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The Sentinel

Here it is, merry Essexmas

WE all like to celebrate Christmas but the cast of The Only Way Is Essex really love the sparkle and drama of the season - and then some.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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PM promises 50,000 new apprenticeships

SIR Keir Starmer is today set to announce a major investment in apprenticeships in an effort to tackle rising youth unemployment.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Rayner will return to Cabinet - PM

SIR Keir Starmer says the “hugely talented” Angela Rayner will return to his Cabinet.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Netflix star acts on hunch to land role of Richard III

Lady Chatterley’s Lover actor booked for Bard production

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Motorist caught in £26,000 stolen car he 'bought from a traveller for £6k'

'Cloned plates' aroused the suspicions of traffic police

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Swimming pool splashes out on 'essential' repairs to roof

Revised timetable as work under way to tackle corrosion

1 min  |

December 08, 2025
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Animals paying 'ultimate price' in tough times

THE RSPCA has warned that \"animals are starving behind closed doors\", as new figures reveal a sharp rise in neglect cases across the country.

3 min  |

December 08, 2025
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BLADES CUT CITY TO PIECES

STOKE

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Christmas cards?

HISTORIAN MERVYN EDWARDS TAKES A SCEPTICAL LOOK AT THE TRADITION OF SENDING YULETIDE MISSIVES

5 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Happy to talk rot!

The condition was first identified in greyhounds in the US and first appeared in the UK in 2012

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Flame lit as Games countdown begins

OLYMPICS

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
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Making waves... but without the Doctor

WRITER RUSSELL T DAVIES AND STARS RUSSELL TOVEY AND GUGU MBATHA-RAW DISCUSS NEW DOCTOR WHO SPIN-OFF SERIES, THE WAR BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA, WITH LYNN RUSK

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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New institute is a 'gateway to future careers'

A GOVERNMENT minister praised a £25m institute of technology as a 'gateway to future careers' as she officially launched it.

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Pair among eight to reach national finals

TWO college students have achieved 'exceptional' success at one of the UK's most prestigious skills competitions

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Upgrade underway for electricity grid hit by power cuts

More than 1,200 homes lost connectivity last month

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Electoral stunts. Defections. Sniping on the internet. Is this what modern politics has come down to?

THERE is no profession that recruits more self-interested people than politics.

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Golden words for school in guide to UK education

City primary in region's top 10 and 127th best nationally

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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TEST YOUR SPORTING KNOWLEDGE WITH OUR BUMPER QUIZ

1. How many of Arsenal's 38 Premier League games in their Invincibles season in 2003-04 did they win?

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Up for the cup!

VALE STRIKER RUARI PATON INSISTS THE FA CUP STILL HAS THE OLD MAGIC AND WILL BE BUSTING A GUT TO SCORE AGAINST BRISTOL ROVERS TODAY.

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

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I love isolated places... I like being next to the sea...

Author Ann Cleeves talks TV adaptations and writing her last Vera book.

5 min  |

December 06, 2025
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AVENGERS ASSEMBLE

Martin Compston, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Meera Syal discuss comedy-drama series The Revenge Club, that sees an embittered divorce support group go off the rails.

4 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Dealership funds to help needy families

A CHARITY that helps families in need has received more than £2,000 from a car dealership.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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£125k-a-year bill for private city centre security services

'34% fall in crime' - but critics ask why council has spent it

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

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SCREEN SAVIOUR

THE MALDIVES OFFER DREAM RELAXATION FOR FRAZZLED BRAINS, BARRY COOPER FINDS

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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A53 flooding blamed on 'ball of roots'

A 'BALL of roots' caused a road to flooded for more than 10 days.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Arrests and vehicles seized in police op

FOUR people were arrested, five vehicles seized and 24 drivers arrested in a road safety crackdown.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
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Drone strike 'kills boy'

RUSSIAN drones struck a house in central Ukraine, killing a 12-year-old boy, officials said, while long-range Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a Russian port and an oil refinery as U.S. peace efforts continued out of public view.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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'It's now a pressure situation for Stoke'

It was certainly a tale of two cities in last weekend's game against Hull - at least that's how I termed it in my notes!

3 min  |

December 06, 2025
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McGrail's set for his toughest test

Peter McGrail is set for the toughest test of his professional boxing career when he takes on Shabaz Masoud tonight.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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'We're a different club now than when Darrell was here'

VALE BOSS DARREN MOORE REGARDS HIS BRISTOL ROVERS COUNTERPART DARRELL CLARKE AS A FRIEND BUT WILL BE TRYING TO BEAT THE FORMER VALIANTS MANAGER TODAY. DAN NEWBOULD REPORTS ...

2 min  |

December 06, 2025