News in Thurrock

AS part of their activities during Neighbourhood Policing Week officers from Thurrock division's B Shift Community Policing Team carried out foot and vehicle patrols in South Ockendon yesterday (Sunday, 16 January).

Cannabis was located on three teens in the area and they were dealt with by officers without being taken into custody, with their parents present!

THERE will be two online sessions this evening (Monday, 17 January) for residents in the Stanford-le-Hope area to ask questions of Thurrock Council and express views on the borough's strategic development plans for the area.

The council has divided the borough into eight identified growth areas which are South Ockendon, Horndon on the Hill, Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham, Orsett, East Tilbury, Bulphan and Chadwell St Mary.

Thurrock 20, Billericay 24

ON Sunday (16 January) at Oakfield, Billericay RFC U16s gave a second half rugby masterclass in ball handling and offloading in the tackle. Trailing by ten points at the interval, the visitors, Billericay upped their game and outscored Thurrock by three tries to one in the second half much to the delight of their travelling support.

LIFEBOAT crew members, who are funded and supported from Thurrock, were captured on camera rescuing a man who had waded out into the Thames and got trapped in mud.

It has been reported the man has health issues but he was recovered safely and put in the care of ambulance teams. The rescue took place near the LV21 lightship in St Andrews Quay, West Street, Gravesend.

LOCAL residents have warned people in the West Tilbury area to beware of a flytip site on a dark rural road, which they captured on dash cam footage this evening (Sunday, 16 January) around 7pm.

The fly tipping took place from a tipper truck dump on Church Road, West Tilbury.

TILBURY FC's assistant manager Luke Wilson parted company with the Dockers in the build-up to this weekend's match with Stowmarket.

Wilson, who briefly took charge of the club in mid November following the departure of then manager Marc Harrison and his assistant Liam Wallace, won both his matches (against Coggeshall and Hullbridge Sports) in control.

COLLEAGUES, friends and customers of a Thurrock mum who died suddenly have paid many heartfelt tributes after her sudden death.

Despite the best efforts of paramedics and emergency services that rushed to the home of Vicki Steward, on Southend Road, Grays, after she suddenly became ill on Wednesday, 12 January, they were unable to save her.

A BOROUGH businesswoman has highlighted the pressure and difficulties she and others face as they try to make a go of smaller, homespun businesses.

Jodie Stammers from Grays has been determined to keep a family name alive through her preserves business, Nanny Violets, which is based on family baking and cooking traditions.

PROBLEMS with badly parked cars and other vehicles blocking local roads have been highlighted after firefighters were delayed getting to a blaze in Chadwell St Mary in the early hours of this morning.

The alarm was raised at around 3.25am when bushed were discovered on fire today (Sunday, 16 January) at Courtney Road in Chadwell St Mary.

DESPITE a recent flag-waving announcement about transparency and keeping the borough public informed, Thurrock Council's ruling Conservative group are reported to have sanctioned another round of a potential expensive legal battle to keep their secrets intact.

Since the beginning of 2020, when we exclusively broke news of the council's huge borrowing, Thurrock News has kept a spotlight on the authority's borrow to invest strategy which has since seen it build up debts approaching £1.5 billion.