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Why Clacton is the perfect place for Farage to launch his bid to eclipse the Tories

He failed seven times to enter the House of Commons, but this time Nigel Farage may have found the perfect place from which to launch the next chapter in his political career, says David Maddox

The Independent UK

Campaign catchup: Farage running, Starmer bombing, Sunak sinking

In today’s newsletter: Our daily election round-up launches with Nigel Farage’s unerring ability to force everyone to talk about him

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage expected to declare he is running for parliament

Nigel Farage is expected to confirm that he is set to run in Clacton, a Tory held seat in Essex, in an emergency statement at 4pm

The Independent UK

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Country villages with new homes: from coastal gems to family-friendly commuter zones

Hybrid working and high-speed broadband mean village life is an option for those with jobs in the capital, and there are plenty of areas with handy city links to choose from

Evening Standard

Clacton-on-Sea: the ‘forgotten’ town that voted for Brexit

Residents of the Essex coastal community with the highest proportion of economically inactive people in the UK discuss the reality of living on the edge

The Guardian - UK

Susan Calman's Summer By the Sea: release date, locations, celebrities, episodes and everything we know

Susan Calman's Summer By the Sea on Channel 5 sees the comedian visiting Britain’s best-loved beach resorts.

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'Cowardly' Tory ministers refuse to appear on Question Time Brexit special

Alastair Campbell, who will be appearing on the flagship BBC politics show in Clacton-on-Sea, said it is "quite something" that the government won't be represented in front of an audience made entirely of Leave voters

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Popular UK seaside town named worst in country for anti-social behaviour

Clacton-on-Sea in Essex has four times the national average when it comes to anti-social behaviour. It is the worst hotspot in the country with a whopping 68 incidents for every 1,000 residents

Daily Mirror

Top 10 best and worst seaside towns revealed - and 'UK's Las Vegas' tops list

Bamburgh in Northumberland was named the best seaside destination in the UK - and on the opposite end of the scale were Skegness in Lincolnshire and Clacton-on-Sea in Essex

Daily Mirror

Man beaten up by gang of thugs near public toilet after refusing to hand over his phone

The men demanded their victim hand his phone over and when he refused they assaulted him, causing him to fall to the floor in Clacton, Essex

Daily Mirror

Angry people on 'UK's WORST road' say takeaways won't deliver due to crater potholes

Livid people living in an Essex village are at their wits' end over the condition of their road - which is littered with massive potholes with some even described as 'craters'

Daily Mirror

Tory MP claims calls for Scottish independence being driven by 'likes of Mel Gibson'

Giles Watling, MP for Clacton, told the House of Commons he had been "fortunate enough to work in all four corners of this great Union".

Daily Record

Boy, 12, crushed by wall 'lay dying with dad for hours until mum called him for dinner'

Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens died after a wall attached to a house in Clacton, Essex collapsed on Friday evening, said police

Irish Mirror

‘Broken’ family pays tribute to ‘well-loved boy’, 12, who died after garage wall collapsed in Clacton

‘As a family, we cannot explain the hurt we feel and we are broken,’ statement reads

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Family say they are ‘broken’ by death of boy, 12, in wall collapse

Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens died after the collapse of a garage wall at a property in Clacton on Friday.

Daily Mirror

Boy, 12, killed when garage wall collapsed was 'well-loved' son

Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens, 12, died following the collapse of a garage wall at a property in Clacton on Friday 21 October, and was a "well-loved" boy

Evening Standard

Clacton: Boy, 12, dies after garage wall collapses

A 12-year-old boy has died after a garage wall collapsed which also left a man in his 30s with an arm injury.

The Independent UK

Boy, 12, dies and man injured after wall collapses in Clacton

Police say the pair were known to each other

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Essex: Man slashed across the face by stranger in Clacton bar speaks of life-changing impact

Paul Filtness was slashed across the face in a ‘violent and unprovoked’ attack by a total stranger at Bentley’s Bar

Daily Mirror

UK's top 10 nudist beaches where you can find hotel stays under £100 a night

Beaches in Barrow-on-Furness, Clacton, Folkestone and Scarborough have been highlighted amid a sharp rise in interest in naturism following the coronavirus lockdowns

The Independent UK

Little Oakley vs Clacton LIVE: FA Cup team news, line-ups and more

Follow all the action from Memorial Ground Little Oakley

Daily Mirror

Body found in search for 21-year-old who went missing at Clacton Pier during heatwave

Emergency services and the coastguard were called to the beach seafront on Tuesday after a 'serious' incident was reported prompting a response from emergency services and coastguard teams

Evening Standard

Clacton: Search for swimmer missing in sea near pier scaled down

Five people were pulled from the water on Tuesday but a 21-year-old man remained unaccounted for, police said

The Independent UK

Search for swimmer missing in sea near Clacton Pier scaled down

Five people were pulled from the water on Tuesday but a 21-year-old man remained unaccounted for, police said.

The Independent UK

Swimmer missing at sea and five others rescued near Clacton Pier

Emergency services have been called to the scene and a major search and rescue is under way for a missing man.

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