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Essex County Council's plans are being discussed amid longstanding frustrations over the way many holiday prices are hiked during school holiday periods

All we've heard for days now is how important this game is. How much the Argentine fans loathe us. 

England last played Argentina at the World Cup in 2002. Back then, 13.3 million people tuned in to terrestrial television sets to watch David Beckham 's dramatic winning penalty.

Labour is to update 'archaic' marriage laws to allow far wider range of venues which will no longer have to be pre-approved.

Regulator fines PC and printer giant for rigged tender bids and collusion

She made multiple mistakes while caring for patients

Gedis Uka, 30, is believed to have travelled to the UK each winter between October and January to steal from properties across eight counties in the south of England.

The heartbroken England WAGs were seen consoling their partners in the stands as Argentina knocked the Three Lions out of the World Cup on Wednesday night.

Eleven gull chicks have been released back into the wild after weeks of care.

After almost 40 hours of walking, two Essex friends have completed a gruelling 100-mile challenge and raised more than £3,000 for two charities.

A car smashed into gates, fences and concrete posts with residents saying it was "unbelievable no one was killed"

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: A Reddit post making the rounds this week claims the U.S. has experienced at least one major power outage every month of 2026 -- but is it true? I dug into several outages, the extreme weather behind them, and what we can do to help keep the lights on. [...] The claim that hundreds of thousands of Americans were without power over extended periods at least once per month, every month of 2026 surprised be in two ways. First, because I had no idea if it was true -- and, second, because it felt true. We try to do better than writing about things that feel true around here, however, so I did a bit of research (translation: I Googled power outages by month) and came up with the following examples in about sixty seconds January: More than 296,000 customers still without power as winter storm freezes much of the US February: More than 380,000 customers without power as winter storm hits US Northeast March: Storms Cut Power to Over 1 Million Customers in U.S. Midwest, Mid-Atlantic; Ohio Hardest Hit April: At least 29 tornadoes touched down in Central Illinois on April 17th May: Energy Secretary Issues Emergency Order to Deploy Backup Generation in the Mid-Atlantic Amid Heatwave June: More than 373,000 U.S. customers without power due to extreme weather ... and that list is far from comprehensive, and how you feel about it might depend on what you consider a "major" outage, of course -- but consider that there are tens of thousands of Americans without power right now, and that's not making the news. [...] The lesson here is that weather-related grid outages -- whether they're caused by wildfires, mudslides, derechos, tornadoes, ice storms, hurricanes, heat waves, or some other disaster I'm lucky enough to have forgotten about -- read like statistics when they're happening over there, but get personal real quick when they're happening to you.

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Cara Delevingne has described what it was like shooting her raciest magazine cover to date for Playboy.

Fans were nervously gripping their pints at the half way mark when both teams remained goalless despite 19 fouls being committed.

Both Argentinian and England fans jeered their opponent's national anthems before kick-off for the World Cup semi-final.

Two teenagers who became Britain's biggest cyber hackers are facing jail for a £29milllion attack on the London transport network after being caught out by a takeaway order.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: MasterChef winner Thomasina Miers has spent a lifetime overcoming extraordinary challenges. Now, she's facing her toughest battle yet.

MIKE KEEGAN IN ATLANTA: The Three Lions boss has come in for heavy criticism after his side conceded twice late on to go out of the World Cup to old rivals Argentina in Atlanta.

The Colonel stops taking online orders and may close stores after logistics partner’s systems go down

England captain Harry Kane has admitted he does not know if he has played in his final World Cup after the Three Lions' heartbreaking semi-final defeat to Argentina.