Patrick Keely, Cancer Research UK's spokesman for the East of England, added: "We are grateful to all the runners and supporters who took part in Basildon Race for Life and helped raise over £200,000.

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Suspect Vance Boelter surrendered to police on Sunday after they found him in the woods near his home following a massive manhunt.

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Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks at Israel early on Monday, killing at least eight people, while Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people in the middle of Tehran to evacuate ahead of new ...

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Sir Keir Starmer has said he will meet US President Donald Trump for “one-on-one” talks at a major global summit in a push to get the US-UK trade deal over the finish line. The Prime Minister said he ...

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Another by-election will now take place in Basildon, as St Martin's Ward Labour councillor Maryam Yaqub has resigned with polls due to open in July.