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A party to mark Nigel Farage’s by-election victory in Clacton took place without the local council’s permission. The invitation-only mini-festival on Great Oakley Airfield in Essex, nicknamed “Clacton-bury” or “Farage Fest” featured live music, alcohol and a Ferris wheel. It was the only place the Reform UK leader spoke on the night, as the Clacton MP declined to attend the official vote count. Now, Tendring District Council has confirmed a late temporary event notice (LTEN) submitted for the event was refused because it missed the deadline.A counter-notice was subsequently served and no authorisation was granted for the party, which, if…

Adam Henson, the BBC Countryfile presenter who has appeared on the programme since 2001, has laid bare the struggles facing arable farmers across the country, after drought conditions battered this year’s harvest. Speaking in a video posted by Cotswold Farm Park, the Gloucestershire farmer delivered a bleak assessment from his Bemborough Farm in the Cotswolds.Prolonged dry weather and thin soils have taken a heavy toll on crop performance.”Sadly, this year it’s not looking good for us and lots of other arable farmers across the UK,” he said.Adam Henson has laid bare the challenges currently facing British farmers | BBCMr Henson…

Campaigners are calling for learner drivers to be banned from working as delivery drivers in London, potentially impacting thousands of riders.Members of the London Assembly have called on the Government to take steps to ban motorcyclists without a full driving licence from working as delivery drivers.It passed a motion in July that calls for a prohibition on the use of provisional licences for commercial work.Moped drivers can work as delivery drivers if they have obtained a Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) certificate.While it must be renewed after two years, this can be done repeatedly and doesn’t require the driver to pass…

His mother was “distraught” on being told the truth, the court heard. The boy was referred to the Home Office National Referral Mechanism – which ensures support is given to victims of modern slavery – and it was concluded he had been a “victim of exploitation”.Siddiqi was spotted by police in Glasgow’s Castlemilk area on 19 September, where he was clutching two phones and seemed “nervous”.He tried to run off from officers but was caught. One constable was badly hurt during a struggle, suffering shoulder ligament damage.Police seized almost £3,000 of heroin on him, which had fallen out of his…

Shamoon Hafez, football reporterManchester City could well be one of the busiest sides to do business in the remaining days of the transfer window.With Savinho, Omar Marmoush and Nico Gonzalez seemingly on their way out, there will be gaps in the squad which will need addressing.A deal for Ayyoub Bouaddi has been agreed with Lille, and with Palmeiras for winger Allan, while BBC Sport has been told winger Pedro Neto remains of interest and speculation around signing Chelsea team-mate Enzo Fernandez continues.Director of football Hugo Viana may have his hands full in these coming days.Steven McInerney, Manchester City fanCity need…

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Sarah thought she knew what she was getting into when she attended a coroner’s court in May 2024 to discuss the death of her second cousin.Her day job as a murder detective meant she was used to courts, to judges, to legal argument. What she wasn’t prepared for was a coroner’s court. “I felt like I was on trial,” she recalls of her first hearing, in Woking, Surrey. “I remember just feeling completely railroaded… It [was] far more hostile than I had ever expected.”Her cousin, Daniel Lindsay, died in 2023, aged 41. He had lived at a home in Surrey…

1. Sir Alex Ferguson. Title winner 1992-93, 93-94, 95-96, 96-97, 98-99, 99-2000, 2000-01, 02-03, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09, 10-11, 12-13.The first two decades of the Premier League were dominated by one man.Sir Alex Ferguson won 13 titles and was able to continuously rebuild his side in order to keep Manchester United at the top of English football – from Eric Cantona to the ’99 Treble winners, and later that front three of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez.Even after Ronaldo left for Real Madrid in 2009, and Tevez defected to the other side of Manchester, Ferguson continued winning titles until…