News in Thurrock

Chair of Thurrock Local History Society Susan Yates continues her occasional series of articles.

WHEN I was a child every year we would visit Cornwall for our annual holiday taking in the beach and seeing relations.

ROADSIDE memorials placed after fatalities in Thurrock are to be removed by the borough council after senior members decided to implement a policy first laid down several years ago but rarely carried out.

At the recent meeting of the borough's cabinet councillors considered a report from Cllr Andrew Jefferies, the portfolio holder for environment, togather with his Conservative colleague Cllr Ban Maney who has responsibilities for highways.

THURROCK Police took to social media last night to highlight preventative patrols in Grays town centre as part of a number of initiatives aimed at improving the area's image.

And next week Thurrock Council has announced it will be working in partnership with police to improve the look of the area by removing flypostings and stickers on shop frontages.

EAST Thurrock United will be looking for a change in fortunes as they bid to get off the bottom of the Isthmian Premier table this afternoon.

Rocks have not won in the league since mid December and face a difficult task at Rookery Hill this afternoon when Margate, who are eighth and chasing a play-off place, visit.

THURROCK Council's chief executive has landed a non executive directorship with the College of Policing, a professional body for everyone working across policing in the UK.

As a non executive director Lyn Carpenter will be entitled to earn between £250 and £300 a day while engaged in work for the college. She is expected to work at least two days a month.

MOTORISTS and residents are reminded that the A13 will be closed in both directions all weekend between the A1089 (Tilbury) and the A128 (Orsett Cock) junctions for road surfacing works.

In addition, the A1089 northbound link road to the A13 eastbound carriageway will also be closed.

WARD councillors have welcomed news that blighted blocks of flats in Grays look set to be demolished.

And they have confirmed that work to remove substantial amounts of cladding from the three towers will not be happening any time soon.

A THURROCK councillor has described her experience when an intruder prowled around council offices for an hour before stealing cash.

Joycelyn Redsell, chairman of the authority's cleaner, greener, safer scrutiny committee said new civic centre offices, which have yet to open, must be made safe for councillors in the wake of the death of Southend West MP Sir David Amess and her own experience.

AN embarrassed council officer and colleagues have been knocking on doors and saying sorry after blundering and missing a meeting with residents he had set up.

As reported on Nub News residents from Lionel Oxley House in Grays turned up for a meeting organised by the council's strategic lead for housing operations Peter Doherty - only to find no-one there for the first three hours!

PLANNING officers have rejected a plan to extend three maisonettes in the centre of Corringham and turn them into six one bedroom flats.

The application was for properties above the shops on St John's Way in the town and relates to the first and second floors of two of the four units in the existing terrace.