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

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu has made a number of trips in London and has access to funds.

Evening Standard

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

The Independent 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.

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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 events that led up to asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu’s accidental release

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police issue update after mistakenly released sex offender ‘takes trains across London’

Metropolitan Police make direct appeal to Hadush Kebatu to hand himself in

The Independent UK

Manhunt continues for asylum seeker released from prison by mistake

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu had been jailed for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Essex.

Evening Standard

TV tonight: Rylan Clark goes witch-hunting in Elizabethan Essex

Prof Alice Roberts joins Rylan to investigate witch trials in Chelmsford. Plus: an exposé of the international dog-fighting trade. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Ronan Keating brings out Bryan Adams during Radio 2 in the Park set

Keating, who began his career in the boyband Boyzone in 1993, took the main stage at the Chelmsford music festival on Saturday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Beaulieu Park Station: Inside Essex's £218 million project set to improve the commute to London

Commuters don’t have to wait too long now for the opening of Chelmsford’s second railway station

Evening Standard

Britain must hold Israel to account for settler violence in the West Bank

Letters: Guli Francis-Dehqani, Rachel Treweek, Graham Usher, Christopher Chessun, the bishops of Chelmsford, Gloucester, Norwich and Southwark, say the UK government has a legal and moral duty to act

The Guardian - UK

BBC Radio 2 in the Park 2025 festival to take place in Chelmsford

This year’s festival will be held in Hylands Park in Essex

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Evening Standard

BBC Radio 2 In The Park festival to be held in Chelmsford

The line-up for the event at Hylands Park from September 5 to September 7 will be announced on Tuesday, with tickets going on sale on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

England’s new regime seal perfect start with women’s T20 clean sweep of West Indies

England completed the clean sweep with a 17-run victory against West Indies in the final match of their T20 international series at Chelmsford

Evening Standard

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch speaks with patients and staff on visit to hospice

Mrs Badenoch was told Farleigh Hospice in Chelmsford needed additional funds of £250,000 after the increase in national insurance contributions.

Guitar World

“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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County cricket day four: Middlesex v Lancs, and Essex v Surrey end in draws – as it happened

Join Tanya Aldred for updates as the first round of the County Championship comes to a close

The Guardian - UK

County Championship cricket day two: Tom Banton scores 344 not out for Somerset – as it happened

Somerset amassed 637-6 against Worcestershire with Tom Banton hitting 344 not out at the County Ground

Evening Standard

Charity shop workers left ‘speechless’ as donated Bible sells for £56,000

The Bible in Chinese, dated 1815-1822, had been given to Oxfam’s Chelmsford bookshop in Essex

The Independent UK

Charity shop ‘shocked’ as Bible sells for £56,000

The rare script, which dated back to 1815-1822 was found at Oxfam’s Chelmsford bookshop in Essex

Evening Standard

The only way is Essex: Best and worst train stations for London commuters revealed

Chelmsford, Basildon, Shenfield and Wickford top the table - with Welwyn Garden City in last place

The Independent UK

Ollie Bearman: ‘You only get one shot in F1 – my ultimate goal is to be a world champion’

EXCLUSIVE: From a stunning Ferrari debut at 18 to a ‘dream’ two-year contract at Haas, it’s been quite the 12 months for the Chelmsford teenager with an Italian twang. He tells Kieran Jackson all about it, ahead of the first race of the 2025 season in Australia on Sunday

Evening Standard

Two men died after quad bike crash with bus during Turkish holiday, inquest told

Cory Dove was driving the hired quad bike and his childhood friend Matthew Steward was his passenger, Monday’s hearing in Chelmsford heard.

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