News in Thurrock

ESSEX police are calling on anyone whose lives were significantly disrupted by recent protest by climate change campaigners in the region to come forward and submit details as the force builds cases against arrested protesters.

Detectives' investigations into five mornings of disruption on the M25 and local roads are progressing and the force say it remains 'in consistent dialogue' with the Crown Prosecution Service on the issue.

BOTH borough MPs voted with PM Boris Johnson's beleaguered government and helped avoid defeat on an amendment to the social care reform bill.

Nineteen Tory MPs joined Labour to vote against the change and dozens of others stayed away.

PLANNING officers have given approval to an application to increase the number of flats on a plot of land in Stanford-le-Hope.

The green light was given in October 2018 for the redevelopment of the Fairview Court site at Fairview Chase to provide six two-bedroom flats, and three, one-bedroom flats in one split-level block.

AFTER a lengthy process which has included rejection of previous plans, the green light has finally been given by Thurrock Council officers for the restoration of a smithy in a local village.

In August Nub News reported on the latest, reduced application for the proposed Wick Place Cottage development on Brentwood Road, Bulphan.

FIREFIGHTERS used an aerial platform ladder to rescue a man trapped on a cherry picker today (Friday, 19 November).

The incident happened on John William Close in Chafford Hundred at 9.55am.

THURROCK Council's Conservative leader has admitted to an embarrassing gaffe and apologised after getting his recollections of the borough's debt wrong.

Cllr Rob Gledhill had spoken up to defend the council's financial strategies in the wake of news that 500 jobs are to be cut from the council employment roster, including up to 250 people starting the new year by being made redundant!

PLANS are well underway for a weekend event that will light up Purfleet-on-Thames for Christmas - and residents will get an extra week than in previous years to enjoy the spectacle.

The town's Community Forum has been the driving force behind the lights, brining forward the usual start time to this Saturday (27 November) to bring an extra bit of Christmas cheer.

ONE of the stalwarts at Purfleet-on-Thames Heritage Museum and Military Centre has paid tribute to Thurrock Yacht Club for giving them a view from the Thames of the centre's new memorial.

The new memorial featuring the silhouettes of 26 soldiers to represent the men of Purfleet who fell in two world wars was officially unveiled earlier this month.

POLICE are looking for a man known to have connections in South Ockendon who officers want to speak to in connection with a recall to prison.

Thirty-nine year-old Ivor Menton is described as 5ft 6ins tall, slim, with short black hair. He has a scar on his eyebrow, one on his knuckle, one on his hip and one running from his hip down his leg.

WORKS of art inspired by Tilbury and created by two youngsters at the town's St Mary's Catholic Primary School will adorn hoardings in the local civic square which promote future developments.

St Mary's year five pupils Max and Ziona were presented with a bundle of goodies by Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price on behalf of the Tilbury Towns Fund Board for their contribution to the display, which also features work from students at the Gateway Academy. Youngsters were invited to enter their pieces of art inspired by the town