Work continues on Braintree Carnival 2012, the 49th event in the current series. The event has been brought forward a week and will form part of the Town's week long Jubilee celebrations. Further details below:

Specialising in car, motorbike, fire, escapology and high fall stunts, they perform some of the most spectacular stunts ever seen.

The show will generate great excitement and is a great crowd puller so don't miss the opportunity to see one of the UK's top stuntman / escape artist.

The competition will be held during the afternoon on June 2nd, with the final being held in the main arena. There will be a Trophy and a crate of beer (donated by Greene King) for the winning side.

If your team are interested in taking part, please download and complete the Tug of War Form

This is name of the organisation making arrangements for the Queen's Jubilee and Olympic celebrations. Events will take place between 2nd June - 9th June, 2012. starting with the Carnival.

Other events provisionally planned include:

• 3rd and 4th June - the pubs in the town will be organising events
• 5th June - concert at Tabor School
• 6th June - Teddy Bears picnic and story telling
• 7th June - 3ft day in the public gardens
• 9th June - Procession

Further details will be made available later.

You can take part in the carnival in a number of ways:

• Enter a float or simply walk in the procession.
• Enter the Carnival Queen or Princess competitions.
• Hire a pitch but hurry as only a limited number of spaces are available.
• Enter the Window Display competition.

Use the links under Take Part in the left margin for more details.