Thurrock News
Council seeks views again on town centre regeneration
Posted: 27.02.20 by The Editor Local News
THURROCK Council wants to hear from residents that live, visit, work and learn in Grays to help inform and shape the town’s regeneration ambitions b...
Read in full hereCampaigners' delight as homes consultation on open space site is scrapped
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
CAMPAIGNING residents clapped and cheered from the public gallery as a leading councillor announced he was removing plans for new homes on an open spa...
Read in full hereCall for action on community's damaged verges
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
A PETITION calling on Thurrock Council to repair damaged verges and install preventative parking barriers was put to the authority this evening. It...
Read in full hereCouncil borrowing could go up to £2 billion as strategy wins approval
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
COUNCILLORS have voted through a proposal to take Thurrock Council’s borrowing potential to more than £2 billion pounds within two years. ...
Read in full here“The community spirit and cohesion would be broken by this scheme". Orsett councillor hands in petition calling for development discussion in village to be scrapped
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
A LEADING Thurrock councillor has handed in a petition calling on the borough council to scrap consideration of a controversial housing development in...
Read in full hereThurrock man used identities of dead children to try and escape driving penalties
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
A MAN from Thurrock who used the identities of two dead children in an attempt to avoid traffic offences has been jailed. Vehicles registered to Ch...
Read in full hereJobs safe at local Tesco stores after company cuts back on bakeries
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
SHOPPERS and staff who at a major Tesco store in Thurrock and a similar one at Pitsea just beyond the borough boundary, have been told they will not b...
Read in full hereBoy, 12, and teenagers charged with racially aggravated assault
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
A TILBURY woman, three teenagers and a boy aged 12 will appear for trial at Southend Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 30 April after denying a seri...
Read in full hereFriends of Aveley and Kenningtons Park Litter Pick Dates
Posted: 26.02.20 by Friends of Aveley and Kenningtons Parks Local News
Friends of Aveley and Kenningtons Parks are continuing with their efforts by releasing the next dates of their litter picks which will take place over...
Read in full hereIt all adds up for ‘amazing’ former Gateway student Bola
Posted: 26.02.20 by The Editor Local News
A TILBURY apprentice has become the first woman from social mobility charity, Leadership Through Sport and Business (LTSB), to qualify as a fully-fled...
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