News in Thurrock

THURROCk Council leader Cllr Rob Gledhill has once again been on the front foot and out and about with council teams.

The latest in a plethora of releases from the authority shows in his latest outing he joined an operation to clamp down on 'litter louts'

Thurrock Borough Council opens up new extension to show off new council chamber - but is 14 seats short of a full council.

POLICE have released footage of the dramatic incident when a police officer came to the aid of her colleague, winning praise for her bravery.

The incident was recently featured on BBC's Crimewatch. It involved PC Chantelle Feyzifar who stepped in after a violent driver dragged a colleague down the road with his moving vehicle after a routine traffic stop in Chafford Hundred. When the vehicle stopped, the then 26-year-old man started to punch the officer.

IT has now been confirmed, after a period of consultation, that Grays town centre Post Office will be relocating.

As reported on Nub News last month the post office in Grays Shopping Mall will close on Tuesday, 19 April and will re-open at a new location on nearby Clarence Road on Friday, 29 April.

NINE teams of firefighters dealt with an incident at Port of Tilbury this evening (Thursday, 24 March) where there was a fire on a ship.

A statement from Essex Fire and Rescue Service said: "Firefighters are dealing with a small fire on board a ship at Tilbury Docks.

THURROCK Council's leader has welcomed recent police action to crack down on nuisance motorcyclists in the borough, the latest in a number of personal interventions on anti-social issues.

In recent days Cllr Rob Gledhill has taken a high profile role in operations undertaken against problematic issues in the borough.

THURROCK Council and Essex Police officers recently joined forces for a two-day operation to tackle car cruisers in West Thurrock and Thurrock Council leader Cllr Rob Gledhill joined them for the exercise.

Cllr Gledhill, who is also cabinet member for public protection and anti-social behavioursaid: "We have once again shown car cruisers that will not tolerate their reckless and anti-social behaviour on our roads and any attempt to flout the West Thurrock Public Space Protection Order will be met with strict enforcement action.

CONTRACTORS have been appointed and work is scheduled to start shortly on the much-delayed and over budget Stanford-le-Hope rail station.

Thurrock Council has announced it has appointed British engineering and construction company VolkerFitzpatrick to carry out the work on a project that is now almost £20 million above its initial budget - though no mention of cost has been made in the latest council announcement.

A HUGE area of Thurrock, including a significant part of Grays and Tilbury, Chadwell St Mary and East Tilbury was hit by a power cut this morning.

There are reports of other outages across wider south Essex. 14 postcode areas have a loss of power and thousands of homes are affected.

"They will allow us to improve how we collect household waste and help us to increase the borough's recycling rates.".