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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…

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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

Daily Mirror

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

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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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Devon door manufacturer acquired by Essex-based Blount Shutters

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

Birmingham Post

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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 Mirror

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 Record

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"

Daily Mirror

Rapid reduction in services warning caused by council’s ‘culture of complacency’

A risky investment strategy and ‘unconscious incompetence’ at Thurrock council in Essex led to a financial meltdown.

The Independent UK

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

Urgent warning over highly toxic batch of street drugs 'Pyro' after two people die

A man and a woman have died in Essex as police issue an urgent warning over the highly toxic batch of Etonitazene, also known as 'Pyro', which is similar to fentanyl

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Evening Standard

Police warning after potent opioid found at scene of deaths in Essex

A man and a woman in their 40s have been found dead at a property in Basildon

Daily Mirror

Dani Dyer and Jarrod Bowen take twin babies on pub date in cute family reunion

Dani Dyer and her Jarrod Bowen looked every inch the proud parents as they took their adorable twin girls Summer and Star for some fun in the sun in Essex

The Independent UK

Woman hit by Sophie Wessex’s motorcade had ‘loving hug’ with sister before death

Helen Holland, 81, had lunch with her older sister Dorothy Phillips shortly before being hit by the motorcyclist

Daily Mirror

Inside sinking restaurant trapped in time that filled with water with passengers on board

Urban explorer, Urban Banana, took pictures inside Miller & Carter Steakhouse, a converted paddle steamer at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex, that sank in December 2022

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'I hugged my sister goodbye, minutes later she was hit by Sophie Wessex's motorcade'

Helen Holland's sister Dorothy Phillips said the pair had lunch together and shared a 'loving' hug before the woman was hit by a police motorcade escorting Sophie Wessex last month

Manchester Evening News

The stag do who travelled all the way from Essex for Parklife 2023

The group spent yesterday in Manchester city centre stopping off at Roxy Ballroom, BrewDog and the Northern Quarter

Wales Online

'I was looking for a country cottage but found myself refurbishing a town centre building with a shop'

Ceri Lee tackled the project alone to create a home for her sons plus establish two business ventures - even though it wasn't what she was planning to do at all

Daily Mirror

Woman lucky to be alive after British snake bite poison sends her into anaphylactic shock

Beau Avis was bitten by an adder - Britain's only venomous snake - while wearing sandals to walk her dog near Brentwood, Essex, and has warned others of the dangers

Daily Mirror

Mark Wright builds lavish home pool in his £3.5m mega mansion with Michelle Keegan

TV presenter Mark Wright has given Instagram followers an insight into the latest renovation plans at his Essex mega mansion with wife Michelle Keegan, as the pair add a large swimming pool to their estate

Daily Mirror

Grand Designs 'Noah's Ark' home that appears to float on air on sale for £1.95m

A home nicknamed 'Noah's Ark' near Maldon, Essex, that appears to float on air - and which featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs in 2021 - has been put up for sale for £1.95million

The Independent UK

Police biker in Sophie Wessex escort could face criminal charges over fatal collision

81-year-old Helen Holland died after she was hit by a police motorcyclist in the Duchess of Edinburgh’s escort last month

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