Council to get millions back for work on Essex schools made unsafe by RAAC
Essex County Council will recover around £6.5 million from the Department for Education for its work protecting schools from RAAC.
All of Essex's general waste now being taken to Rivenhall incinerator plant
Instead of being taken to landfill, all of Essex’s general waste is taken to the Energy from Waste facility in Rivenhall.
Family 'over the moon' as brave girl with rare brain tumour has beaten cancer
A brave little girl who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour has beaten cancer.
Boy, 14, took his own life after woman, 22, claimed he had burgled her flat and stolen her baby's ashes, inquest hears
Kai Lloyd was arrested and questioned by police in connection with the supposed theft in November 2021, but was later released.
Asda brings back £1 cafe deal to help with 'financial pressures'
The supermarket is reintroducing the scheme
Royal biographer claims there is 'a good chance' Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson 'could go to prison'
Speaking on TalkTV last night, Andrew Lownie, author of Entitled, said the Royal Family will 'throw him under the bus' due to the 'reputation damage' he has caused.
Man, 41, and woman, 26, are arrested over death of girl, one, who 'came into contact with chemicals' in London flat
The Metropolitan Police said a 41-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman are in police custody after they were arrested on Wednesday.
Kate Middleton's handbag has just become available in two new colours - and it's perfect for autumn/winter
The Princess of Wales carried Lalage Beaumont's Fonteyn Mignon Orinoco bag in chestnut brown, a polished choice for special occasions.
Kate Middleton's sister Pippa is paving the way for animal welfare at her £1.5million Bucklebury Farm hailed a favourite by Prince George
Bucklebury Farm, purchased by Kate's sister Pippa for £1.5million in 2020, has made a revolutionary change in its approach to animal welfare.
Landowner fined after 10,000 tonnes of waste that 'poses serious risks' dumped
Work is noe ongoing to clear the site
Ex-International hockey player and Malvern College coach is found GUILTY of murdering interior designer wife
Mohamed Samak, 43, was convicted of 49-year-old wife Joanne's murder in Droitwich after jurors heard how, midway through the trial, police discovered bloodied clothes which had been stashed in the loft.
Mother keeps heartbreaking promise to her sons murdered by their father that no more children will die after decade of tireless campaigning
Claire Throssell, from South Yorkshire, has spent more than a decade fighting to change the law after her boys Jack, 12, and Paul, nine, were killed by their abusive father Darren Sykes.
AOL To Be Sold To Bending Spoons For Roughly $1.5 Billion
Hedge fund Apollo has reached a deal to sell AOL to Italian tech holding group Bending Spoons in a deal valued at roughly $1.5 billion, Axios reported Wednesday From the report: AOL still drives hundreds of millions of dollars of free cash flow. Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari said AOL has around 30 million monthly active users across its email and web content properties. That "incredibly loyal user base," as he called it, could be better served with greater investments in AOL's product and user experience, he noted.
[...] Bending Spoons is a privately held Italian holding company that acquires assets with large user bases and invests in their turnaround with technology improvements. The company tends to sit on their investments long term after acquiring them. Some of the other companies Bending Spoons has acquired include Vimeo, Evernote, WeTransfer, Brightcove.
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Priest who sold his soul to Satan becomes the Catholic Church's newest saint
The pope has announced the sainthood of a man who sold his soul to Satan.
Former Basildon pub site set to be converted into flats
Plans include one, two and three bedroom homes, gardens and communal play spaces
Keir Starmer REFUSES to rule out breaking Labour's manifesto pledge on tax rises as PM fuels fears of huge Budget raid on workers
The Prime Minister failed to commit to keeping his pre-election vow to not increase National Insurance, income tax, or VAT.
Lord Botham behaving badly! England cricket legend Ian 'flips a golf buggy, hurting his ribs - before slipping on his own blood in a drinking session' in Spain - and says 'don't tell my wife!'
Former cricketer and coach David 'Bumble' Lloyd has lifted the lid on an eventful golfing trip with Sir Ian Botham - which he revealed left the England legend with hurt ribs and a cut arm.
Migrant murdered restaurant owner in random stabbing attack because his asylum application was rejected
Somalian national Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, 47, plunged a knife into the chest of father-of-three Gurvinder Singh Johal, 37 at a Lloyds Bank in Derby, before 'calmly' walking out of the branch.
The Essex market people visit from 'all over the country' that could shrink
'It's quite important to keep the market. It's the only big one left'
Police to patrol Essex park plagued by antisocial behaviour for years
Residents have expressed concern about the incidents