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'Stansted 15' face no further action over protest
The protesters, who locked themselves around a plane, had their convictions quashed last month.
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'Stansted 15' face no further action over protest
The protesters, who locked themselves around a plane, had their convictions quashed last month.

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'I've always been the jolly fat guy'
Hundreds of players join football leagues where the target is to lose weight as well as score goals.

Zara McDermott: 'Revenge porn still affects me'
The Love Island contestant from Essex has had intimate images shared without her consent ¨C twice.

'It is important that this is the last lockdown'
The BBC speaks with businesses in Essex about the government's lockdown-easing measures.

'Missed opportunities' before boy killed by mother
A report into the death of a seven-year-old finds mental health services should have "intervened".
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'Stansted 15' face no further action over protest
The protesters, who locked themselves around a plane, had their convictions quashed last month.

Video 1 minute 14 seconds
'I've always been the jolly fat guy'
Hundreds of players join football leagues where the target is to lose weight as well as score goals.

Zara McDermott: 'Revenge porn still affects me'
The Love Island contestant from Essex has had intimate images shared without her consent ¨C twice.

'It is important that this is the last lockdown'
The BBC speaks with businesses in Essex about the government's lockdown-easing measures.

'Missed opportunities' before boy killed by mother
A report into the death of a seven-year-old finds mental health services should have "intervened".

Video 1 minute 14 seconds
'I've always been the jolly fat guy'
Hundreds of players join football leagues where the target is to lose weight as well as score goals.

Zara McDermott: 'Revenge porn still affects me'
The Love Island contestant from Essex has had intimate images shared without her consent ¨C twice.
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