News in Thurrock

AN appeal has been made for people to behave responsibly when visiting a Thurrock Christmas lights attraction set up by householders to raise funds for a local good cause.

There were some less than happy seasonal moments last night (Saturday, 11 December) when some of a large number of visitors to the lights display on the Maple Park and Stanford Park estate in Stanford-le-Hope ended up in confrontations with residents as they parked recklessly and without thought for the problems they were causing.

WITH four minutes to go at Ram Meadow, Grays Athletic had victory against Bury Town in their grasp and fourth spot in the Isthmian North table but Ollie Hughes scored to give the north Suffolk hosts a share of the points.

It proved to be a disappointing end to both halves for Grays, who had led through Lewis Clark's 34th minute opener on for Ryan Jolland to equalise two minutes before the break.

THURROCK Council leader Rob Gledhill has spoken for the first time about his exemption from wearing a face mask in the wake of a Thurrock Nub News story last week that highlighted criticism of him and the allegation that he is a hypocrite by another councillor.

In our story we quoted independent councillor Gary Byrne, who questioned by Cllr Gledhill – a consistent speaker through his weekly blog supporting covid prevention measures - and criticsed him and other councillors for not wearing masks at the meeting in a room that had little visible ventilation.

VOLUNTEERS and organisers behind a Thurrock family attraction are hoping a host of activities will prove attractive to local folk in the run up to Christmas.

Grays Beach and Riverside park is playing host to a small funfair as well as offering a new indoor soft play area for children.

MEMBERS of Thurrock Sea Cadets group have been rattling their collecting buckets in Grays today.

The cadets, from TIlbury-based TS Dragon, have been collecting for funds at the Morrisons store in the town today (Saturday, 11 December).

RESIDENTS in Grays are being entertained today (Saturday, 11 December) by Grays Town Band who are playing on local driveways and, this evening, at Grays Parish Church.

They started at Whitmore Avenue at 10am before moving on to Bradleigh Avenue at noon. They were due to perform at Nutberry Avenue at 2pm.

A MAN has been charged in connection with three sexual assaults in Aveley and Grays.

Detectives from Grays CID are investigating three reports from women who were sexually assaulted on the 6 and 7 December.

IN his latest address to borough residents, Thurrock council leader Cllr Rob Gledhill has once again repeated his call for local people to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others against Covid-19.

And, even though he came in for criticism at a recent full meeting of the council for not wearing a facemask himself, he stressed the importance of masks in stopping communication of the disease.

A THURROCK pub's Christmas appeal to help homeless people has received a big boost from a community charity.

The Woodlands Edge pub on Broxburn Parade in South Ockendon has pledged to undertake a pre-Christmas fundraising campaign for the locally-based is Friends of Essex and London homeless.

EAST Thurrock United will be hoping to secure a morale-boosting away win at Isthmian Premier mid-table Horsham today (Saturday, 11 December).

They travel boosted by the signing of the highly-rated Oli Spooner from Tilbury.