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Huge fire breaks out at historic golf club

The iconic West Essex Golf Club building has gone up in flames and six fire crews are on the scene working to extinguish it

The Independent UK

West Essex Golf Club Fire: 60 Firefighters 'Making Good Progress' Tackling Huge Clubhouse Blaze

A fire broke out at West Essex Golf Club in Chingford on Monday and the two-storey clubhouse was badly affected, with smoke seen for miles around

Golf Monthly

Divers recover body from Essex reservoir after plane crash

The three-seater plane crashed into an Essex beauty spot on Sunday

The Independent UK

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Body recovered from Essex reservoir after small aircraft crashes in water

Police said there are no suspicious circumstances and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

Evening Standard

Plane crashes in Essex nature reserve days after Christmas

An investigation has been launched by Essex Police

Evening Standard

Police investigate ‘serious incident’ after plane crashes into reservoir

Essex Wildlife Trust announced the Hanningfield Reservoir Nature Discovery Park remains closed

The Independent UK

London driver arrested after a kilo of ketamine found in his Jaguar

Superintendent Ian Hughes vowed a ‘robust response’ to drink and drug drivers across Essex

Evening Standard

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London's back! Buyers looking to move outside the capital at lowest level since 2013

Even those who are making the move out of town are staying closer with Home Counties trumping far flung pandemic hotspots

Evening Standard

Don't deprive voters in London commuter belt from taking part in local elections, Starmer warned by watchdog

Elections in nine areas, including Essex, Surrey, Hampshire and East and West Sussex, have already been delayed by 12 months until next year

Evening Standard

London leaver: How this couple swapped Putney for Essex to get pets — and halve their living costs

The couple left London for a bigger home for their dogs and haven’t looked back

Evening Standard

Farage avoids police investigation over alleged electoral law breach

Essex force says report is outside time limit for prosecution, while Electoral Commission says it has not found any undeclared spending

The Guardian - UK

200th banking hub opens with chocolate coins marking the event

Visitors to the hub in Billericay in Essex can explore a display of coins made from chocolate.

Evening Standard

The 50 best albums of 2025: No 3 – Blood Orange: Essex Honey

Dev Hynes’ deeply personal response to his mother’s death embodied the many unexpected shades of grief in pastoral hymnals and post-punk

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m having so much fun!’ Lenny Rush on fame, Father Christmas and why Essex needs to watch out

In his joyous new comedy Finding Father Christmas, the star is on a mission to prove Santa really exists – and he’s got Stephen Fry to help him! He talks magic, trampoline mayhem and finally getting behind the wheel of a car

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‘We walked in awe, gazing across the sea’: readers’ favourite travel discoveries of 2025

From Essex to Istanbul, and from a soul music bar to a dramatic mountain pass, our tipsters share their personal travel highlights of the year

The Guardian - UK

The Right Rev Thomas McMahon obituary

Roman Catholic bishop noted for opposing nuclear arms and abortion, and for remodelling Brentwood Cathedral in Essex

Evening Standard

Grand Designs: Restored Essex barn and 'monastic' Suffolk lair shortlisted for House of the Year

The latest homes to join the RIBA House of the Year shortlist have been revealed on Grand Designs

The Guardian - UK

Person-centred solutions, flexible hours, yoga: working life on Essex council’s social care team

Social work can be challenging, but inclusion, progression and reflection create a culture where team members can thrive

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‘A win for nature and people’: Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven

A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels

TechRadar

Looking to lower your energy bills this winter? How about hosting a data center in your garden shed to help heat your home

An Essex couple heats their home using a shed-based HeatHub with 500 Raspberry Pi computers, cutting electricity bills dramatically.

Tom’s Hardware

UK couple’s garden shed datacenter heats home and cuts energy bills to £40 — clusters of 56 Raspberry Pis run real workloads, waste heat converted to heat home

A couple from Essex in the United Kingdom are heating their home with a small datacenter in their garden, according to a BBC News report.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers can stay at protest-hit Epping hotel after council fails in High Court legal bid

Epping Forest District Council took legal action against owners of migrant hotel in Essex after a series of protests

The Guardian - UK

Epping hotel can continue to house asylum seekers, high court rules

Local council unsuccessful in stopping use of Bell hotel in Essex, which became a flashpoint for protests this summer

The Guardian - UK

The Jeremy Bamber twist: does Britain’s most notorious murderer finally have an alibi?

This week, audio footage was released by the New Yorker magazine, which seemed to exonerate Bamber, who has been in prison for 40 years. Could this lead to his release?

The Independent UK

Landmark deprivation statistics show scale of hardship – how does your area compare?

Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has been named England’s most deprived neighbourhood

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