News in Thurrock

THURROCK has been revealed to have the third worst ratio of GPs to patients in the country.

New data from the Nuffield Trust, an independent health think tank, shows that Thurrock NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), with 2,373 patients per GP – is the third most stretched health area in the country.

THERE has been significant traffic congestion in the east of the borough today (Thursday, 4 November) following a major crash on the A13.

It happened on the London-bound A13 between Basildon and Stanford-le-Hope.

THURROCK Council says it is moving 'in the right direction' as it tackles the blight of damp and mould in its properties.

The issue has been a running sore in the borough for many years and has frequently been featured on Thurrock Nub News and in other media.

DESPITE dozens of reported cases of damp and mould having a huge impact on the quality of lives of Thurrock Council tenants – including young children – councillors will hear a report from officers that downplays the problem in the borough.

Tuesday evening's (22 June) meeting of the housing and overview scrutiny committee will hear a report from officers, led by the council's Corporate Director of Adults, Housing and Health Ian Wake, that media has been scaremongering!

THE House of Lords recently played host to an event organised by Thurrock BME, the organisation that represents the black minority ethnic community in the borough, to mark the end of October as Black History Month.

It took place in the palace of Westminster on Monday, 30 October and was amid the groundswell of love and grief following the murder of David Amess MP (who would have been a guest speaker).

A THURROCK family has told the story of the last, precious few months of a much-loved borough man's life as a way of highlighting the work carried out on behalf of the local community by St Luke's Hospice.

St Luke's, which will launch its new hospice in Thurrock in the coming months, has just launched its annual 'Light up a Life' appeal, giving people the chance to come together to remember a loved one, while also supporting the hospice's work with a donation in their name.

THE latest in a succession of major closures will see the A13 once again shut down in Thurrock over the coming weekend.

From 9pm on Friday (5 November) until 5am on Monday (8 November) both carriageways will be closed between the Orsett Cock roundabout and the Manorway roundabout at Stanford-le-Hope.

A TEENAGER has been found guilty of the murder of popular Stanford-le-Hope man and dad of four James Gibbons.

Mr Gibbons, 34, who grew up in Stanford, was stabbed four times outside his home in Iris Mews in Laindon, Basildon, at around 9.30pm on Sunday, 2 May. He had been holding a birthday party for his two young daughters.

THURROCK MP Jackie Doyle-Price was one of just 13 Conservative MPs who voted today (Wednesday, 3 November) to enforce the immediate suspension of Conservative Owen Paterson has avoided punishment for now as the government ordered its MPs to back a review of standards investigations.

The vote on the suspension was taken after Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone recommended Mr Paterson be suspended from the Commons for 30 days, after a damning report into his conduct by a committee of MPs.

PROTESTERS urging the publication of more information about Covid-19 vaccinations have once again been making their point with another demonstration by a bust Thurrock road.

They have gathered with placards by the roundabout adjacent to Sainsbury's at Chafford Hundred.