By Neil Speight
4th Dec 2019 | Local News
EXCLUSIVE
PARENTS of children at a Thurrock primary school have praised members of staff who looked after their children caught up in the London Bridge terror attack on Friday, 29 November.
By Neil Speight
4th Dec 2019 | Local News
EXCLUSIVE
PARENTS of children at a Thurrock primary school have praised members of staff who looked after their children caught up in the London Bridge terror attack on Friday, 29 November.
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help out at a newly created nature reserve in Thurrock.
Essex Wildlife Trust is hoping people will come along on Wednesdays to join work parties at Oliver Road Lagoons in West Thurrock.
A CHARITY established by a Thurrock couple was honoured with a top award from a county-wide media organisation - and a borough student also picked up an accolade.
The Friends of Essex and London Homeless is a charity that originally worked solely in London, but now hosts a regular soup kitchen and meeting point in Grays.
Orsett firefighter Ben Whateley-Harris is getting behind Orchid Male Cancer Support by taking on as many events, competitions and races as possible.
Ben will complete a range of challenges during the remainder of 2019, following various half marathons and 10 kilometre races.
CONCERN has been raised over what appears to be a possible change of policy by Thurrock Council in dealing with a threat to the health of horses grazing on flooded land in the borough.
For many years, the sight of bedraggled horses struggling to cope with living of waterlogged meadows alongside the Mar Dyke River in Thurrock, has worried animal lovers.
By Piers Meyler - Local Democracy Reporter
3rd Dec 2019 | Local News
A DRIVER ordered to remove a 'Bollocks to Brexit' message from the side of his car was stopped for inconsiderate driving, Essex Police has said.
Peter Cook, a passenger in the yellow Mini Cooper, said the officer's behaviour was "extremely aggressive" after he pulled them over on the M25 near Brentwood on Sunday, 24 November.
YOUNGSTERS in Thurrock are being given the chance to join a borough-wide choir.
Thurrock Junior Choir is holding a workshop for children aged eight to 11 who enjoy singing.
GRANGEWATERS Outdoor Education Centre will play host to a 'Festive Fun Day' later this month.
Among the activities planned at the Thurrock Council centre on Saturday, 14 December are abseiling, archery, canoe rafting, crafts and camp fires.
A BUDDING chef has been selected to represent the borough in the next stage of a top competition.
The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock in Partnership with the South Essex College (SEC) ran the Young Chef competition at the South Essex College campus in Grays.
By Neil Speight
3rd Dec 2019 | Local News
THE demise of a long-running Thurrock charity remains shrouded in mystery – with many of its supporters and former volunteers saying they have been left with a sour taste about the way it was wound up.
Thurrock & District Cerebral Palsy Society, whose patron is celebrity Phill Jupitas, was established in 1964 by a group of parents with children with cerebral palsy to give each other mutual support while all coming to terms with the same problem.
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