Woman pleads guilty to murdering parents at family home in Essex Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned father, John, 70, with prescription medication and stabbed mother, Lois, 71 The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
Lord Sugar hails 'impressive' police probe after Essex thief's daughters ordered to pay £100,000 David Buisson targeted homes across Essex and stole from Lord Sugar’s home Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
Ambulance called to Essex asylum site 38 times this year as charities warn of increased suicide attempts Exclusive: Asylum seekers have warned that people are ‘going crazy’ inside the flagship asylum site Wethersfield as charities call for it to be immediately shut down The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024
Gloucestershire deny Glamorgan record run chase on last ball: county cricket – as it happened Glamorgan were one run away from pulling off the highest chase in first-class cricket, but James Bracey had other ideas The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024
Here’s how bad it is for Sunak: I went to the most Tory seat in Britain – and the word on people’s lips was Reform On Canvey Island in Essex, I found hard-up, demoralised voters taking refuge in rightwing half-truths, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
Essex peg Surrey back as wickets fall at the Oval: county cricket – as it happened Essex ended the first innings 82 adrift but reduced Surrey to 44 for three, while James Vince reached 211 for Hampshire The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024
Keaton Jennings hits 183 not out for Lancashire: county cricket – as it happened Batter’s brilliance overshadowed Jimmy Anderson’s presence at Southport, while Surrey’s Jamie Smith also hit a ton The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024
Hunger strikes and suicide attempts as asylum seekers claim Essex site is ‘like prison’ Helen Bamber Foundation report finds ‘growing feelings of desperation’ among camp’s 600 residents The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024
Nigel Farage to boycott BBC over ‘biased’ Question Time audience Reform also complains to Electoral Commission and Essex police about Channel 4 undercover investigation of party The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024
Police 'urgently assessing' racist Sunak slur by Reform activist as Farage claims 'complete and utter set up' Essex force says it is working ‘to establish if there are any criminal offences’ as PM speaks out on ‘corrosive and divisive behaviour’ Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2024
Nigel Farage ‘has questions to answer’ over Reform racism, says Rishi Sunak Essex police say they are ‘urgently assessing’ racist and homophobic remarks made by party’s volunteers The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024
Sunak reveals anger as daughters forced to hear Reform activist call him racist slur Andrew Parker was caught using the racial slur while canvassing for Reform UK in Clacton, Essex, where Nigel Farage is standing to be an MP The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024
Reform UK activist filmed using racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak while campaigning for Nigel Farage Party activist Andrew Parker was caught using the racial slur while campaigning in Clacton, Essex, last week The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024
Has Labour given up fighting Nigel Farage in Clacton? Candidate Jovan Owusu-Nepaul ‘sent to West Midlands’ The party has reportedly sent its candidate from the seaside constituency in Essex to campaign in the West Midlands instead The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024 Surrey beat Worcestershire, Robinson goes for 43 in one over: county cricket – as it happened Louis Kimber’s heroics were in vain for Sussex as Leicestershire fell 19 short of a mammoth chase
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024 ‘It opens eyes’: How one UK school has welcomed and learned from refugees Staff at Essex primary describe struggle to secure support and the difference a charity’s specialist training made
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024 Middlesex v Derbyshire, Essex v Durham: county cricket – as it happened Follow all the action from around the grounds on day one of the latest round of County Championship matches with Tanya Aldred
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 ‘He’s for English people’: Farage’s populist pitch gains traction in Clacton The Reform UK leader appears to be capitalising on widespread alienation from mainstream politics in the Essex town with a heavily anti-immigration campaign
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 ‘We are backing ourselves’: Labour aims to turn tide on Tories in Essex Party could make historic inroads in places such as Southend but many of the races look very tight
Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2024 'I've turned my passion for Disney and Taylor Swift into a living': Meet influencer Vinny Thomas EXCLUSIVE: The Brit influencer who swapped Essex for Arizona has been taking the internet by storm
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024 Essex police reportedly reviewing deaths of fentanyl killer’s father and grandfather Force has not denied reports it is investigating whether Luke D’Wit may have killed twice before without detection
Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2024 Fentanyl double murderer 'may have poisoned father and grandfather' as police launch probe Luke D'Wit befriended Stephen and Carol Baxter who died at their home in Essex
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Labour vows to investigate carer’s allowance scandal Liz Kendall, shadow work and pensions secretary, tells pensioners in Essex repayment demands ‘unforgivable’
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024 Tories’ promises to raise tax threshold for pensioners a joke, Labour says During a visit to Essex, shadow pensions secretary Liz Kendall claimed the Conservatives have worsened the quality of retirement.
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024 Essex Tories had ‘gun to head’ to accept ‘unwanted’ party chair as their candidate Details are emerging of how senior Conservative members in Basildon and Billericay were forced to accept party chair Richard Holden as their candidate on Wednesday night