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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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’

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - 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

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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

The Guardian - UK

‘It opens eyes’: How one UK school has welcomed and learned from refugees

Staff at Essex primary describe struggle to secure support and the difference a charity’s specialist training made

The Guardian - UK

Middlesex v Derbyshire, Essex v Durham: county cricket – as it happened

Follow all the action from around the grounds on day one of the latest round of County Championship matches with Tanya Aldred

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The Guardian - UK

‘He’s for English people’: Farage’s populist pitch gains traction in Clacton

The Reform UK leader appears to be capitalising on widespread alienation from mainstream politics in the Essex town with a heavily anti-immigration campaign

The Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

'I've turned my passion for Disney and Taylor Swift into a living': Meet influencer Vinny Thomas

EXCLUSIVE: The Brit influencer who swapped Essex for Arizona has been taking the internet by storm

The Guardian - UK

Essex police reportedly reviewing deaths of fentanyl killer’s father and grandfather

Force has not denied reports it is investigating whether Luke D’Wit may have killed twice before without detection

Evening Standard

Fentanyl double murderer 'may have poisoned father and grandfather' as police launch probe

Luke D'Wit befriended Stephen and Carol Baxter who died at their home in Essex

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to investigate carer’s allowance scandal

Liz Kendall, shadow work and pensions secretary, tells pensioners in Essex repayment demands ‘unforgivable’

The Independent UK

Tories’ promises to raise tax threshold for pensioners a joke, Labour says

During a visit to Essex, shadow pensions secretary Liz Kendall claimed the Conservatives have worsened the quality of retirement.

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