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Why burning waste to power a giant greenhouse really could be a greener way of growing food

A new project in Bradwell, Essex, aims to change how we grow food and how we deal with our rubbish. Slated to begin operations in 2027, the Rivenhall greenhouse project could become Europe’s largest low-carbon horticulture facility.

The Conversation

Love & Rage: Munroe Bergdorf review – trans activist opens up about the toll visibility takes

Essex-born model and activist shows remarkable grace, resilience and honesty in the face of online vitriol and hostile TV interviewers

The Guardian - UK

Commuter train named after Dr Feelgood rock legend Wilko Johnson

The influential Essex band released their first album 50 years ago

Evening Standard

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Matalan plans big expansion with new stores and revamp

Matalan is set to open 10 new stores this year in regions including London, Essex and Northern Ireland.

The Independent UK

Jamie Oliver attacks Essex council for not recognising dyslexia as special need

TV chef says he is ‘disgusted’ council ‘don’t want to spend the money’ on those diagnosed with neurological learning difficulty

The Guardian - UK

How a dive-bombing buzzard named Brenda sent terrified schoolchildren indoors

Bird of prey ruling roost over residents of Essex village for weeks

The Independent 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

The Independent UK

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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.

Evening Standard

‘Essex Boys’ triple killer released from prison

Michael Steele has been behind bars since 1998

The Independent UK

‘Essex Boys’ triple killer Michael Steele released from prison

Steele was jailed for life in 1998 for the killings of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe.

Evening Standard

Lower Thames Crossing could triple tolls at Dartford tunnel, campaigners say

If private finance is used for road tunnel, analysis finds it would need to charge £8.10 for cars and £14 for lorries

The Guardian - UK

Men who tried to smuggle £592,000 of drugs on transatlantic flight jailed

Jamaal Darbasie, 27, and George Manton, 19, both from Harlow in Essex, were stopped at Glasgow Airport in March 2024.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Forget Havering quitting London, this is why we should kick out Clapham, Merton and Camden first

In a landmark moment in London's history, a local MP is campaigning to annex his borough from the wider London Pangaea and float off into the home counties.

Evening Standard

Mapped: the most affordable areas for first-time buyers in London and commuter belt

A new interactive map shows the areas with the most choice of homes within the typical first-time buyer budget

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Notts beat Yorkshire, Surrey draw with Essex, and more: county cricket day four – as it happened

Nottinghamshire dance into the Championship’s early summer break at the top of Division One, after bowling Yorkshire out just before tea at Headingley

Evening Standard

London borough has 'once-in-a-century opportunity' to split from capital, says MP

Romford MP Andrew Rosindell is campaigning for the London borough of Havering to leave the capital

The Guardian - UK

Sussex thrash Hampshire, Somerset beat Durham, and more: county cricket day three – as it happened

Josh Hull hurtled back to catch Tom Hartley off his own bowling and Leicestershire romped to their fifth victory of the season against Lancashire

The Independent UK

What we know about the mad cow disease case on Essex farm

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Evening Standard

Mad cow disease explained: What is BSE and can humans get it?

The Animal and Plant Health Agency has reported a case of BSE in Essex

Evening Standard

The Elizabeth Line: room rents up by almost 40 per cent in three years since launch

The average price of a room along the line has risen from £628 to £839 per month since 2021, according to new data from SpareRoom

The Independent UK

Mad cow disease confirmed on Essex farm

The animal has been humanely culled and there is no risk to public or food safety

Evening Standard

Single case of atypical BSE found in cow in Essex

The case is distinct from classical BSE behind the ‘mad cow disease’ outbreak in the 1980s and 1990s and there is no risk to people, officials said.

Evening Standard

Mark Cavendish watch raiders must pay back cash or face extra jail time

Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into the athlete’s home in Ongar, Essex, as he was asleep upstairs with his wife, an earlier trial was told.

The Guardian - UK

‘It feels like we never left’: resentment builds in one of UK’s firmest Brexit-backing areas

Keir Starmer says Britons have moved on but many in Thurrock think they were lied to in debate about leaving EU

The Independent UK

Man charged after 37 dead dogs found in Essex animal shelter raid

Essex Police said officers, together with colleagues from the RSPCA and Basildon Council, visited a property in the Crays Hill area of Billericay on Tuesday and the remains were discovered

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