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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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…

Evening Standard

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

Essex car park to be test case for legislation to protect landscapes

Campaigners say car park extension at Manningtree station inhibits access to Dedham Vale and threatens habitats

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Evening Standard

David Amess’s daughter urges coroner to release details of meeting with police

Katie Amess said her father was ‘catastrophically’ failed by the Government’s Prevent programme.

The Guardian - UK

Threats before David Amess murder not connected to attack, say police

Essex force says threats made to son of Conservative PM were ‘not linked in any way’ to his murder

Evening Standard

Threatening calls to son ‘not linked’ to murder of Sir David Amess, say police

The veteran politician’s daughter, Katie Amess, has called for a full inquest into his death and said there are still unanswered questions.

The Guardian - UK

Crime and thrillers of the month – review

Agatha Christie meets Saw in rural Essex, dark secrets of the wellbeing industry uncovered and a gripping tale of revenge on the privileged

The Guardian - UK

‘Cult’ members who plotted to kidnap Essex coroner jailed

Leader gets seven years after group stormed coroner’s court in Chelmsford demanding to find senior coroner

Evening Standard

Group of four jailed for plot to kidnap and falsely imprison a coroner

The judge jailed all four, ordered each to pay a £228 surcharge and subjected each to a restraining order.

The Independent UK

Cult members jailed for plot to kidnap coroner they accused of ‘necromancy’

‘Manipulative’ ringleader and three other members of group that conspired to close down court and ‘preys upon vulnerabilities of others’ jailed

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