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‘We put all of life into the mincer’: These New Puritans on their kaleidoscopic new album

Adored by Björk, Massive Attack and Elton John, the cult avant-popsters are back with an album that takes in everything from Greek church bells to Ukraine. We meet the Barnett twins among the Southend amusement arcades

The Guardian - UK

Where tourists seldom tread, part 14: three English towns form the unlikely end of the Silk Road

If you can’t make it to Samarkand or Xian, visit Jarrow, Lichfield or Southend at the other end of the historic trading route

The Guardian - UK

Princess Essex review – black beauty queen turns Edwardian idiocy on itself

Vaudevillian musical stages the story of a woman who cast herself as Princess Dinubolu of Senegal to become a beauty queen in 1908 Southend

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Fury as sludge cloud appears after storm drain release at Essex swimming beach

Release happened at Chalkwell Beach while sailing regatta took place nearby

The Independent UK

Woman bitten on arm by dog died the following day, inquest told

Michelle Hempstead was attacked by the dog in Southend, Essex

The Independent UK

Boy, 16, in court charged with attempted murder after Southend seafront machete violence

Prosecutor told court machete and large knife spotted after disorder broke out in crowded town as families enjoyed summer sunshine

The Independent UK

‘We are backing ourselves’: Labour aims to turn tide on Tories in Essex

Party could make historic inroads in places such as Southend but many of the races look very tight

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Six regional airports to reintroduce restrictions on carrying liquids over 100ml

The changes will affect passengers travelling from London City, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Leeds/Bradford, Southend and Teesside airports.

Evening Standard

Bedsit Britain: 160,000 people in England crammed into unlicensed housing

Exclusive: Analysis suggests there are 32,000 hidden, often overcrowded large houses in multiple occupation

The Guardian - UK

‘Tunbridge Wells sells out time and time again’: the bonkers craze for karaoke with Barry from Eastenders

With Barrioke, actor Shaun Williamson is leaning into the popularity of his much-memed singing style – and finding an audience hungry for nostalgia and silliness

The Guardian - UK

From Sheffield to Southend: football’s express ride towards chaos and crisis

In today’s Football Daily: Inequality and Chelsea needing even more players

The Guardian - UK

Man Raises Money To Save Ultra-rare 1960’s Airplane Cockpit

I knew I couldn't let it go to waste so I raised the money to ensure it's preservation.

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Man charged in connection with break-in at Chelsea star Raheem Sterling’s home

Emiliano Krosi, 23, of Ditton Court Road, Southend-on-Sea, will appear at Guildford Crown Court on September 21.

The Independent UK

Man charged over World Cup burglary of Raheem Sterling’s Surrey home

Emiliano Krosi, 23, of Southend-on-Sea has been charged with 33 counts of conspiracy to commit burglary

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

TikTok disorder spreads to Southend as teens in balaclavas stopped by police

Essex Police set up a dispersal zone just a day after teenagers caused mayhem on Oxford Street

Evening Standard

Southend police issue warning as social media crime rumours spread

The police will have powers to move people on from the city centre and arrest them

Evening Standard

Riders left hanging vertically on tracks of 72ft rollercoaster in Essex

The group were stuck at a 90-degree angle facing the sky after Rage at Adventure Island, in Southend, broke down

Manchester Evening News

Maisie Smith unrecognisable with new look as she leaves hometown after being told she's 'proof' in makeup-free images

The ex-EastEnders actress was seen alongside her lookalike mum as she headed back to Southend after moving out to Manchester

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Daily Mirror

Maisie Smith shows off drastic new look as she goes makeup-free during family day out

Maisie Smith debuted a new look which appeared to include bleached blonde eyebrows during a family trip to the theatre in her hometown of Southend-on-Sea

Daily Record

Brits name 'worst' UK seaside town with 'dirty streets' as tourists urged to 'run away'

The once-loved coastal resort in Lincolnshire attracted tens of thousands of visitors each year, with a boom after a Butlins first opened its doors.

Daily Mirror

Brits slam seaside town's 'dirty streets and brown sea' and urge tourists to 'run away'

Skegness in Lincolnshire, home of the first Butlin's holiday camp and a once booming British seaside resort, has been judged the worst in the country in a Which? survey

The Independent UK

Archie Battersbee: Mother still fighting for ‘justice’ nearly year after tragedy

Hollie Dance, of Southend, Essex, has asked the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to consider Archie’s case.

Daily Mirror

Teen sweethearts find each other on Facebook and get back together after 32 years apart

Dawn Gray and Lee Richards fell in love at first sight when they met on Southend Pier in July 1991, aged 17 and 15 but they hadn't seen each other for over three decades when Lee sent her a Facebook message

Nottingham Post

Busted announces second show at Nottingham Motorpoint Arena due to 'incredible demand'

The English pop punk band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, have confirmed they are reuniting for a 15-show tour and a new album

Daily Mirror

Man who lost dad's ashes on drunken pub crawl reunited with them after binman saves day

Stan Blade decided to take the ashes of his dad, Stephen Jewitt, to Southend, Essex, to enjoy the pleasure rides and dodgems but ended up on a nine-hour bender where he lost them

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