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Good riddance, Bibby Stockholm. Now let’s ditch all of the UK’s other cruel asylum gimmicks

Awful testimony is emerging from another accommodation centre in Essex, reflecting a culture of cruelty and carelessness, says the writer Diane Taylor

The Guardian - UK

School reprimanded after using facial recognition technology to take canteen payments from pupils

The Essex secondary broke the law when it ‘failed’ to take appropriate data protection safeguards

The Independent UK

Victims of trafficking and torture were unlawfully housed in Essex asylum site RAF Wethersfield, court hears

Home Office is failing to properly screen vulnerable migrants before sending them to RAF Wethersfield, lawyers say

The Independent UK

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Boots closures: Which stores are shutting and how many are in London?

More than 300 Boots stores are shuttering as part of cost-saving efforts

Evening Standard

Jay Slater search boosted as Essex mayor flies in help look for teen missing in Tenerife

Mayor Shane Yerrell says Mr Slater’s family are ‘just living on hope’

Evening Standard

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

Nigel Farage elected Clacton MP as Reform UK wins four seats

Party leader to join its chair, Richard Tice, former Tory Lee Anderson and former Southampton FC chair Rupert Lowe in Commons

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Lee Anderson becomes first ever Reform MP as Farage’s party predicted set to win 13 seats

Nigel Farage is on course to become the MP for Clacton in Essex as exit poll forecasts more than a dozen seats for upstart party

The Independent UK

‘She is a fantasy of mine’: the disturbing plot to kill Holly Willoughby

Police acted quickly to arrest Gavin Plumb after a tipoff, but the case will have a lasting impact on the TV presenter

The Guardian - UK

Inside the grubby flat where obsessed loner assembled ‘kidnap kit’ to murder Holly Willoughby

Neighbours rarely saw ‘isolated’ Gavin Plumb. But none could imagine inside his unassuming Essex flat, the security guard was planning a horrifying attack on a TV star, writes Amy-Clare Martin

The Independent UK

Woman pleads guilty to murdering parents at family home in Essex

Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned father, John, 70, with prescription medication and stabbed mother, Lois, 71

The Guardian - UK

Lord Sugar hails 'impressive' police probe after Essex thief's daughters ordered to pay £100,000

David Buisson targeted homes across Essex and stole from Lord Sugar’s home

Evening Standard

Ambulance called to Essex asylum site 38 times this year as charities warn of increased suicide attempts

Exclusive: Asylum seekers have warned that people are ‘going crazy’ inside the flagship asylum site Wethersfield as charities call for it to be immediately shut down

The Independent UK

Gloucestershire deny Glamorgan record run chase on last ball: county cricket – as it happened

Glamorgan were one run away from pulling off the highest chase in first-class cricket, but James Bracey had other ideas

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Here’s how bad it is for Sunak: I went to the most Tory seat in Britain – and the word on people’s lips was Reform

On Canvey Island in Essex, I found hard-up, demoralised voters taking refuge in rightwing half-truths, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Essex peg Surrey back as wickets fall at the Oval: county cricket – as it happened

Essex ended the first innings 82 adrift but reduced Surrey to 44 for three, while James Vince reached 211 for Hampshire

The Guardian - UK

Keaton Jennings hits 183 not out for Lancashire: county cricket – as it happened

Batter’s brilliance overshadowed Jimmy Anderson’s presence at Southport, while Surrey’s Jamie Smith also hit a ton

The Guardian - UK

Hunger strikes and suicide attempts as asylum seekers claim Essex site is ‘like prison’

Helen Bamber Foundation report finds ‘growing feelings of desperation’ among camp’s 600 residents

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Nigel Farage to boycott BBC over ‘biased’ Question Time audience

Reform also complains to Electoral Commission and Essex police about Channel 4 undercover investigation of party

Evening Standard

Police 'urgently assessing' racist Sunak slur by Reform activist as Farage claims 'complete and utter set up'

Essex force says it is working ‘to establish if there are any criminal offences’ as PM speaks out on ‘corrosive and divisive behaviour’

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage ‘has questions to answer’ over Reform racism, says Rishi Sunak

Essex police say they are ‘urgently assessing’ racist and homophobic remarks made by party’s volunteers

The Independent UK

Sunak reveals anger as daughters forced to hear Reform activist call him racist slur

Andrew Parker was caught using the racial slur while canvassing for Reform UK in Clacton, Essex, where Nigel Farage is standing to be an MP

The Independent UK

Reform UK activist filmed using racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak while campaigning for Nigel Farage

Party activist Andrew Parker was caught using the racial slur while campaigning in Clacton, Essex, last week

The Independent UK

Has Labour given up fighting Nigel Farage in Clacton? Candidate Jovan Owusu-Nepaul ‘sent to West Midlands’

The party has reportedly sent its candidate from the seaside constituency in Essex to campaign in the West Midlands instead

The Guardian - UK

Surrey beat Worcestershire, Robinson goes for 43 in one over: county cricket – as it happened

Louis Kimber’s heroics were in vain for Sussex as Leicestershire fell 19 short of a mammoth chase

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