Campaign for Cockney pie and mash to get protected status started by Tory MP ‘bloody loyal to North East’ Former Tory party chair parachuted into safe Essex seat celebrates ‘cracking’ Cockney delicacy The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2024
Two men in court charged with murdering father in Chelmsford Kieran Shepherd, 30, died in Meadgate Avenue in Chelmsford, Essex, on October 15. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024
The Prodigy’s Leeroy Thornhill on fame, raves and his late best mate Keith Flint: ‘I love him and I always will’ He and Flint joined the band as teenagers, leaving Essex to travel the world and mix with royalty. As Thornhill publishes a book of photographs from that era, he talks about the fun, friendship, chaos – and sorrow The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024
Derek Hardy obituary Other lives: Science teacher at the first British secondary school to install a computer with a second career as a Liberal councillor The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024
Sarah Perry: faith, telescopes and the perils of pigeon-holing writers The Essex Serpent novelist discusses the connection between astrophysics and her religious upbringing … and over-doing all you can eat sushi The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024
“I recognise there’s a new generation of people experiencing that record for the first time”: Interpol’s Paul Banks on the upcoming tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Antics The Essex-born singer talks getting in the headspace to dip back into the NY trio’s 2004 indie-rock classic Louder · Oct 20, 2024
Sale of Essex acid grassland for homes would set ‘catastrophic precedent’ Idea that every habitat is replaceable is a misuse of biodiversity net gain, say ecological experts The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
Watch: Chilling moment woman confesses to murdering her parents then living with corpses in Essex home for years Virginia McCullough was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: At last, HS2 to Euston gets the green signal The Transport Secretary giveth, the Transport Secretary taketh away. Louise Haigh has given the strongest signal yet that HS2 will run to London Euston. At the same time, she announced a delay in the decision over the Lower Thames Crossing, the new £9 billion link between Kent and Essex, until… Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2024
Gemma Collins says she hopes to become a foster carer amid IVF struggles The former The Only Way Is Essex star has been very open about her desire to be a mum and of the struggles she has faced in the past to conceive Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2024
Worcestershire’s Leach bows out on a high while Yorkshire batters feast – as it happened Surrey and Sussex received their divisional winners’ trophies while Worcestershire’s Joe Leach said farewell and Yorkshire topped 700 The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024
Warning over banned 'Brazilian Butt Lift' procedures in Essex East London council issues warning over cosmetic surgery as patients report ‘excruciating pain’ Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024
Row erupts after Farage claims he was told not to hold face-to-face MP surgeries over knife attack fears Reform UK leader expresses concern the public would ‘flow through doors with knives in their pockets’ when asked if he had held meetings in his seat in Clacton The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024
Dorries caused more mental health deaths by blocking statutory inquiry, hearing told Mother of young man who died was ‘shaken to the core’ by WhatsApp messages sent by health minister over Essex deaths The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024
Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2024 Basildon fire: Residents hear huge explosions after massive inferno breaks out at Essex recycling centre Residents describe hearing huge bangs as large blaze consumes Essex recycling plant
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024 Council approves sound-recording CCTV to tackle antisocial behaviour Uttlesford District Council has passed a new CCTV policy which includes the potential for audio surveillance - but is accused of ‘bringing Orwell’s Big Brother to Essex’
Cycling Weekly · Sep 12, 2024 Why is the UK's biggest sportive not happening in 2025? All of RideLondon's partners insist they are still interested in bringing the event back, so maybe it really is just a "hiatus"
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024 County cricket: Surrey edge dramatic day at Somerset, Essex docked 12 points – as it happened Tom Curran’s 86 and Shakib Al Hasan’s wickets kept Surrey in front despite an inspired cameo from the injured Tom Banton
The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024 Essex mental health inquiry will reveal hundreds more deaths, chair says Statutory inquiry begins into at least 2,000 deaths over 23 years after previous inquiry’s calls for evidence ignored
The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024 Bereaved family ‘devastated’ after being snubbed by landmark mental health inquiry into thousands of deaths Exclusive: Darian Bankwala,22, died in 2020 under the care of Essex mental health services
The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024 Mental health deaths inquiry chair gives warning over ‘shocking’ true toll of scandal The first ever statutory public inquiry into the deaths of NHS mental health patients has begun
The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024 County cricket day one: Somerset v Surrey, Essex v Notts, and more – as it happened Shakib Al Hasan’s cameo for Surrey worked a treat on day one of their top-two clash with Somerset at Taunton
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2024 Horror as man dies after being hit by lorry on M25 hard shoulder in Essex Hugh delays after smash between Junction 29 Upminster and Jnc 30 Thurrock on Sunday morning
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2024 Statutory public inquiry to begin examining 2,000 mental health patient deaths The Lampard Inquiry will investigate the deaths of people who were receiving mental health inpatient care in Essex between 2000 and 2023.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024 Sue Jones obituary Other lives: Welfare rights adviser who supported people in poverty in Harlow, Essex