2 h. ago Permission for council to appeal over Epping hotel decision refused

The Bell Hotel in Epping became the focal point of several demonstrations and counter-protests in recent weeks.

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3 h. ago Council leader urges calm in Epping protests as schools return

The Bell Hotel in Epping became the focal point of several demonstrations and counter-protests in recent weeks.

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3 h. ago Epping Council refused permission to appeal ruling over asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel in Supreme Court

The Court of Appeal refused the application of the local authority in Essex to appeal to the higher court

Events

4 h. ago Pregnant British teen 'drug mule' facing life in Georgia prison set for release if 'substantial' fine paid

Bella May Culley, 19, is accused of carrying £200,000 worth of narcotics into the ex-Soviet country

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5 h. ago All Brit 'drug mules' in foreign jails as pregnant teen Bella Culley may soon be free

As pregnant teenager Bella Culley appears in court in Georgia accused of drug smuggling, we share a list of Brits accused of similar crimes currently held in prisons abroad

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5 h. ago Man appears in court charged with sexual assault of boy at Loch Ness campsite

John Bell, 44, made no plea when he appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

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5 h. ago Portobello review – Marco Bellocchio’s glorious saga of TV stars, mafia prisoners and lace doilies

Venice film festivalIn the first two episodes of a six-part series, the stardom of 80s primetime host Enzo Tortora is cleverly crosscut with the scramble of a mob secretary who implicates him – and his parrot – in drug traffickingMarco Bellocchio, the tireless warhorse of Italian cinema, kicks up a swirling dust cloud of corruption with this fabulous, stranger-than-fiction account of an 80s TV star convicted of conspiring with the Camorra. Shot for the streaming service HBO Max, it is the director’s second historical miniseries after 2022’s Exterior Night, about the kidnapping of Aldo Moro, and features the same lead player in Fabrizio Gifuni, an actor who has surely cornered the market in playing glossy public figures whose lives are about to take a hellish turn. Bellocchio’s dramas typically inhabit this kind of shonky, venal moral universe. The ground is liable to drop away pretty much at any moment.Gifuni stars as Enzo Tortora, a primetime TV presenter in the twinkling Terry Wog...

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5 h. ago Man appears in court charged with 'sexual assault of young child' at Loch Ness campsite

John Bell, 44, was in the dock at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday following his arrest in connection of an incident at Loch Ness Bay campsite in July.

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7 h. ago Man denies murder of Rhamero West as provisional trial date set

Shikeo Bell, 21, has pleaded not guilty to a single count of murder

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7 h. ago Pregnant teen Bella Culley on verge of deal which could see her freed from Georgia prison

The pregnant teen from Teesside was arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into Tsibili in May

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7 h. ago Anthropologie fans not waiting to open 'stunning contents' in £99 advent calendar

With perfume, nail polish, candles and more included, the Anthropologie beauty advent calendar for 2025 is a festive filled treasure

Economics

7 h. ago Brit drug mule Bella Culley can walk free if she pays fine but family 'struggling'

The 19-year-old's disappearance sparked a global manhunt back in May before she turned up in Tbilisi Airport in Georgia and was found to be in possession of a vast quantity of drugs

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7 h. ago Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley is told she can walk FREE from prison in Georgia if she pays a fine

The 19-year-old could be out in weeks in a dramatic change of fortune as her lawyers are on the verge of a plea bargain breakthrough.

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8 h. ago Boots perfume shoppers 'always get compliments on how lovely they smell' now £33

The scent is floral and warming, making it a great all-rounder

Economics

8 h. ago Britney Spears' fans can get 50% off 'perfect' £49 perfume at Boots

The health and beauty store is offering the fragrance for half its usual price

Economics

9 h. ago Row review – impressive, largely unknown cast keep seagoing horror afloat

A woman washes up on the Orkney island of Hoy, the only survivor of a transatlantic sortie in Matthew Losasso’s debut feature, a twisty if murky chillerWater, like the human psyche, is unpredictable and full of beasts lurking in the depths, and so it says a lot about our primal fear of the ocean that boat movies often offer threats either under the surface, in the shape of sharks, or psychosis or both. With Row, a smattering of startling jump cuts showing blood splashed around a boat and flashbacks of the protagonist Megan (Bella Dayne, very impressive) screaming, but the viewer needs to wait out a somewhat unreasonably long running time to find out if the antagonists here are biting fish or knife-wielding killers.All we know at first is that Megan is the only survivor of an attempt to break the record for rowing across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to the UK with four crew members, two men and two women. Having washed up on the Orkney island of Hoy, Megan spends most of the film’s...

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9 h. ago Epping migrant hotel protester warned he faces immediate prison sentence after admitting violent disorder

Martin Peagram, of Loughton, 33, pleaded guilty to violent disorder outside the Bell Hotel on July 27, at an earlier hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates Court.

Events

9 h. ago The Summer I Turned Pretty: why are we all falling hard for this YA show?

Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah is suddenly all anybody can talk about

Politics

9 h. ago New twist in battle over Epping Forest migrant hotel as council bids to take case to Supreme Court to ban refugees from being housed there

Epping Forest District Council is seeking to take its case to the Supreme Court as the authority fights to shutdown The Bell Hotel.

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10 h. ago Craig Bellamy captivated by Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham as Wales team boosted

Wrexham have signed Wales internationals Danny Ward, Kieffer Moore and Nathan Broadhead in the last two transfer windows after securing three successive promotions

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