News in Thurrock

2022 looks set to be a challenging year for a young Thurrock gymnast who is already making his mark on the national scene.

Nine-year-old Kaydn Jackson from Stanford-le-Hope started gymnastics at the age of two.

THURROCK Police have reported two successes involving stolen cars, even though one of the vehicles was involved in a crash while being pursued.

Its driver was arrested.

A NEW Year's Day derby at Chadfields tops the local interest tomorrow for the borough's non-League clubs when high-flying Isthmian North Aveley make the short journey to Tilbury.

The Millers go into the match buoyed by being third in the table and having just beaten Grays Athletic in the first of their festive derbies. Aveley are on a run of three successive wins under new manager Danny Scopes and should be brimming with confidence but no doubt Tilbury boss Keith Rowland, who was recently ditched by Aveley, will be determined to get one over his former club.

THE Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock marked the Christmas period with a donation to Corringham-based Thurrock Foodbank to help those in need during the festivities.

Club president Adrian Alsop popped along to the foodbank HQ to hand over a presentation cheque for £500 – though the funds had been electronically transferred to make sure they were available over the holiday.

THE last day of 2021 is also a landmark one for a popular butcher, who has been serving his local community for 44 years.

Today is the last one at work at the Reeds butchery on St John's Way Corringham, a family-owned business run by Will and Bill Reed, for 66-year-old Keith Carpenter.

IN the face of a significantly rising number of infections in the borough, the leader of Thurrock Council has reiterated his call to residents to adhere to government advice and do everything to stall the passing on of coronavirus.

In his regular address to residents Cllr Rob Gledhill says 'managing the risk' is critical.

COUNCIL planners have vetoed a bid to turn a small semi-detached home in Stanford-le-Hope into three separate dwellings.

The applicants wanted to convert the current traditionally-styled three bedroomed property on King Edward's Road into two separate apartments containing two bedrooms, while the adjacent detached garage would be demolished and a new two bedroom home built in its place.

A LORRY that has shed a load of concrete has blocked the A13 eastbound carriageway between Stanford-le-Hope and Pitsea.

The accident, which happened just before 8am, caused major tailbacks. The carriageway was reopened by noon.

MORE as yet unanswered questions have emerged following Sunday's fire at Lionel Oxley House in Grays, which has unearthed stories of poor conditions inside the block and a delayed and botched refurbishment project.

This afternoon (Wednesday, 29 December) Nub News met with Grays Riverside ward councillor Martin Kerin at the tower block which contains 56 flats.

A STANFORD-le-Hope man has been hailed a hero by the local community after coming to the rescue of a lost dog, making sure he was safe and then tracking down his owner.

Warehouse operative and former Hassenbrook School student Denny Martin, 23, from Allensway, Corringham, was on his way home after a night out with friends on Monday evening when he came across an elderly dog that was clearly lost and in some distress in the Cornwall Crescent area of Corringham.