News in Thurrock

Horndon on the Hill Nursery open day 17th December 2019

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AN angry council tenant is seeking action from Thurrock Council over shoddy work at her home - and an incident that ended with her tiny pet dog losing a leg!

Emma Wingrave of Gordon Road, Horndon on the Hill, says she has been devastated by the injury to her Pomeranian Oakley.

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A MAJOR roadworks project being managed by Thurrock Council is reported to have burst its budget by more than £30 million pounds – and that figure is expected to rise says a whistleblower.

RESIDENTS, motorists and bus users have been warned of roadworks next week that will cause some disruption.

Thurrock Council has advised that electrical and structural supplier Cabletest will be carrying out repair works along Lampits Hill in Corringham from Monday, 16 to Wednesday, 18 December between 9.30am and 3.30pm.

DELAYS are anticipated while workers fix a water leak on a busy borough road - and work could stretch into next week.

The problem has happened on the A128 near the Ye Olde Plough House motel and temporary traffic lights have been set up on the southbound carriageway.

A YEAR of meetings by a popular Grays social group came to an end with a Christmas party.

The last meeting of 2019 for Grays (Afternoon) Townswomen's Guild featured entertainment was arranged by committee member Audrey Haines, which included sketches, a quiz and Christmas carols.

AN exhibition has opened in Thurrock this week telling of the 'first Christmas' in the borough in the austerity of the war years.

'THE First Christmas' a free exhibition researched and presented by Thurrock Museum Volunteers is now open at the Thameside Complex in Grays and will run until Friday 27 December (closing at 11am on 27 December).

POLICE say they would like to talk to two men whose images, captured on CCTV, they have released following an incident when a noxious substance was sprayed in Grays Shopping Mall.

Officers were called to the Mall on the High Street shortly before 12.20pm on Friday, 6 December to reports that five people were feeling unwell after a container, which police believe may have contained CS or pepper spray, was discharged.

THERE'S been good news today on environmental issues in the borough in the wake of two incidents of environmental damage.

Last month Thurrock NubNews reported on residents' concerns after trees were felled by workers to create access to power lines between the Warren fishing lakes in Stanford-le-Hope and Mucking.

MYSTERY surrounds damage to to a local waterway which may have killed off a much-cared for animal habitat - prompting concern from Wildlife TV presenter and conservationist Chris Packham.

Local wildlife campaigner and photographer Nick Lay has reported that trees and shrubs have been cut back or removed along an East Tilbury stream known as the Gobians Waterway.