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Armistice Day at Merville Barracks in Colchester.
11/11/2025

Armistice Day at Merville Barracks in Colchester.

WOW 😮 A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge has been declared one of the oddest finds made during a deep-sea expedition near...
11/11/2025

WOW 😮

A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge has been declared one of the oddest finds made during a deep-sea expedition near Antarctica.

The unusual creature was discovered 2.2 miles deep in a trench north of Montagu Island in the Southern Ocean.

It uses small hooks to catch and absorb its prey from the seabed and has strange appendages that end in orbs.

Dr Michelle Taylor, a University of Essex scientist who led the voyage, said: "If anything brushes up against them, they're doomed, unfortunately. Then to be absorbed slowly over time is a grim way of going."

(📸 Jialing Cai/The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/ Schmidt Ocean Institute)

Asylum seekers can continue living at an Essex hotel after a council lost a landmark legal battle at the High Court to r...
11/11/2025

Asylum seekers can continue living at an Essex hotel after a council lost a landmark legal battle at the High Court to remove them.

Epping Forest District Council sought to block migrants lodging at The Bell Hotel in Epping by arguing its owner had flouted planning rules.

Mr Justice Mould dismissed the claim on Tuesday, ruling an injunction was "not an appropriate means of enforcing planning control".

(📸 PA Media)

Essex is set to have its first elected mayor representing nearly two million people next year.The mayor is set to get po...
11/11/2025

Essex is set to have its first elected mayor representing nearly two million people next year.

The mayor is set to get power and money from Westminster over house building, infrastructure, transport and adult training and skills.

The election will take place on 7 May and a combined authority of unitary and county councils will join the mayor in making key decisions.

(📸 Getty Images)

The unusual creature lurks more than two miles (3.2km) deep in a trench.
11/11/2025

The unusual creature lurks more than two miles (3.2km) deep in a trench.

More than 12,000 patients in Hadleigh cannot access their surgery following a CQC intervention.
11/11/2025

More than 12,000 patients in Hadleigh cannot access their surgery following a CQC intervention.

Two lanes were blocked between the junctions for Basildon and Brentwood.
11/11/2025

Two lanes were blocked between the junctions for Basildon and Brentwood.

"The future is looking incredibly bright."
10/11/2025

"The future is looking incredibly bright."

🍫 Ghastly and gory looking elements in a new Frankenstein adaption from Netflix were jolted into life in an Essex kitche...
10/11/2025

🍫 Ghastly and gory looking elements in a new Frankenstein adaption from Netflix were jolted into life in an Essex kitchen. https://bbc.in/3JuFhEu

10/11/2025

One of the first schools in England identified as having crumbling concrete says it is on the road to recovery.

Canonium Learning Trust took over Mistley Norman Primary School, which was renamed Stourview CofE Primary Academy.

CEO, Martin Hawrylak, admitted it was a difficult process.

https://bbc.in/4p5BZXq

The cabin's owner says she is delighted after beating entrants from across the UK.
10/11/2025

The cabin's owner says she is delighted after beating entrants from across the UK.

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