Stories for 26 May 2007

Braintree And Witham Times News

Alpacas cheer up families- despite rain

Bob and Bert, the English-bred Alpacas, popped in to cheer up wet visitors at Dorewards Hall farm, Bocking.   more...

Church casts Godspell over Witham

Godspell, the 70s musical, is being revisited by a Witham church.   more...

Details of sheep rescue "wooly", say firemen

A sheep had a wooly moment, going for accidental hair wash the day before she was shorn.   more...

Brazilian beat gets children movin'

A "brilliant" percussion group got children into the groove, teaching them Brazillian style drumming at school.   more...

Ald Tyme love

AN old Tyme Rallye and Fayre is back for its 30th year and still drawing the crowds.   more...

Court's "greatest scandal ever" claim

A book claiming to reveal the greatest UK judicial scandal ever has hit the bookshelves.   more...

Sporty pupils take the lead

Sports leaders of the future were trained to project their voice and organise games with other pupils, at a Braintree School.   more...

Echo News

RAYLEIGH SHOOTING HERO NAMED

POLICE have named a brave commuter who was shot in the chest trying to stop an armed robbery.   more...

Man trapped in garage by mower

FIRE crews released a 94-year-old man who was trapped in his garage by a ride on lawn mower.   more...

Blaze in roof of three houses

FIREFIGHTERS battled a fire that broke out in the roof of a terrace of houses in Alderney Gardens, Wickford.   more...

Gazette News

Colchester: Tributes paid to murder victim

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 24-year-old mum found dead in the River Colne.   more...

Halstead Gazette News

Our links across the pond

Cold, confused and separated from their loved ones during a long sea journey, the first Brits to settle in the new world had a far from glamorous life.   more...

Breathe easy, with £3,000 equipment

Healthier hearts and lungs will mean happier patients at a surgery with two new pieces of equipment.   more...

Thurrock Gazette News

New plea for info a year after Ann Marie's stabbing

A year on after a young mother was viciously attacked outside a Thurock nightclub detectives are issuing a renewed appeal for information.   more...