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  • 2 months ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Sam HallPa |Sam Hall

    The identities of four students who tragically lost their lives when a car crashed into a building in Colchester have been released by Essex Police. The force reported that a vehicle, carrying three men and one woman, collided with a structure on Magdalen Street just before 4.40am on Saturday. Makyle Bayley, 22, Eva Darold-Tchikaya, 21, Anthony Hibbert, 24, and Daljang Wol, 22, were all pronounced dead at the scene. According to police, all four were studying at the University of Essex.

  • 2 months ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Sam HallPa |Sam Hall

    Tony Martin, the Norfolk farmer infamous for shooting and killing a 16 year old burglar, has passed away at the age of 80, as confirmed by a close acquaintance. Martin spent three years behind bars for the 1999 incident, in which he shot Fred Barras at his Emneth Hungate home. Initially convicted of murder, his sentence was later reduced to manslaughter upon appeal.

  • Jan 24, 2025 | essexlive.news | Sam Hall |Matt Lee

    A man from Essex has described fighting off an alleged knife attacker at a Sainsbury's Argos warehouse by hitting them on the head with a fire extinguisher. Joseph Denton, 29, from Rayleigh said he fought off the attacker who had "sliced my finger open". The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to Marlowe Way in Croydon, south London, on Thursday morning to reports of a stabbing at a warehouse.

  • Oct 24, 2024 | chroniclelive.co.uk | Sam Hall |Catherine Swan

    The Government has confirmed that disposable vapes will be banned from sale by next summer in a bid to put an end to "throwaway culture" in the UK. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed on Wednesday, October 23 that the new legislation has been laid out in Parliament to ban the sale of single-use vapes from June 1, 2025.

  • Oct 21, 2024 | mylondon.news | Sam Hall |Lucy Williamson

    The family of Chris Kaba have said they are “devastated” and feel “the deep pain of injustice” over the acquittal of a police marksman who fatally shot him. They said the verdict at the Old Bailey was a failure “for all those affected by police violence”, adding that “no family should endure the unimaginable grief we have faced”. In a statement issued by campaign group Inquest, Mr Kaba’s family said they would “continue fighting for Chris, for justice, and for real change”.

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