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NS&I Premium Bonds December 2023 prize winners: When is the draw date & how to check if you are a winner

Everything you need to know about the NS&I Premium Bonds December draw

A police officer secures the cordon at at the scene where a lorry was found containing 39 dead bodies

Final member of people-smuggling gang linked to 39 migrant deaths convicted

No1 The Thames, a 168-year-old gun tower, in the mouth of the River Thames in Kent (SWNS)

Property with No 1 The Thames address is snapped up for under £200k

Left to right: (back row) Thurrock Engagement Sergeant, Amelia Moore, Thurrock Children and Young Person's officer, Rachael Johns, Essex Police call taker, Ruth Potts, Essex Police Control Room Supervisor, Adam Taylor. Front row: Ronnie-Lee Gray and his mum Becky

Brave 7-year-old praised for dialling 999 after mum collapsed

Thivendran Kodeeswaran was threatened with legal action by British Gas over what turned out to be a fictitious £14,000 electric bill.

British Gas chased man for 18 months over fictitious £14k energy bill

The blaze destroyed around 200 cars

‘Spectacular’ scrapyard blaze destroys hundreds of cars

Watch: Mindless mum left with bruises after firefighters cut her out of baby swing

Watch: Mum rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in baby swing

Horrified onlookers watched as rescuers scrambled to the aid of eight terrified people stuck “at the top” of a 22-metre rollercoaster.

Watch: Rescue of terrified riders stuck at top of UK rollercoaster

Northern Ireland offsite manufacturer, McAvoy has been awarded a £37.5m project by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver the new Orsett Heath Academy, part of the South West Essex Community Education Trust (SWECET) in Thurrock, Essex. Commissioned by the Secretary of State for Education, McAvoy, headquartered in Lisburn, has embarked on the construction of a new 8,610sqm secondary school. Pictured is CGI of the school

Lisburn's offsite manufacturer to build £37.5m heath academy in Essex

18-year-old dies and two people fighting for life after horror crash

Police said Duncan Lougee, 70, went missing on June 18 after setting sail from Plymouth. (SWNS)

Fears grow for missing 70-year-old sailor

Nicola Bulley's inquest will be held in Preston on Monday and Tuesday.

Nicola Bulley: Inquest into tragic deach of missing dogwalker begins

A CCTV clip has shown the heart-stopping moment a woman has a near miss with a train on a level crossing

Woman just seconds away from being hit by train on level crossing

The Essex pub previously owned by The Prodigy frontman Keith Flint could become a community pub

Prodigy singer’s old pub to be bought by local community

Beau Avis was walker her dog Bonnie when she was bitten by a poisonous snake

Dog walker ‘lucky to be alive’ after being bitten by a snake

The Premium Bond winners for June 2023 have been revealed by National Savings and Investments (NS&I) - and Bristol residents are among the lucky ones.

NS&I Premium Bonds: June 2023 winners and how to enter
The NSandl Premium Bonds winners in Bristol have been announced for June 2023 - check if you’ve won.

Northern Ireland-headquartered Vyta will create 100 jobs as part of a £5.6 million investment as it looks to more than double its workforce over the next two years. Pictured are Philip McMichael, CEO, Katie Fearon, group head of people and Faye Thomas, CCO, Vyta. The new jobs will be located across all three of Vyta’s sites, including Belfast, and will support plans to grow the team to 220 by the end of 2025

Belfast IT recycling company announces 100 new jobs and £5.6m investment

A woman who was hit by a police motorbike escorting a royal family member has died

Woman dies after royal family police escort vehicle collision

The iconic property was used for filming in the BBC series Gavin and Stacey

Iconic house made famous by hit series Gavin and Stacey up for sale

Anne-Marie The Unhealthy Club Tour: Singer announces UK dates including London, Manchester & Birmingham

Anne-Marie announces ‘The Unhealthy Club Tour’ including UK dates

Blur have announced the news of their new album

Blur return with first new album in eight years

James Cleverly and Margaret Ritchie in the Lords committee today

Brexit: Entirety of UK will have 'not for EU' printed on goods

Rachel Smith, from Clacton-on-Sea, takes her two children Brayden, 11 and Elianna, 9, out of school every year during term time to go on holiday abroad. (SWNS)

Mum defends going on holidays with children on term time

Survey reveals worst seaside destinations - is your area on the list?

CCTV footage shows police storming a couple's Essex pub and seizing their golliwog dolls, saying the toys were a suspected hate crime (Photos: SWNS)

CAMRA makes damning verdict on pub at centre of Gollies row

The star of EastEnders and The Bill put out a video that went viral on social media - Credit: Getty / Adobe

Warning issued as EastEnders star’s grandkids were nearly ‘kidnapped’

Formula One fan Will Sweet who was hit by debris at yesterday’s Australian Grand Prix.

British F1 fan lucky to avoid being hit by debris at Australian Grand Prix
A British Formula One fan required medical attention after he was struck by flying debris in the chaotic ending to Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, gesturing as he answers questions by members of the Parliament of the Liaison Committee on Tuesday 28 March 2023.

Sunak will fight ‘very hard every day’ to protect ‘precious’ union

Julianne Cox, who worked at St Helena School, in Colchester, Essex between 2014 and 2017, told colleagues her right retina had been surgically removed and she was undergoing chemotherapy.

Teacher banned from classroom after lying about cancer diagnosis

Stephen Bear has been sentenced to 21 months in prison

Stephen Bear jailed for sharing Georgia Harrison sex video online

Reality TV star Stephen Bear is set to be sentenced on Friday (March 3) for sharing a private video of him having sex with his former girlfriend, Georgia Harrison, on his OnlyFans website.

Reality TV star Stephen Bear to be sentenced over ‘revenge porn’

Sainsbury’s is closing two of its Argos depots which will affect 1,400 jobs.

1,400 jobs affected as Sainsbury’s announces closure of two depots

Sir Rod Stewart poses for photos with members of staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex

Sir Rod Stewart backs NHS wage rise and pays for patient scans

Empty shelves are seen in the fruit and vegetable aisles of a Tesco supermarket on February 22, 2023 in Burgess Hill.

Why is there a food shortage in the UK & how long will it last?

“Emaciated little pony” Barney found collapsed in pile of rubble

Ford to cut around 1,300 jobs in the UK over the next two years

Nicola Bulley, 45, went missing from a Lancashire village while out walking her dog on Friday morning (January 27).

Daughters of woman who vanished while walking dog ‘want mummy home’

Vegan mayo delivery to your door (photo: James Linsell-Clark)

Plant based makeover for veganuary with a green taste for classic dressing

Speculation mounts on Lauren Goodger’s return to The Only Way is Essex

Oakwood Pond in Harlow.

Murder probe launched after human remains found in pond near hospital

A group of Irish travellers were asked to leave a Greene King pub in Essex when trying to watch a Tyson Fury fight

Travellers receive payout after being banned from Greene King pub

TOWIE’s Amy Childs announces she is expecting twins with Billy Delbosq

Ron Bowers, 64, who has been ghost hunting for 20 years. A real-life 'ghostbuster' has been hunting down spirits for the last 20 years - and says the best way to contact to dead is by meditating.

Meet Ron Bowers - ghost hunter for more than 20 years

Jamie Oliver with Pork Meatloaf spaghetti

Monday: Jamie’s £1 Wonders (Channel 4, 8pm)

According to Government data of registered vehicles, there are 1,521,680 Ford Fiestas registered in the UK.

Ford announces discontinuation of UK’s most popular car Fiesta

Jessica Whitehurst as Anita, Wayne Rollins as Vince and Josephine Melville as Maggie in Nine Night at Leeds Playhouse. Picture: by Sharron Wallace

Ex-EastEnders actress Josephine Melville dies backstage after play

Joey Essex will appear on Dancing on Ice in 2023 (Getty Images)

Dancing on Ice: Injured Joey Essex ‘lucky to still have finger’

Th scariest areas have now been revealed

Mapped: The most haunted regions in the UK

Asian hornet alert as insects spotted in UK

Recently harvested orange pumpkins

Fears over Halloween 2022 UK pumpkin shortage brought on by heatwaves

The newspapers had been printed at a plant in Thurrock, in Essex, at an industrial complex which was targetted by fuel protestors

Police fail to ensure newspaper delivery vans can exit Essex printing plant

Ryanair

Ryanair to boost Stansted flights by 500 in response to Heathrow passenger cap

Enjoying the sunshine

Mercury to rise to at least 27°C in Belfast 'heatwave'

Hollie Dance surrounded by family and friends, outside the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, east London, speaking to media following the death of her 12 year old son Archie Battersbee

Archie family: We want something good from tragedy

A computer generated image of the proposed facility in Mallusk.

Indaver working with arc21 councils after Mallusk incinerator plans refused