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RideLondon cycling festival to return after pandemic with new route into Essex

Cyclists of all ages, backgrounds and abilities are being encouraged to get on their bikes when the RideLondon cycling festival returns to the capital in 100 days’ time. The event was cancelled for the past two years but is returning on Sunday May ...

18 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Richard Okorogheye’s cause of death ‘consistent with drowning’, inquest hears

The cause of death of a student who was found in Epping Forest was “consistent with drowning”, an inquest has heard. Richard Okorogheye, 19, was found in a pond in the woodland on April 5 2021, two weeks after he went missing from his home in ...

24 Jul 2023 at 15:12

Richard Okorogheye disengaged from studies and visited sex worker, inquest hears

A student who was found dead in a pond in Epping Forest had disengaged from his university course and from friends, and had been to visit a sex worker on the night he left his home, an inquest heard. Richard Okorogheye was found in a pond in ...

25 Jul 2023 at 14:23

Pair jailed for using plane to smuggle migrants to Essex from France

Two Albanian nationals who used a plane to illegally transport economic migrants from northern France to an aerodrome in Essex have been jailed. Myrteza Hilaj, 50, and Kreshnik Kadena, 37, both of Leyton, east London, were found guilty at ...

18 May 2024 at 09:37

Mother of man found dead in Epping Forest rejects Met’s apology

Met apologises to family of man found dead in Epping Forest

The mother of a black teenager who was found dead in Epping Forest has rejected an apology from the Metropolitan Police following the “substandard level of service” she received. Evidence Joel filed a complaint against the Met after her ...

06 Jul 2022 at 16:01

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Hobbycraft to shut nine stores and axe up to 126 jobs

Hobbycraft has announced plans to shut at least nine stores across the UK in a move affecting up to 126 jobs as part of a restructure. Private equity firm owner Modella Capital is launching the overhaul after buying the arts and crafts ...

22 Apr 2025 at 14:54

Migrant residing at Epping asylum seeker hotel is charged with sexual assault

A migrant residing at a hotel that has been the focus of a series of protests has been charged with alleged offences including sexual assault. Essex Police said Syrian national Mohammed Sharwarq, who resides at the Bell Hotel in ...

13 Aug 2025 at 16:30

Council’s bid to block hotel housing asylum seekers to be heard on Friday

A council’s bid to be granted a temporary injunction blocking asylum seekers from being accommodated at a hotel is expected to be heard on Friday. Epping Forest District Council said on Tuesday that it had filed documents at ...

14 Aug 2025 at 14:34

Housing asylum seekers in Essex hotel causing ‘very serious problem’, court told

Housing asylum seekers at an Essex hotel is becoming a “very serious problem” which “could not be much worse”, a council has told the High Court. Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction stopping ...

15 Aug 2025 at 15:49

Council faces wait for ruling on asylum seekers hotel injunction bid

A council will discover on Tuesday whether it has been successful in a bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel. Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction ...

15 Aug 2025 at 16:13

Ministers braced for further legal challenges after High Court Epping decision

Ministers could face further legal challenges over asylum hotels after a council was granted a temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed there. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hailed the High Court ...

19 Aug 2025 at 20:50

Asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Asylum seekers set to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Asylum seekers will be removed from an Essex hotel after a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction blocking them from being housed there. Epping Forest District Council had asked a judge to issue ...

19 Aug 2025 at 16:35

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