News in Thurrock

POLICE are appealing for information following the arrest of a man after an 11-year-old girl reported she was assaulted while in a play area in South Ockendon.

The girl reported that the man pushed her in the chest as she used a climbing frame in Darenth Lane between 5.15pm and 5.25pm on Sunday, 19 July.

THE new chairman of Thurrock Council's Lower Thames Crossing Task Force has blasted Highways England for the content and nature of its latest consultation programme in Thurrock.

Cllr Fraser Massey, an independent, non-aligned councillor from East Tilbury, was elected as new chair of the task force at last night's annual meeting. He succeeds Cllr Gerard Rice who in now the vice-chairman.

REACTION to yesterday's news that Thurrock-based Cruise and Maritime Voyages has gone into administration shows the shock and disappointment it has brought.

Members of the team based at the company's head office in Purfleet have taken to social media to comment and the Port of Tilbury, home port of several of the company's ships and where a number are currently berthed, has expressed its sympathy.

COUNCIL homes in the west of the borough are set for a major transformation after Thurrock Council confirmed work can start later this year on a refurbishment programme.

The work will take place on the housing blocks at Marine Court and River Court on the Garrison Estate, starting in September.

LOCAL bus operator Ensign has issued a warning to parents to take responsibility for their children's actions after its vehicles were victims of an attack last night (Monday, 20 July).

A statement from the company warns that it may have to take services of the road if problems continue.

THURROCK Council's litter team have been praised by a borough community stalwart.

Keith Harrington, who is one of the driving forces behind Little Thurrock's Community Forum, took to social media to say thanks for their support in keeping the area clean and helping complete a community call to action.

JUST days after its senior managers spoke optimistically about the future of the company – Purfleet-based Cruise and Maritime Voyages has gone into administration today.

The company, which owns six cruise ships and employs several thousand people – including staff at its headquarters off Stonehouse Lane, Purfleet, has been badly hit by the coronavirus situation and the complete cessation of trading.

POLICE say they are 'incredibly concerned' about the welfare of a missing Thurrock man.

They have issued a statement this evening calling for information following the disappearance of Frank Hlordzi, from his home in Thurrock?

THURROCK-based international cruise ship operator Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has spoken with optimism about the future of the industry – despite expressing its disappointment at the lack of perceived support in the short term from the government.

Last week the cruise industry responded with criticism of the government after an updated briefing from the Foreign Office on travel.

RESIDENTS in a new block of council apartments have spoken of their disappointment after teenagers were captured on film tearing out new plantings in a community garden on the Seabrooke Estate in Grays this evening (Monday, 20 July) – but they have praised a group of parents of the children who later attended and apologised for their children's anti-social behaviour.

The youngsters were instructed to clean up the mess they had made.