Thurrock Local News
Tribute following death of leader of Grays Sikh community
Posted: 17.01.21 by The Editor Local News
TRIBUTE has been paid to Baldev Singh Gill, 74, whose death was announced yesterday (Saturday, 17 January). Mr Singh was president of Grays Sikh Gu...
Read in full hereEnvironment agency asked to be held to account. Stable owners tell of despair and anger after massive damage is caused by floodwater they believe could have been prevented
Posted: 17.01.21 by The Editor Local News
OWNERS of a Thurrock riding stables have spoken of their shock as unprecedented floodwaters rose to cover their grounds and into stables, forcing them...
Read in full hereNew south Essex mass jab centre to open tomorrow
Posted: 17.01.21 by The Editor Local News
A MASS Covid-19 vaccination centre that could offer the jab to hundreds of people a day and will be available to anyone living within a 45-minute driv...
Read in full hereCalls to check safety and remove huge mounds of commercially dumped waste from Thurrock's flooded valley
Posted: 17.01.21 by The Editor Local News
DEMANDS are being made to Thurrock Council that it act immediately to remove a huge waste dumping blot on the Purfleet landscape before it causes furt...
Read in full hereSluice gate is partially opened but workers say significant repairs need to be undertaken
Posted: 17.01.21 by The Editor Local News
ENVIRONMENT Agency engineers managed to partially open the damaged sluice gate at Purfleet this morning (Sunday, 17 January) and allow a slight easing...
Read in full hereSalvation Army boosted by student event
Posted: 16.01.21 by The Editor Local News
LEVEL 3 Visual Design and Photography students at USP College which includes the campus at Palmer's College have donated £100 to the Sal...
Read in full hereCouncillor defends lack of enforcement against behaviour of tenants that make neighbours' lives a misery and calls for more complaints
Posted: 16.01.21 by The Editor Local News
THURROCK Council have once again failed to undertake enforcement action on a number of properties in Chadwell St Mary where local housing and planning...
Read in full hereStore owner praised for generosity to local community
Posted: 16.01.21 by The Editor Local News
THE owner of a Thurrock store has been praised for his generosity that has helped local children cope with the pro0blems of Covid-19. Balendran &ls...
Read in full hereFinger of blame pointed at faulty sluice as scouts' building is flooded and waters back up to Bulphan
Posted: 16.01.21 by The Editor Local News
THE finger of blame has been pointed at a faulty sluice gate after a borough river flooded once again and swamped a local scouts’ campsite, caus...
Read in full hereCouncillors call for probe into cause of Stanford-le-Hope floods
Posted: 16.01.21 by The Editor Local News
STANFORD-le-Hope ward councillors Terry Piccolo and Shane Hebb have called for a full investigation into why the town was hit by flooding on Thursday....
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