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Steve Barclay also announced public inquiry into ‘tragic’ mental health deaths across Essex NHS trusts as he said ‘I’d like to thank The Independent for raising awareness of this important issue’

The promoter wants to dominate the business – and that means outdoing his competitive dad, Barry. He reflects on his privileged childhood, his beef with the boxing authorities and why he is so driven

Hampshire thrashed Middlesex by an innings and 61 runs, while Simon Harmer’s 10-fer helped Essex thrash Warks

Edwige Nsilu, 20, was found with multiple ligatures around her neck at St Andrews Healthcare in Essex where she had been sectioned, an inquest heard

Marius Mihai Draghici yet to be sentenced over deaths of Vietnamese nationals found in trailer in Purfleet

The Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the lorry container which had been transported by ferry

The Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the lorry container which had been transported by ferry

The migrants were found dead in the container which had been transported by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet early on October 23 2019.

An alleged ringleader of a people-smuggling gang has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children in a lorry trailer in Essex.

Windrush Square is a vibrant public plaza at the heart of Brixton, in the London borough of Lambeth. It was first named in 1998 in commemoration of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, which docked in Essex in 1948, carrying 1,027 passengers, at least 500 of whom were from the…

The site, set up as a standard asylum seeker hotel, has no care workers or nurses there as part of the contract