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Smoke rises from plane after aircraft crashes into Clacton field | UK | News

Smoke rises from plane after aircraft crashes into Clacton field | UK | News

A plane crashed into a field in Clacton on Saturday afternoon, prompting a wide 999 response. Police officers were called to Clacton Airfield at about 12.10pm on April 25, where they found a light aircraft crashed into a field, with smoke rising from it. Moments prior, firefighters were also alerted to the incident. No one was trapped inside the aircraft, and the two occupants of the small plane suffered injuries which have been described as not life-threatening. A spokesperson from Essex Police said: “Emergency services attended reports of a collision involving a light aircraft at Clacton Airfield. “We were first called shortly after 12.10pm on Saturday 25 April. “Two occupants of the small two-seater aircraft suffered injuries which are thankfully not life-threatening. “They have received treatment. Ambulance and fire service colleagues also attended the scene.” The force added that further enquiries into the incident will be led by the Air Accident Investigation Branch. A spokesperson from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said: “Firefighters were called to Clacton Airfield at 12.09pm today after a light …

BBC Question Time Defends Nigel Farage In Row With Labour Minister

BBC Question Time Defends Nigel Farage In Row With Labour Minister

BBC Question Time has defended the decision not to include Nigel Farage in this week’s episode after an attack from a Labour minister. The debate show was filmed in Clacton this week, which is the Reform leader’s constituency. But when the Clacton MP did not appear on the guest panel, Home Office minister Mike Tapp wrote on X: “I seem to remember being on Question Time, a few months ago, in Dover…my constituency. “You were too scared to even put a Reform MP up for tonight it seems. Weak.” As the minister’s post began to go viral, BBC Question Time used its official social media account to hit back. It wrote: “There is a longstanding policy on Question Time not to invite MPs on in their local constituencies unless it’s for a single-issue special programme. “This is why Mike Tapp MP appeared on the panel in his constituency for the immigration special in Dover.” Tapp’s post came in response to an explanation from Farage on social media, as he claimed that he had not been …