The Latest Breaking News from Loughton

Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems

Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

From press release … to scrap metal site: the Essex ‘supercomputer’ that’s still a scaffolding yard

Nscale’s AI project still in use as depot ahead of pledged completion date – with planning permission filed after Guardian’s inquiries

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’

Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

Woman charged with murder following death of man in his 60s

Essex Police were called to reports of a serious assault in Willingale Road, Loughton, around 10.20pm on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2024

Boy, 3, would have survived sepsis with quick hospital referral

Isaac Onyeka, from Loughton, became unresponsive at home after contracting a Strep A infection which led to sepsis

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2024

Watch: Police make further arrest in Koray Alpergin murder investigation

Detectives investigating the kidnap and murder of a man in Tottenham have made a further arrest. The body of Koray Alpergin, 43, was found near Oakwood Hill Industrial Estate in Loughton before midday on October 15 by officers from Essex Police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Met…

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2022

Jury begins deliberations in sex tape trial of reality TV star Stephen Bear

The prosecution said that the sex at Bear’s home in Loughton in Essex was consensual but that Ms Harrison did not know they were being recorded.

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Essex: Four arrests after body of Koray Alpergin, 43, found in woodland

Officers found Koray’s body near Oakwood Hill Industrial Estate in Loughton on Saturday

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2022

Mum's fury as son, 12, killed by driver who had told police he wanted to 'run kids over'

Jo Fricker feels nobody is being held accountable for the death of her son Harley Watson three years ago after schizophrenic Terence Glover drove into a crowd of schoolchildren in Loughton, Essex

Daily Mirror · Aug 9, 2022

Mother of boy, 12, mown down by schizophrenic driver warned police he would ‘kill children’

Essex mother Jo Fricker, 35, branded findings of an IOPC investigation “insulting,” saying they “mock” her son Harley Watson’s memory

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022