Thurrock News
Zac Efron gets plastic picking on the Thames as problem of pollution is highlighted on new TV series
Posted: 09.07.20 by The Editor Local News
AMERICAN actor and singer Zac Efron highlights the huge issue of the Thames' plastic waste problem as part of a new series on Netflix airing i...
Read in full hereThe folklore of Purfleet has a rich history of links with the Thames and more than one royal connection
Posted: 09.07.20 by Susan Yates Opinion
FOLLOWING last week's ceremony to official rename Purfleet as 'on-Thames' Thurock Nub News history writer Susan yates reflects on the t...
Read in full hereOakfield News: Crossing the Rubicon and returning 'home' again
Posted: 09.07.20 by Ralph Henderson Local Sport
"And Caesar crossed the Rubicon and burned his boats! " TODAY this phrase "crossing the Rubicon" refers to reaching...
Read in full herePolice release CCTV picture of man wanted in connection with theft
Posted: 09.07.20 by The Editor Local News
POLICE have issued a CCTV picture of a man they are seeking in connection with a theft in Aveley. He is one of the suspects after tools were stolen...
Read in full hereDramatic night of recriminations, criticism and name-calling as council debates borrowing and ruling Tories ring the changes on scrutiny
Posted: 09.07.20 by The Editor Local News
ON a long night of bitter recrimination and rampant party politicking played out on a dysfunctional and badly performing video platform the already ta...
Read in full hereCost-saving school transport measures rejected by scrutiny committee
Posted: 08.07.20 by The Editor Local News
PLANS by Thurrock Council to implement cuts to grants helping children attend school were rejected by a scrutiny committee last night. As reported ...
Read in full hereApology and explanation for delayed bin collections in the borough
Posted: 08.07.20 by The Editor Local News
IN the wake of more delays in dustbin collection in the borough in recent days Thurrock council’s lead councillor for the environment has apolog...
Read in full hereThurrock residents asked to remember Muslim genocide
Posted: 08.07.20 by The Editor Local News
THURROCK Council’s communities portfolio holder has called on residents in the borough to reflect on the genocide that took place in Bosnia 25 y...
Read in full hereNew Thurrock council homes are now occupied
Posted: 08.07.20 by The Editor Local News
THURROCK Council has handed over the keys to 29 new council homes in Grays. Alma Court is an award-winning development that has transformed the for...
Read in full hereTop councillor stands up and says council has to be held to account by independent review into children's services - including issues around death of a child
Posted: 07.07.20 by The Editor Local News
“We have to be transparent, we have to be accountable and we have to be truthful” A LEADING Thurrock councillor has pl...
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