Essex News & Investigations

Bell Hotel migrant Hadush Kebatu has arrived back in Ethiopia after being deported from the UK, with no right to return, the Home Office said. Kebatu was removed on a flight last night to Ethiopia and arrived there this morning. Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said: “Last week’s blunder should never have happened – and I share the public’s anger that it did. I would like to thank the police for rapidly bringing Mr Kebatu into custody and the public for their vigilance. “I ha

A MAN and his stepson have admitted strangling police officers who arrived at the scene of a reported assault in Colchester. The Essex Police officers were called to reports of Sam Minter, 38, and his stepson Taylor Oliver, 18, attacking a third man in North Station Road, Colchester, shortly after 10.30pm on Saturday, February 17 2024. After they arrived at the scene Police Sergeant Scott Lewis and Special Inspector Mark Barham were threatened and then each strangled by the p

A MAN was arrested on suspicion of drug supply in Maldon High Street. Essex Police officers carried out a full search of a silver vehicle at the lower end of the high street, near the junction with Victoria Road, on Wednesday, October 15 2025. Onlookers reported seeing items pulled from the car, including a child seat, and the bonnet pulled up, while a young man was questioned, just before 3pm. An Essex Police spokesperson said: "Officers from the Chelmsford and Maldon Local

POLICE are seeking the riding of this electric bike after a man came off a motorbike in an attempted robbery in Harlow. An Essex Police...

THE newly arrived migrant at The Bell Hotel in Epping who was found guilty of all charges after he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl...

ANTI-migrant protests have broken out in Loughton after police released on bail an asylum seeker who entered the grounds of a school,...

Three people have been arrested in Essex on suspicion of being Russian spies. They were held as part of a Counter Terrorism Policing...

POLICE let a wanted man go after he was caught climbing into a school. Essex Police have denied the man was a migrant living at The Bell...

Firefighters have now extinguished a huge blaze at a Witham industrial site after spending all night at the scene. Four crews plus an...

THE Bell Hotel case has been pitched as the Government (Home Office) against the people, with Epping Forest District Council representing...