News in Thurrock

A CALL has gone out asking for more community-minded volunteers to help at a Grays venue.

The message comes from the Friends of Grays Town Park who say: "If you are thinking of giving some of your time back to the community in 2022, then please consider helping out our café in the park.

THE continuing concern of residents on Wharf Road and adjoining streets has been highlighted in a social media posting of a lorry attempting to reverse back down Wharf Road after coming up against a bridge with a height restriction.

Access to the Stanhope industrial estate in Stanford-le-Hope has been a significant problem for HGVs for many years. Not only do they face the height restriction underneath a railway bridge, but the narrow residential road is a real hazard, with almost chicane-like manoeuvres required to get through.

SPECIAL constables and police cadets were called I to get involved in a purge on nuisance vehicles in Thurrock.

Thurrock division's community police team were joined by specials and cadets on Sunday, 9 January) for a day of action.

THURROCK's Foodbank charity is asking residents in the local community if they might be able to help those in need in the borough.

The Corringham-based charity has issued an appeal for drivers and helpers to collect and distribute essential items.

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IT was a return to rugby, after their seasonal winter break, for Tees U16s away at Chelmsford.

THURROCK residents are being asked for their views on local pharmacy services.

Today (Monday, 10 January), a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) survey has been launched by Thurrock Health and Wellbeing Board.

THE long-awaited performance of A Vicar of Dibley Christmas (The Second Coming) is finally set to grace the stage of the Thameside Theatre, Grays this 10-12 February.

Following the antics of Geraldine and co as they take on 'The Greatest Story Ever Told', comedy fans will be amazed at the remarkable mimicking talents of this group in the first of a year of hit BBC comedies marking the centenary of the BBC in 2022.

AS the curtain fell today (Sunday, 9 January) on what could be the last pantomime at Thurrock's Thameside Theatre, a key member of the staff has praised every member of the cast and the supporting teams for a memorable season.

Cinderella has proved a big hit with borough residents on a run that started in early December and everyone at the theatre has had to cope with the pressures of covid restrictions and the impact of the illness that the bug has wrought on cast, crew and theatre staff.

APPLICATIONS for the government's new Omicron Hospitality and Leisure grant are now open and Thurrock Council is ready to deal with applications for cash aid.

The grant is available to eligible hospitality and leisure businesses in Thurrock trading as at 30 December 2021 where more than 50 per cent of trade is made up from in person services such as restaurants and entertainment venues.

THURROCK Council leader Cllr Rob Gledhill has once again highlighted the large numbers of covid infections in the borough and has called on employers to be stringent in ensuring that workers follow guidance to be tested.

In his weekly address to residents, Cllr Gledhill says: "It is your individual actions that add together to make all the difference to tackling this global pandemic - that is no different now than it was in March 2020 when we first took action.