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REVEALED: Chelmsford | Vintage Vibes

County cricket: Craig Overton completes game to remember by finishing off Essex – as it happened

Somerset’s stand-in skipper added a couple of batters and a catch to his century on Saturday in 10-wicket win

The Guardian - UK

Justin Timberlake’s walk-on part back in spotlight as Chelmsford faces closure fears

Chelmsford City racecourse’s long-term future is in serious doubt after its next three meetings were scrapped

The Guardian - UK

Iranian regime ‘in its death throes’, says bishop who left after revolution

The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt Rev Guli Francis-Dehqani, warned the Iranian regime ‘should not be underestimated’.

Evening Standard

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UK bishop who left Iran after revolution says ‘barbaric’ regime ‘is in its death throes’

The Bishop of Chelmsford also praised Starmer for his stance on the Middle East crisis

The Independent UK

Andy Carroll denies breaching court order against reality TV star ex-wife

The former Newcastle and Liverpool striker indicated a not guilty plea to the charge at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court.

Evening Standard

How ‘delay after delay’ at Essex hospital led to early death of cancer patient

The retired history teacher from Chelmsford passed away in 2023

The Independent UK

“The rest of the world didn't know that the world's greatest guitarist was playing a weekend gig at this place in Chelmsford”: The Aristocrats' Bryan Beller recalls the moment he met Guthrie Govan and formed a new kind of supergroup

As per Aristocrats lore, the power trio formed right after an impromptu jam at NAMM 2011

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London leaver: 'It was terrifying leaving everyone and everything in the capital for Chelmsford'

Starting a family pushed Rose and Ed out of London before any of their friends, but the decision paid off

Evening Standard

Inmate at scandal-hit HMP Chelmsford took own life after staff failed to spot he was a suicide risk

An inmate at scandal-hit HMP Chelmsford died despite being a known suicide risk

Evening Standard

Migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu is second person to be freed by mistake from HMP Chelmsford

The prison staff at HMP fell for a fake email posing from the Royal Courts of Justice

The Independent UK

Mistakes in prisoner releases ‘symptom of system chaos’, warns chief inspector

Charlie Taylor raised concerns over the systemic problem going on in prisons that needs to be fixed by prison service leaders.

Evening Standard

Quadrant Closes Its Last Two High Street Stores After Over a Century of Operation

Quadrant's historic stores in Chelmsford and Braintree close after over 100 years, ending a local retail legacy and resulting in job losses.

International Business Times UK

Dad of girl, 14, attacked by Hadush Kebatu hits out at ‘irresponsible’ justice system

The migrant, who resided at the Bell Hotel in Epping during the assault, travelled from Chelmsford to London

The Independent UK

Timeline of events in case of asylum seeker who was released accidentally

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

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Epping sex offender back in custody after release from prison in error

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, whose case led to summer protests in Essex, detained again and faces deportation

The Guardian - UK

Fete, Chelmsford, Essex: ‘It absolutely dares to be different’ – restaurant review

There’s something so endearingly adventurous and devil-may-care about this menu that makes me love the place

Evening Standard

Search for asylum seeker mistakenly released from prison enters third day

The Metropolitan Police has revealed the last sighting of Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was in Hackney, London, on Friday.

Evening Standard

Manhunt continues to find migrant sex offender freed from prison by mistake

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre

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Asylum seeker tried to return to prison ‘several times’ after release in error

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu is carrying a ‘distinctive white bag with pictures of avocados on it’.

The Independent UK

Prison mistakenly released migrant sex offender despite him ‘returning four or five times to reception’

Hadush Kebatu kept asking prison staff ‘what to do’ after he was released from HMP Chelmsford by error, according to a delivery driver who saw him at the time of his release

International Business Times UK

Dangerous Blunder: Deportation-Bound Sex Offender Mistakenly Freed and At Large in London

A convicted sex offender due for deportation has been mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford, triggering a major manhunt across London. The blunder has intensified scrutiny of Britain's overstretched prison and immigration systems amid rising political backlash.

The Independent UK

Asylum seeker released in error spotted in London area, police say

An asylum seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre. Kebatu, an Ethiopian national, was last seen in the London area after boarding a train from Chelmsford, prompting an…

The Independent UK

Timeline of accidental prison release and arrest of Epping migrant sex offender

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

Evening Standard

Timeline of events that led up to asylum seeker being released accidentally

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker released from prison in error seen in London area, police say

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally set from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

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