News in Thurrock

THURROCK residents have been given another chance to give their views on the proposed route of the new Lower Thames Crossing.

While lots of survey and investigative work is being carried out on the planned route no actual construct is permitted yet.

A PETITION by residents in East Tilbury hoping to lower a speed limit outside the village primary school looks set to be ignored.

The online-petition was presented by local independent councillor Fraser Massey, a strong advocate of reducing speed outside all borough schools, and he is particularly keen that the schools in his ward are protected.

THURROCK councillors will continue to receive an allowance of £9,200 a year for their basic duties, with members who take on special responsibilities getting paid additional amounts depending on their role.

Council leader Rob Gledhill, for example, will be paid a total of £41,400 a year while a cabinet member gets £21,700.

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SOME members of a charity that have given 'blood, sweat and tears' to help save one of the most historic sites in Thurrock have spoken of their disappointment after an annual meeting brought the end of an era.

A CALL has gone out for volunteers to help at Thurrock Foodbank next month.

The charity is having a 'sort out week' at its headquarter in Corringham and hope local folk will go along to help.

THURROCK councillors will be told that the cabinet portfolio holder for Highways and Transport will have the final say on calls to scrap permit parking in Stanford-le-Hope.

A petition was submitted to the council in September last year, calling for the parking scheme introduced earlier in 2019 be scrapped - or the scheme amended.

WILD flowers could be sown along the side of the Manorway following a call by members of the public to improve the look of the local landscape.

A petition was delivered to Thurrock Council in October calling for more wildflower borders to be created in Thurrock, with the Manorway through Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham highlighted as a special case.

Cambridge City 1, Grays Athletic 1

GRAYS picked up a Bet Victor Isthmian North point after fighting a late rearguard action at the Glass World Stadium.

THERE is a growing sense of disquiet in a Thurrock community over the increasing impact of lorries on the local environment - and possible risk to pedestrians and motorists.

Though East Tilbury has a long history of transport and environment issues because of the proximity of the former Mucking tip, recent developments have seen a number of sites opened up in the neighbouring countryside that has brought an increase in lorry traffic.

A MAN who was arrested by Grays Town Centre Team officers during an attempted shop theft has been jailed.

Dean Crooks, 33, of Seabrooke Rise, Grays, received five months for assault by beating and two months for attempted theft, to run concurrently, when he appeared for sentencing at Basildon Crown Court. He had previously pleaded guilty to the offences.