News in Thurrock

THURROCK's deputy mayor donned his wellies and took an up close and personal look at work being done to restore parts of the Mardyke Valley recently.

Along with members of the public who were invited to see first hand #how work is shaping up, Cllr James Halden visited borough park Davy Down to see the restoration work on the river there.

THE Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme will celebrate the successful outcome of one of its environmental projects on Wednesday, 26 October as it joins with environment group Thames21 to mark London Rivers Week with an open event at Davy Down Riverside Park in Thurrock.

The celebration event at the park provides an opportunity for the local community and wider public to see and hear how the project, the Mardyke Valley Habitat Creation and Restoration, was developed, the lessons learnt, and to understand the benefits of a scheme such as this.

THE latest meeting of a group that promotes and rewards innovation and enterprise in Thurrock will take place later this week.

Since 2016 Thurrock Soup has been hosting a series of events for people who've had a business idea that benefits the local community.

MORRISON'S store in Grays proved a focal point for the weekend launch of the Royal British Legion's poppy appeal in Grays.

After a formal flagraising at the town's war memorial on Friday morning members of the legion and army cadets visited the store on Saturday.

RESIDENTS and businesses in the Stanford-le-Hope area have been thanked for their response to an appeal to help ensure the annual remembrance commemorations take place in the town.

The war memorial on the Green in Stanford is maintained by the Stanford War Memorial Trust who have stepped into the breach to help administer this year's remembrance ceremonies after the Royal British Legion found it could not make its usual commitment and ill health restricted what previous volunteers have been able to do.

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WATCHING Thurrock RFC these days is like watching a film where you know exactly how events will unfold. Every week they seem beleaguered by injuries and unavailabilities. They fall behind, come back strongly, but just fall short of converting the pressure into victory.

IN recognition of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, SCH Scout Active Support Unit who are part of Thurrock District Scouts, planted more than 30 trees at the weekend at Condovers Scout Activity Centre in West Tilbury.

They included Oak, Horse Chestnut, Willow, Walnut, Silver Birch, Hazelnut, Cobnut and Monterey Cypress.

BLACKSHOTS ward Thurrock councillors Ben Maney and Joy Redsell recently joined Essex Police and council officers for a patrol of their ward.

The aim of the exercise, which took place last Thursday (28 October) was to discuss the ongoing nuisance of illegal motorbike activity and the measures which could be taken to tackle the problem.

IN the latest of her occasional columns for Nun News, Susan Yates who is the chair of Thurrock Historial Society, looks at the history of one of the borough's listed buildings and the people entwined in its history.

DERELICT garages in Chadwell St Mary have been transformed into habitable residential bungalows for Thurrock families who have health or mobility problems.

Thurrock Council has worked with its repairs contractor Mears in partnership with HUSK, an innovative patented garage conversion system, on the pioneering project at Defoe Parade, which has redeveloped the site into two single-storey council adapted bungalows fitted within the existing garage brickwork.