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Police chief warns 400 officers will be lost without extra funding

Lincolnshire’s Chief Constable Paul Gibson has followed his Metropolitan Police and Essex counterparts in warning about cuts.

The Independent UK

M25 and M26 closed after pedestrian hit by car and lorry fire

Long traffic jams build up, causing delays of at least an hour

The Independent UK

Police chiefs warn of possible cuts to officer numbers amid budget shortfalls

Ben-Julian Harrington, Chief Constable of Essex Police, said: ‘To put it bluntly, the books don’t balance.’

Evening Standard

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How Second Hand Rose is now on song

When he’s not at the helm of his Aston Martin specialist garage in Essex, Rikki Cann is tearing up the tracks in one of Newport Pagnell’s finest. Cann’s heavily modified Series 2 V8 Vantage has become a regular sight on circuits over its 15-year racing life and currently competes in…

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West Ham's Michail Antonio Taken to Hospital After Car Accident

West Ham player Michail Antonio was taken to hospital on Saturday afternoon after the forward was involved in a serious road traffic accident in the Essex area.

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British man dies in lift shaft during family holiday in Turkey

Tyler Kerry, 20, from Basildon in Essex, was discovered on Friday morning at bottom of lift shaft in Antalya hotel

The Guardian - UK

Disability music charity aims to fulfil late MP Sir David Amess’s Broadway dream

The Music Man Project, which was formed 25 years ago in Essex, has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the London Palladium.

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Essex police drop Allison Pearson case after CPS advice

Police were advised there was no chance of conviction against journalist after hate crime investigation, Guardian understands

The Guardian - UK

Study reveals where in the UK is best at spotting a fake accent

Experts recruited roughly 50 speakers of seven accents of English

The Independent UK

Police should focus on ‘crimes that matters most’ not tweets, PM says amid Telegraph writer row

Officers visited Allison Pearson at her Essex home over a year-old deleted message on X, formerly Twitter

Evening Standard

Starmer says police should focus on ‘what matters most’ amid Pearson tweet investigation

PM’s comments come as controversy continues about investigation into Telegraph columnist’s deleted tweet

The Guardian - UK

What is the Allison Pearson ‘racist’ tweet incident all about?

Critics claim Essex police’s investigation into the Daily Telegraph columnist represents a threat to free speech and a waste of police resources

The Guardian - UK

Police go to media watchdog over 'false reports' on right-wing columnist hate probe

ESSEX Police have taken the exceptional decision to publish quotes from officers after “a large amount of false reporting” centred on an…

The National (Scotland)

Essex police defend their investigation of Allison Pearson tweet

Force says Telegraph writer accused of inciting racial hatred, rather than committing a non-crime hate incident as she had claimed

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‘A force for everything he represented’: Ronald Blythe’s home to become nature reserve

The Akenfield writer’s ancient Essex farmhouse will be opened up as a sanctuary for people and wildlife

The Guardian - UK

Best Christmas gifts for children aged five to eight, chosen by kids themselves – from Squishmallows and slime to Lego

From animal onesies to colourful lights to ride-on cars, children share ideas from their own wish lists of top toys

The Guardian - UK

Allison Pearson’s ‘racist’ tweet is at centre of Telegraph’s row with police

Exclusive: Person who complained tells Guardian that columnist’s ‘Jew haters’ post was inflammatory

Evening Standard

OPINION - Essex Police have made Allison Pearson a free speech martyr instead of fighting actual crime

Allison Pearson, the highly respectable Daily Telegraph middlebrow columnist, was naturally startled when, on Remembrance Sunday morning, two police presented themselves at her door to tell her that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in connection with a social media post on X and invited her…

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Halloween horror mask robber is jailed for terrifying raids at Co-op and Morrisons shops across Essex

Daniele Aldegheri, 49, was found by police cowering under a duvet at his home

Evening Standard

Backlash against police probe of Telegraph writer Allison Pearson over year-old ‘racial hatred’ comment

Columnist Allison Pearson was visited by two officers at her home in Essex

Evening Standard

Sir Rod Stewart says potholes could force him to give up sports cars

The singer-songwriter, 79, has previously picked up a shovel to fill the crevasses along his damaged road in Essex.

Evening Standard

Sir Rod Stewart's former Essex mansion is up for sale for more than double the price he sold it for

The six-bedroom home has been put up for sale by former Liverpool striker Andy Carroll and wife Billi Mucklow amid their divorce

Evening Standard

Moment police officers arrest man on suspicion of murder a decade after fatal Essex street attack

Stuart Coldicott, then 36, sustained serious head injuries in Colchester city centre

The Guardian - UK

National Grid may speed up two cable projects to meet clean energy goal by 2030

Network hopes to deliver projects across Essex, Norfolk, Kent and Suffolk, crucial to ‘decarbonising’ power system, a year earlier

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage’s Clacton prepares to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump

Donald Trump will soon be back on Air Force One – but can the Essex seaside town expect an unlikely visit from the presidential motorcade, thanks to the president-elect’s British cheerleader-in-chief? David Maddox reports

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