News in Thurrock

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THURROCK travelled to Wright's Meadow on Saturday to face a home team determined to make up for an injury-ravaged start to the season. Playing on an exposed pitch with a significant slope is a distinct advantage and the home side certainly knew how to maximise its irregularities.

THE Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership is running a campaign to ensure residents in Thurrock and other areas across the region are fully aware of changes that have taken place to GP services and highlight other ways patients can be supported.

To support the campaign, Nub News is sharing the following information published by the partnership to help ensure the information is as widespread as possible.

THE latest twist in an internal managerial merry-go-round innThurrock has seen axed Aveley manager Keith Rowland installed as new Tilbury boss.

He replaces Marc Harrison and Liam Wallace who have been appointed as first team managers at East Thurrock United.

THE Port of Tilbury's London Cruise Terminal hosted the annual Martine Memorial Service this evening.

Dignitaries, including borough Mayor Cllr Sue Shinnick, were on hand for the service.

THURROCK Council joined forces with Essex Police to search 60 garages in the borough as part of an initiative to tackle motorcycle nuisance.

The garages were all un-let council garages which officers from the Environmental Enforcement and Housing Garages Teams were searching to make sure they are not being used to store vehicles which are either stolen or used by anti-social off road motorcyclists.

TICKETS are now on sale for Thurrock's annual pantomime at the Thameside Theatre, which could be the last ever staged at the much-loved local theatre if Thurrock Council's plans to close it down happen in 2022.

The council has delayed publicity material for this year's pantomime, which is Cinderella produced by the Polka Dot Theatre company and which runs from Friday, 3 December with a first show at 2pm to Sunday, 9 January when the curtain will go up for the last show at 5pm.

TO mark World Prematurity Day tomorrow a Thurrock family has shared the story of a toddler's fight for life after he was born 15 weeks prematurely.

Freddie Kemp, from Grays, was born in 2017 at 25 weeks gestation, weighing 1lb 15oz and spent the first four months of his life in hospital.

THE work of the Stanford-le-Hope-based Katie's Heart Appeal goes on, providing potentially life-saving public access defibrillators at strategic points across the borough.

The appeal was set up and is managed by the mum of award-winning teenager Katie Marie Davies, Charlotte Yoxall who is whipping up support for the latest fundraiser on Stanford's Maple and Stanford park residential estates – where a new defibrillator is planned.

A WARD councillor and Seabrooke Rise estate resident have uncovered more than 60 lights in need of repair on the Seabrooke Rise estate in Grays as part of an ongoing attempt to improve lighting and community safety in the area.

Following complaints from residents about the declining quality of the lighting, Cllr Martin Kerin and resident Ian Zanders conducted an audit, walking the estate at night, to catalogue the lights and assess how bad the situation is.

SERVICES are taking place across Thurrock today, Sunday, 14 November.

Our Facebook pages hosts live coverage of events in Grays, Stanford and Chafford Hundred and we will be featuring pictures from many other services during the day.