theguardian.com·há 2 dias

Which plants will survive and can I use grey water? Gardening as UK summers get drier

As parts of Beth Chatto’s visionary drought-tolerant gardens in Essex turn brown, the head gardener offers adviceHer debut book, in 1978, was titled The Dry Garden. Since then, the late Beth Chatto cr

www.theguardian.com·há 4 dias

National Rail says heat poses ‘exceptional challenges’ after two trains derail in 24 hours

Incident near Essex town of Wickford happens day after two passengers seriously hurt in East Sussex derailmentThe UK’s fifth heatwave of the summer has “presented exceptional challenges to the railway

theguardian.com·há 4 dias

Standards watchdog resumes Farage probe as rivals slam needless byelection

Reform UK leader says he stayed away from vote count in Clacton to avoid being ‘humiliated by nobodies’Nigel Farage’s attempt to draw the sting from inquiries into his financial affairs appeared to ha

theguardian.com·há 4 dias

Farage wins Clacton byelection, but was it worth it? – podcast

Nigel Farage has won the Clacton byelection he triggered by resigning from the seat because he wanted to allow voters to ‘stick two fingers up at the entire establishment’. The Reform UK leader’s poli

theguardian.com·há 4 dias

What does Clacton get for its loyalty to stroppy Nige? Next to nothing | John Crace

Why bother to improve people’s lives – or even show up – when getting votes is this easy? In many ways, though, the stunt hasn’t paid offWhat can Clacton possibly have done to deserve this? Is this so

theguardian.com·há 5 dias

Fake sex worker and accomplice jailed for fatally spiking men’s drinks

Adina Mihai and Madalin Dumitru from Essex jailed for 17 years for drugging four men to steal from them, two of whom diedA woman who posed as a sex worker and administered a deadly amount of sedative

theguardian.com·há 5 dias

Clacton byelection polls open with Farage up against slew of fringe candidates

Longest ballot in UK voting history features likes of Count Binface and Howling Laud Hope alongside Reform leader Polls have opened in Clacton, with thousands of residents in the Essex seat to vote in

www.theguardian.com·há 9 dias

Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection

Plane spends 30 minutes off the Essex coast marking out shape of a bin in apparent tribute to Nigel Farage’s rivalA pilot has traced the shape of a bin with their flight path near Clacton before Count