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People smuggler pleads guilty to manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants

The migrants were found dead in the container which had been transported by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet early on October 23 2019.

The Independent UK

Essex lorry deaths: People-smuggling ‘ringleader’ admits manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in trailer

An alleged ringleader of a people-smuggling gang has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children in a lorry trailer in Essex.

Evening Standard

Reclaiming Windrush Square: why urban development projects need to heed local voices

Windrush Square is a vibrant public plaza at the heart of Brixton, in the London borough of Lambeth. It was first named in 1998 in commemoration of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, which docked in Essex in 1948, carrying 1,027 passengers, at least 500 of whom were from the…

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Asylum seekers with disabilities ‘abandoned’ in former Essex care home

The site, set up as a standard asylum seeker hotel, has no care workers or nurses there as part of the contract

The Guardian - UK

Couple's easyJet nightmare as they end up nearly 400 miles away from home on way back

Chris and Trisha Daines faced travel chaos when returning to Essex after a weekend in Amsterdam - and were forced to fork out more than £150 as they desperately tried to get home

Daily Mirror

Man extradited to UK from Morocco to stand trial for fatal Essex shooting

Nana Oppong, 43, was arrested for allegedly trying to enter the North African country using a fake passport in September 2022.

The Independent UK

Easyjet 'sorry' as couple on anniversary trip end up in Edinburgh instead of London

Chris and Trisha Daines, from Essex, had enjoyed a lovely getaway to Amsterdam as they celebrated 33 years as a married couple -but they say the experience has been tainted after they ended up arriving home more than 24 hours later than originally scheduled.

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What is Windrush Day and how will the 75th anniversary be marked?

The HMT Empire Windrush first docked in England on June 22 1948 at Tilbury Docks in Essex.

The Independent UK

King hails ‘profound and permanent’ contribution of Windrush generation

The HMT Empire Windrush first docked in England on June 22 1948 at Tilbury Docks in Essex.

The Independent UK

Faces of Windrush generation immortalised by portraits as King Charles lauds 'pioneers'

Marking the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush docking in Essex, a BBC documentary will follow the project, which King Charles III has commemorated in a book

Daily Mirror

Dermot O'Leary makes 'punching' dig at James 'Arg' Argent as he discusses Italian girlfriend, 19, on This Morning

The former The Only Way is Essex star joined Dermot and co-host Holly Willoughby live in the studio when he was asked about his love life

Manchester Evening News

Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank accounts and secret online marketplaces to steal from almost anyone – and little being done to combat the fraud

In January 2020, Debi Gamber studied a computer screen filled with information on scores of check deposits. As a manager for eight years at a TD Bank branch in the Baltimore suburb of Essex, she had reviewed a flurry of account activity as a security measure. These transactions, though, from…

The Conversation

OPINION - Imagine if cycling in London was for everyone, not just men in Lycra

There was a moment during last month’s Ride London cycle race that will stay with me more than any other. It wasn’t the sight of that finish line on Tower Bridge, glorious as it was after 100 miles; nor was it the first sip of that post-finish pint, much as…

Evening Standard

'Family who fled without paying £215 pub bill on Father's Day did the same to me'

Karim Ullah, who runs the Brohmon restaurant in Essex, expressed his disbelief over CCTV taken at a pub in Cornwall, saying he recognises two of the group members who "did a runner"

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Unravelling the Windrush myth: the confidential government communications that reveal authorities did not want Caribbean migrants to come to Britain

In the twilight hours of June 21 1948, a weathered five-deck troopship transporting 1,027 passengers moored off Gravesend on the south bank of the river Thames. That evening, immigration officials would begin carefully processing those aboard. The following afternoon, passengers would walk off the gangplank, finally stepping foot on British…

Daily Mirror

TOWIE's Amber Turner 'quits filming' after heartbreaking Dan Edgar split

Amber Turner has reportedly made the decision to halt filming for The Only Way Is Essex after she and her co-star Dan Edgar split after a six-year relationship

Cycling Weekly

14 life lessons from Grand Tour stage winner Alex Dowsett - direct and humorous takes for boosting your fitness

A hero to club time triallists in Essex, Alex Dowsett is the everyman who broke the Hour record and won Grand Tour stages

Daily Mirror

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

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Birmingham Post

Devon door manufacturer acquired by Essex-based Blount Shutters

Newton Abbott-based Zenith Doors' director John Grant is retiring

Evening Standard

Couple and seven pets saved after lightning strike on Essex bungalow

A couple and seven pets have been rescued after a lightning strike set fire to the roof of their bungalow in Essex.

Daily Mirror

Bungalow set on fire after being struck by lightning during thunderstorm horror show

More thunder, lightning and heavy rain is on the way for many parts of the UK in the hours, after a lightning strike set light to a bungalow in the village of Corringham, Essex

Daily Mirror

Britain's 'most deprived town' plagued by litter and disease could end up underwater

There are fears Jaywick, an Essex seaside town regularly called the most deprived place in the UK, could be left underwater 'due to inadequate flood defences', threatening homes and people

Daily Record

Fugitive sex offender Nicholas Rossi 'to be transferred' for questioning on rape

Essex Police have worked with the authorities in Scotland to set up a method of quizzing Rossi about a relationship he had with Michelle Minnaar in 2017.

Daily Mirror

Windrush pioneer who had to 'fight for survival' feels 'honoured to be British'

HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex, 75 years ago this week in answer to a Government call to the Commonwealth to help rebuild the United Kingdom but hundreds were wrongly detained

Daily Mirror

'We live in town cut off from world twice a day - it's like stepping back in time'

Residents on an isolated Essex island have told how they "love being cut off" in their town at high tide and say that they have a "strong community" which is like "going back in time"

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