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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

The Independent UK

Murdered David Amess’ daughter says he was ‘catastrophically’ failed by Home Office

Katie Amess wants a full inquest into her father’s death

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Part-home, part-music studio: Stefflon Don's property goes on sale for £2.3m

Stefflon Don is selling her home in Newport, Essex, which comes with its own bespoke studio for budding rap stars

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Essex businessman avoids jail after sending funds to nephew who was fighting in Syria

Farhad Mohammad, 46, from Colchester, was found guilty of two charges of funding terrorism by making money transfers for Idris Usman in Syria

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Gang jailed over £1.4million lab making ecstasy pills on an ‘industrial scale’

Rolex-wearing Raymond Cooper ran a ‘highly sophisticated and organised operation’ near South Ockendon, Essex

The Independent UK

Campaign for Cockney pie and mash to get protected status started by Tory MP ‘bloody loyal to North East’

Former Tory party chair parachuted into safe Essex seat celebrates ‘cracking’ Cockney delicacy

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Two men in court charged with murdering father in Chelmsford

Kieran Shepherd, 30, died in Meadgate Avenue in Chelmsford, Essex, on October 15.

The Guardian - UK

The Prodigy’s Leeroy Thornhill on fame, raves and his late best mate Keith Flint: ‘I love him and I always will’

He and Flint joined the band as teenagers, leaving Essex to travel the world and mix with royalty. As Thornhill publishes a book of photographs from that era, he talks about the fun, friendship, chaos – and sorrow

The Guardian - UK

Derek Hardy obituary

Other lives: Science teacher at the first British secondary school to install a computer with a second career as a Liberal councillor

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Perry: faith, telescopes and the perils of pigeon-holing writers

The Essex Serpent novelist discusses the connection between astrophysics and her religious upbringing … and over-doing all you can eat sushi

Louder

“I recognise there’s a new generation of people experiencing that record for the first time”: Interpol’s Paul Banks on the upcoming tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Antics

The Essex-born singer talks getting in the headspace to dip back into the NY trio’s 2004 indie-rock classic

The Guardian - UK

Sale of Essex acid grassland for homes would set ‘catastrophic precedent’

Idea that every habitat is replaceable is a misuse of biodiversity net gain, say ecological experts

Evening Standard

Watch: Chilling moment woman confesses to murdering her parents then living with corpses in Essex home for years

Virginia McCullough was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday

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