Lower Thames Crossing could triple tolls at Dartford tunnel, campaigners say If private finance is used for road tunnel, analysis finds it would need to charge £8.10 for cars and £14 for lorries The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025
Men who tried to smuggle £592,000 of drugs on transatlantic flight jailed Jamaal Darbasie, 27, and George Manton, 19, both from Harlow in Essex, were stopped at Glasgow Airport in March 2024. Evening Standard · May 28, 2025
OPINION - Forget Havering quitting London, this is why we should kick out Clapham, Merton and Camden first In a landmark moment in London's history, a local MP is campaigning to annex his borough from the wider London Pangaea and float off into the home counties. Evening Standard · May 27, 2025
Mapped: the most affordable areas for first-time buyers in London and commuter belt A new interactive map shows the areas with the most choice of homes within the typical first-time buyer budget Evening Standard · May 26, 2025
Notts beat Yorkshire, Surrey draw with Essex, and more: county cricket day four – as it happened Nottinghamshire dance into the Championship’s early summer break at the top of Division One, after bowling Yorkshire out just before tea at Headingley The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025
London borough has 'once-in-a-century opportunity' to split from capital, says MP Romford MP Andrew Rosindell is campaigning for the London borough of Havering to leave the capital Evening Standard · May 26, 2025
Sussex thrash Hampshire, Somerset beat Durham, and more: county cricket day three – as it happened Josh Hull hurtled back to catch Tom Hartley off his own bowling and Leicestershire romped to their fifth victory of the season against Lancashire The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025
Mad cow disease explained: What is BSE and can humans get it? The Animal and Plant Health Agency has reported a case of BSE in Essex Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
The Elizabeth Line: room rents up by almost 40 per cent in three years since launch The average price of a room along the line has risen from £628 to £839 per month since 2021, according to new data from SpareRoom Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
Mad cow disease confirmed on Essex farm The animal has been humanely culled and there is no risk to public or food safety The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
Single case of atypical BSE found in cow in Essex The case is distinct from classical BSE behind the ‘mad cow disease’ outbreak in the 1980s and 1990s and there is no risk to people, officials said. Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
Mark Cavendish watch raiders must pay back cash or face extra jail time Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into the athlete’s home in Ongar, Essex, as he was asleep upstairs with his wife, an earlier trial was told. Evening Standard · May 19, 2025
‘It feels like we never left’: resentment builds in one of UK’s firmest Brexit-backing areas Keir Starmer says Britons have moved on but many in Thurrock think they were lied to in debate about leaving EU The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2025
The Independent UK · May 15, 2025 Man charged after 37 dead dogs found in Essex animal shelter raid Essex Police said officers, together with colleagues from the RSPCA and Basildon Council, visited a property in the Crays Hill area of Billericay on Tuesday and the remains were discovered
Evening Standard · May 15, 2025 Mental health trust boss offers apology to families at inquiry into deaths The Lampard Inquiry, chaired by Baroness Kate Lampard, is examining deaths at NHS-run inpatient units in Essex between 2000 and 2023.
The Independent UK · May 15, 2025 Remains of 37 dead dogs discovered in Essex police raid on animal shelter Two men have been arrested of failing to prevent unnecessary suffering to animals
The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025 1536 review – three Tudor friends throw sharp light on Anne Boleyn’s execution Ava Pickett’s bold debut shows how a trio of ordinary women in rural Essex learn of the queen’s death, and speaks clearly to our own age
Evening Standard · May 12, 2025 Mental health deaths inquiry hears about ‘denial and defensiveness’ The falsification of safety records was ‘well known within the Essex context’, the Lampard Inquiry was told.
The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2025 Foakes hits unbeaten century while Sussex see off Worcestershire Join Tanya Aldred for all the latest from the final day of the latest round of County Championship matches
The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2025 Notts beat Hampshire, Essex v Yorkshire and more: county cricket – as it happened There were thumping wins for Notts, Northants and Glamorgan on day three of the latest Championship round
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025 Mick Biegel obituary Other lives: Army officer whose service took him all over the world
Evening Standard · May 6, 2025 BBC show about Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash to return for a second series The series follows the couple and their children during their day-to-day life at Pickle Cottage in Essex.
The Independent UK · May 6, 2025 Family business ‘heartbroken’ after dinosaurs stolen from car park Raptors World owner Tom Pruen said the two models, named Rexy and Yoshi, were stolen from a car park in Thurrock, Essex
The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025 Somerset v Essex, Middlesex v Kent, and more: county cricket day one – as it happened Joe Root got in a tangle against Warwickshire, while Lancashire’s Marcus Harris dug in at Old Trafford