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4 days ago | 
bbc.com | Henry Godfrey-Evans |Ben Fryer
Tube graffiti 'like Gotham City' says MPHenry Godfrey-Evans & Ben FryerNeil HudsonNeil Hudson wants a deterrent as graffiti on his daily commute was getting "worse and worse"An MP has compared the graffiti on his London commute to like a scene from a Batman film. Dr Neil Hudson, Conservative MP for Epping Forest in Essex, said he has noticed the inside of the carriages on the Underground's Central Line getting "worse and worse".
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1 week ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Henry Godfrey-Evans
Robert and Jenny Ellice say they covered their children's eyes as a gory scene played at Cineworld.
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1 week ago | 
aol.com | |Henry Godfrey-Evans
The standard charge for car drivers using the Dartford Crossing will rise from £2.50 to £3.50 in September. The crossing links the M25 in Essex and Kent. Transport Minister Lilian Greenwood, in a statement to Parliament, said the road was used by as many as 180,000 vehicles each day and the current charge was "no longer sufficient" to manage demand. Jen Craft, the MP for nearby Thurrock, said she was "disappointed" and would write to her Labour colleague Greenwood to ask her to "reconsider".
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | |Henry Godfrey-Evans
The standard charge for car drivers using the Dartford Crossing will rise from £2.50 to £3.50 in September. The crossing links the M25 in Essex and Kent. Transport Minister Lilian Greenwood, in a statement to Parliament, said the road was used by as many as 180,000 vehicles each day and the current charge was "no longer sufficient" to manage demand. Jen Craft, the MP for nearby Thurrock, said she was "disappointed" and would write to her Labour colleague Greenwood to ask her to "reconsider".
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4 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Henry Godfrey-Evans |Sonia Watson
Three generations make first united Wembley trip Henry Godfrey-Evans & Sonia WatsonHenry Godfrey-Evans/BBCGranddad Roger was inspired by his dad who took him to the very first Roots Hall gameThree generations of a family of football fans will be making their first trip to Wembley this weekend. On Sunday, 50,000 fans will attend the National League play-off clash between Southend United and Oldham Athletic as they seek to get back into the Football League.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Henry Godfrey-Evans |Ellena Cruse
Image source, Warren Muggleton/BBCImage caption, Fans ran on to the pitch after Southend United scored their winning penalty against Forest Green RoversImage source, Henry Godfrey-Evans/ BBCTom Everett, 30, who was selling bakery bread in the High Street on Thursday, said he listened to the semi-final commentary on BBC Essex. "We're one of the best-supported clubs in non-league," he told the BBC. "I honestly think half the population [of Southend] will be at Wembley".
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Henry Godfrey-Evans |Jodie Halford
'Chaos' caused at cafe by roadwork date confusionHenry Godfrey-Evans & Jodie HalfordSuppliedA sign indicating the date of the works seemed to have been tampered with by a disgruntled individualRoadworks which were scheduled but not carried out on the planned date caused "chaos", a small business said.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Henry Godfrey-Evans |Ben Fryer
Woman given months to live completes marathonHenry Godfrey-Evans & Ben FryerJack PantenyElle Mortimer was told she probably would not live to see last ChristmasA woman with stage four brain cancer who has outlasted her doctors' life expectancy predictions has completed the London Marathon. Elle Mortimer, 31, from Billericay, Essex, received her diagnosis in November 2023, with doctors telling her she could only expect to live another five to eight months.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Henry Godfrey-Evans |Ben Fryer
Mum to run marathon a year past her life expectancyHenry Godfrey-Evans & Ben FryerElle MortimerElle was told she had a maximum of eight months left... 17 months agoA woman who 17 months ago was told she had between five and eight months to live is to run the London Marathon. Wellness coach Elle Mortimer, 31, from Billericay had a benign brain tumour removed in 2021, which required two 12-hour operations. In October 2023 she was told her tumour had returned.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Henry Godfrey-Evans |Sonia Watson
Dad's school removal threat over silent corridorsHenry Godfrey-Evans & Sonia WatsonGetty ImagesStudents who talk during these "silent transitions" between lessons will get an hour same-day detention, the school saysA dad said he had applied to send his son to a new school after the head teacher imposed hour-long detentions for pupils talking in corridors between lessons. Southchurch High School in Southend-on-Sea brought in so-called silent transitions from Wednesday.
