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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Russell

David Amess posthumously made first freeman of new city of Southend

PA Wire

The Prince of Wales has formally presented Southend with the Letters Patent which grant it city status following the death of MP Sir David Amess.

Sir David, who had served as Conservative MP for Southend West since 1997, was stabbed during a constituency surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on October 15.

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