News in Thurrock

THE closure has been announced of a popular Thurrock leisure venue.

Like all Thurrock licenced premises, Riley's Snooker Club on Clarence Road, Grays, was closed during lockdown but, when guidance rules were relaxed earlier this month it remained closed, while some other clubs in the chain reopened.

PLANS have been submitted to Thurrock Council to build nine new homes on a dilapidated site in Corringham where it is hoped to build a mews-style development on land off Rookery Hill.

Though the site is within a conservation area and the green belt, the applicants - North Stifford-based Barclay St James Planning Ltd - say the new development adjacent to Harley Cottage will improve the look of the area as well as make it safe.

A SECOND person has been arrested in connection with the investigation into the murder of Grays man Robert Powell.

Mr Powell, 50, died after he was shot multiple times from a car on Water Lane in Roydon near Harlow on Saturday, 13 June.

THURROCK Council has admonished contractors wprking on its behalf for not working within health and safety guidelines.

Earlier this week Stanford East and Corringham Town councillor Shane Ralph posted on social media about a clean up on the walkway above Grover Walk in Corringham.

TROUBLED Thurrock Council could soon be cut down in size and responsibility if plans for a new giant South Essex council led by an elected mayor come to fruition.

Councils across the region are planning to join forces to create a new combined authority that will see oversee a huge shake-up of the way the area is governed.

WARD councillors in Grays have asked for a relaxation of council rules in the town so that teams of council workers can clean up alleyways that have been affected a spate of recent fly-tipping.

The problem has been particularly bad in the Grays Riverside ward where local councillors Martin Kerin, Jane Pothecary and Tony Fish says something has to be done.

TWO more libraries have been opened up in Thurrock.

Corringham and Grays libraries opened their doors today (Wednesday, 15 July) to join Belhus library, which opened last week.

EXCLUSIVE

THE credibility of the most senior officers of Thurrock Council has been questioned after councillors were misinformed about an audit trail for the bungled and massively overspent A13 widening project.

THREE crews of firefighters helped deal with an incident on the A13 near Aveley today (Tuesday, 14 July).

They were called to assist at the scene of a crash involving one vehicle close to the junction with the M25.

A THURROCK pub which voluntarily closed its doors after a customer came down with Covid19 has actually gone above and beyond the level of protection expected says Thurrock Council.

In the 24 hours since the Crown and Anchor at Aveley confirmed it had been notified a customer in the pub on Sunday (12 July) had visited hospital and had been confirmed as a carrier of the virus there has been an element of confusion about what should happen.