All news on the topic: Essex
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Met officer suspended after child abuse content allegations on Telegram
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court, charged with allegedly sharing graphic messages about child sex abuse on Telegram.
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110,000 join Tommy Robinson march in London as clashes erupt with police and counter-protesters
Over 100,000 individuals participated in a march in central London organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, while anti-racism campaigners held a counter-protest.
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Asylum seekers to move from hotels to military barracks in UK government plan
Asylum seekers will swap “luxury accommodation” in hotels for military barracks in No 10’s latest bid to tackle the migrant crisis.
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Massive fire engulfs industrial building in Witham, Essex
A huge blaze broke out at an industrial site in Witham, Essex on Saturday evening, sending plumes of thick black smoke billowing across the sky.
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An asylum seeker residing in a hotel found guilty of sexual assaults days after arriving in the UK
An asylum seeker hotel resident has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl days after arriving in the UK on a small boat.
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“Three musketeers” gang ‘hunted and killed’ Essex dogwalker
Jurors were presented with distressing CCTV footage capturing the moment a dog walker was chased by three men and ultimately stabbed to death.
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Protests and riots around Bell Hotel lead to court ban on housing refugees
Asylum seekers being housed in an Essex hotel will be moved after a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction.
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Major fire in Clacton: residents evacuated from homes in the middle of the night
Residents of Clacton, Essex, have been evacuated, and locals have been advised to keep all windows and doors closed due to a large amount of smoke coming from a nearby building fire
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Police uncover body in medieval cave in Essex’s Hangman’s Woods
Police have found a body in an ancient cave in Essex.
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Unrest in Essex: anti-migrant protests escalate into attacks on police
Two people were arrested after a so-called "anti-migration" march in Epping, Essex, descended into violence on Thursday.
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‘We’ll never forget this’: British teen dies on first lads’ holiday after suspected ecstasy reaction in Ibiza
An Essex teenager on his first-ever lads’ holiday to Spain died after ’taking drugs’ in a club shortly after arriving.
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Tree falls on children in Essex park: five hospitalized
Five children have been taken to hospital after a tree fell at a park in Essex.
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Nigel Farage asserts to have ’purchased a house’ in Clacton, in fact owned by his girlfriend
Reform UK leader said he’d ‘exchanged contracts’ to buy property last November, but it’s in name of Laure Ferrari
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Stansted paralyzed: IT system failure causes mass delays and flight cancellations
There have been major delays at Stansted Aairport - after a power outage triggered an IT meltdown.
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Two teenagers missing for four days: Aisha Cleal and Jordan Donovan last seen in Harlow
Two teenagers have vanished together after last being seen four days ago.
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Fraudster Anopkumar Maudhoo scammed £8.5m from fake property sales
Anopkumar Maudhoo made millions selling homes and land he did not own in London, Hertfordshire, and Essex
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Death at dawn: Two cars collide in Essex, leaving two dead and two injured
Two people have died and two others have suffered serious injuries after a two-car crash in Essex.
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Chaos and stabbing: a knife-wielding mob attacked a party in a school hall, leaving two hospitalized
A sixteenth birthday party at a school hall was crashed by a group of youths with knives who stabbed two teenagers.
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Police recover body from River Thames in the search for a suspect in the Valentine’s Day pub shooting
A body has been recovered by police from the River Thames, which is being linked to a murder investigation in Kent.
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Man ran over two people after McDonald’s argument and fled the scene
Glenn Hobbs, from Forefield Green, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to over nine years in prison after admitting to intentionally hitting two men with his car.
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Police release CCTV in search for man who assaulted 14-year-old girl in train station toilets
Police have shared a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a 14-year-old girl was raped at an Essex train station a year ago.
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Six Afghans arrested in the UK on suspicion of human trafficking
Six men have been arrested in the UK over their suspected involvement in a major people smuggling ring.
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’Essex Boys’ killer Michael Steele to be released from prison 30 years after triple drug murders
Michael Steele, 81, is scheduled to be released from prison in a few weeks, even though he continues to assert that he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice regarding the 1995 murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex.
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Coroner’s final ruling on the death of five-year-old Freddie Farrow, killed by falling mirror in shop
Freddie Farrow died of a traumatic brain injury when a "very large mirror" fell on him at a Fenwick department store in Colchester, Essex.
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5-year-old boy dies after 8ft mirror falls on him while he was looking at his reflection
A ‘funny and clever’ five-year-old boy was killed by a falling mirror after he touched it while looking at his own reflection, an inquest heard.
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