The Latest Breaking News from Clacton

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 · Jun 3, 2024

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 · Jun 3, 2024

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Jun 15, 2023

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 · May 2, 2023

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 · Jan 27, 2023

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 · Oct 27, 2022

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 · Oct 24, 2022

‘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

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022