more than 300 sites that could be used for housing.

A resident reaches "new heights" trying to get rid of their waste, a council says.

Braintree District Council refuses plans saying the pub is of "historic, social and communal" value.

Graham Butland, of Braintree District Council, says "I am living with it; I am not dying of it."

Local councils had challenged plans to house asylum seekers at sites in Lincolnshire and Essex.

Braintree Council gives permission for the converted shipping containers to open as DIY sheds.