News in Thurrock

TWO men have been charged with drugs offences after being arrested during an operation to tackle drugs and knife crime in Thurrock.

Police officers carried out a stop and search of a car in Bridge Road, Grays, in the early hours of yesterday (Tuesday 15 September) and found wraps of suspected cocaine and heroin.

CONSTRUCTION is progressing at a new housing development in Thurrock, where there has been a rise in demand from first-time buyers following lockdown.

Building work at Bellway's Renovo development at Lakeside in West Thurrock is now back on-track after being temporarily paused earlier this year due to coronavirus restrictions.

A FURTHER five libraries will open in Thurrock over the next two weeks, following the reopening of libraries in Grays, Belhus and Corringham in July.

From the week commencing Monday 21 September, libraries in Tilbury, East Tilbury and Chadwell will open, with Aveley and Blackshots due to reopen from the week beginning Monday, 28 September. All five libraries will operate under reduced hours, and measures will be in place to keep residents and staff safe in line with government guidelines.

POLICE have confirmed they are investigating a number of incidents of cars being vandalised in Stanford-le-Hope.

Residents have told of several instances of an air rifle being used to shoot out windows, including one attack on a lorry.

THURROCK Council has finally broken its silence about monies paid to a consultancy firm as it tries to put right two major botched infrastructure projects in the borough.

The A13 widening project and the Stanford rail station rebuild have both massively run over budget and suffered long delays – though the council has consistently played down the problems with both projects.

SENIOR officers of Thurrock Council 'dodged a critical bullet' last night as a review took place into the botched and budget-busting redevelopment of Stanford-le-Hope station.

And they even came away with a pat on the back from some councillors for the way they have managed to avoid turning a crisis into a budget disaster!

THE community of Stanford-le-Hope said farewell this afternoon to John Green, who passed away recently aged 93.

John was a stalwart of the town's cricket club and was well known throughout the wider local community, who turned out to say farewell as his coffin left St Margaret's Church tiday (Tuesday, 15 September).

TODAY is Battle of Britain Day and a ceremony in Thurrock showed that those heroes who lost their lives in the conflict that played a huge part on the defeat of Germany will not be forgotten.

Covid-19 has put paid to many ceremonies of remembrance but in the Thurrock village of Bulphan a pilot who lost his life exactly 80 years ago today (Tuesday, 15 September) was remembered.

TWO sisters-in-law are about to celebrate two years in the Doll's House!

It's not a punishment but a business success story and Rachel Nightingill, 27, and Jodi Nightingill, 33, are delighted to share their celebration of two years in business with The Dolls House at 76 Woodbrooke Way, Corringham, which opened its doors for the first time on 22 September 2018.

THURROCK Nub News has this evening (Monday, 14 September) captured video evidence of a managed fire on a borough industrial site that its senior management assured residents wouldn't happen.

Over recent months residents in Stanford-le-Hope have been expressing concern about the blight of smoke and smell emanating from the Stanhope Industrial Park close to Stanford-le-Hope when fires were lit during the late evening and overnight.