Clacton feels like the butt of a bad joke. ‘I saw Count Binface being interviewed – it made me really angry’
There are a record 34 candidates standing in Clacton-on-Sea’s by-election – but many voters say they feel nobody is taking them seriously. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to residents to find out…
Pilot’s flight path draws bin shape above Clacton days before Farage v Count Binface by-election
It is not known who piloted the plane, which spent around half an hour drawing the flight path on Saturday Just days before Nigel Farage takes on Count Binface in…
Former Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row cancels book tour
A bookshop event and a conference speech featuring the former Cambridge University professor have been called off Jason Arday has cancelled a series of events promoting his forthcoming memoir after…
PM faces pressure as Jackdaw licence consultation closes
The prime minister faces pressure over North Sea oil and gas as a decision on allowing new drilling moves closer. A consultation on Jackdaw, a gas field 150 miles east…
British national shot dead in Kashmir by Pakistani security forces
A British national was shot dead in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during clashes between security forces and protesters, the Guardian can reveal. Another Briton has been held in a regional prison for…
UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year
Nearly a third of British manufacturers have been hit by a cyber-attack on them or a company in their supply chain, according to a survey that highlighted the growing hacking…
Government piling debt on to future graduates in England, analysis finds
The government is piling mountains of debt and higher tax rates on young people heading to university, according to analysis into the “ticking timebomb” of costs faced by future students.…
The night Belfast burned: how the Northern Ireland race riots unfolded
Shortly after 10.30pm on Monday 8 June, as a summer twilight lingered over Belfast, a horrific scene unfolded on Kinnaird Avenue: a man straddled and repeatedly stabbed a figure lying…
US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant scheme promoting ‘shared values’
The US embassy in London is offering grants of up to half a million dollars for new “public education” programmes in what has been criticised as interference in British domestic…
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easier to produce. The Report…