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Following the flash flood in the Rasuwa district and the Nepal-China border area on 26 August, the Nepalese government has established a toll-free emergency Nepalese language number (1234), and a dedicated hotline (1144) accessible in Nepal. If you're affected and need assistance from the UK government, call:
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Drug dealer jailed for more than 20 years after driving while high and causing a fatal crash in Southend that killed 37‑year‑old Carly Hicks.
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Ismaeel Malik had been on the road for two hours at 9.30am on Tuesday 22 October 2024 when he drove into the back of a VW Polo being driven by Norman Case.
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Two men have been charged and remanded after a swift investigation into an aggravated burglary in Clacton, where two victims were assaulted.
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Thanks to a call from the public, our rural engagement officers arrested a woman more than four times the legal drink-drive limit in Kirby Le Soken. She has now been banned from driving for three years
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Magistrates have ordered a Colchester shoplifter not to enter any Co-op store in Essex for 18 months
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A man who set fire to rooms in two separate hotels where he was staying has been jailed for eight and-a-half years thanks to an investigation by our officers.
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Two men have been jailed for 12 years after an organised crime investigation linked them to supplying and possessing a loaded firearm in Essex.
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Analysis of a blood sample later confirmed the driver was almost five times over the legal limit for drugs.
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Grays & Stanford Le Hope: Shoplifter jailed and banned from the town centre for three years
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Jack Bolton-Poole had received a suspended prison sentence for stalking the same women in 2024.