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Bulletin PM briefing: Early prison release scheme paused and two die in beach tragedy

What we know as Burnham pauses early prison release scheme. Mother and daughter who died in ‘tragic incident’ at Essex beach identified. Drought in Wales as record-breaking heatwaves spark wildfires. Burnham’s plan to slash pub taxes dismissed as ‘political manoeuvre’. How police failed to make basic checks before deadly Manchester…

The Independent UK

Mother and daughter who died in ‘tragic incident’ at Essex beach named as family speak out

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The Independent UK

Family of mother and teenage girl ‘shocked and speechless’ after pair drown off Essex beach

The family said a seven-year-old boy remains in ‘serious condition’ in hospital

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Mother and daughter died trying to save seven-year-old in water – family friend

Police said they believe those involved in the incident knew each other.

Evening Standard

Father of boy on life support calls for safety review at Essex beach where two died

Shahin Ahmed praises relatives Shelina Rahman and her daughter Sameeha, who died trying to help his seven-year-old son in water

The Guardian - UK

Essex beach tragedy LIVE: Boy, 7, 'critically ill' after London mother and daughter, 15, drown in sea rescue bid

Latest updates on family beach tragedy which claimed lives of Shally Rahman, 42, and her 15-year-old daughter Samiha

Evening Standard

Teenage girl and woman dead in ‘tragic incident’ off Essex coast

HM coastguard said it had been called to a ‘tragic incident’ on the beach on Wednesday evening

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West Mersea: Woman and girl die after group get into difficulty off coast of Essex

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The Independent UK

Police shut down Essex beach as coastguard responds to ‘tragic incident’

The nature of the incident has not been disclosed

The Independent UK

British illegal migrant linked to ‘Travelling Conmen’ crime group shot dead in U.S.

An Essex man was denied a visa over his ties to the Travelling Conmen Fraud Group, but still managed to work in the U.S. before being killed

The Independent UK

UK’s public spending watchdog to investigate Lower Thames Crossing project

Exclusive: Campaigners voice concerns over rising costs of £11bn Essex to Kent road tunnel

The Guardian - UK

Three men plead guilty to smashing Richmond jewellery shop window

Viral footage of the men smashing through the jewellery shop window caused widespread shock

Evening Standard

Worker used his job at UPS to smuggle £10m worth of cocaine in to UK for kingpin

The illegal drugs supply operations were cracked when law enforcement agencies gained access in 2020 to the secure EncroChat messaging system

The Independent UK

UPS worker ‘King’ jailed for 12 years over £10m cocaine smuggling operation

Zak Archbold used his role as a supervisor to ensure that drug shipments came through undetected and went on to the right truck for collection.

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The Guardian - UK

Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87

Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s disease

The Guardian - UK

Reform activists urged to switch focus from Manchester to Farage’s Clacton contest

Exclusive: Party hoped to mount serious challenge in mayoral race but attention has been diverted to Essex

The Guardian - UK

Count Binface on Clacton byelection: ‘I didn’t know old Farage was going to self-detonate’

‘Perhaps it’s all a fever dream,’ suggests parody candidate, expected to be Reform leader’s only challenger for seat

The Independent UK

Warning to parents as Essex neo-Nazi jailed for 13 years for planning mass gun attack

Alfie Coleman was caught by MI5 in an undercover sting

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The Independent UK

Huge court bill for neighbours who wrote YouTube songs in row over ornamental squirrel

The 14-year-battle in Essex is coming to a very expensive end

The Guardian - UK

The battle over the Bell hotel: how a year of asylum protests tore apart a pretty, prosperous Essex town

Last summer, a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker in Epping and this small community was engulfed in protest. Can it recover?

The Independent UK

What Clacton’s history tells us about Farage’s by-election chances

The Clacton constituency, on the coast of Essex in eastern England, has had an eventful history

The Times of India

Two dead after small plane crashes in field in Essex during trial flying experience

Two people died after a light aircraft carrying out a trial flying experience crashed into a field near High Ongar in Essex on Tuesday, according to police.

The Guardian - UK

Two dead after small plane crashes in field in Essex

Two-seat Cessna aircraft was being used for short flight experience when it crashed in Ongar on Tuesday, police say

The Independent UK

Two dead after plane crashes into field in Essex

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Evening Standard

Two dead after plane crashes into Essex field

The plane crashed in a field off Mill Lane, Ongar on Tuesday having taken off from North Weald airfield around seven miles away

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