News in Thurrock

AS planners of the regeneration scheme for Purfleet-on-Thames forge ahead with the project they have been marketing the scheme at an international conference as they bid to borrow the £1 billion needed to finance the project.

The regeneration of the town which will include the creation of up to 2,850 homes, a new town centre with shops and restaurants and a new railway station is expected to cost a total of £1.3 billion.

PLANNING officers have rejected an application for a crematorium, private hospital, GP Surgery and a specialist family care facility in Bulphan.

The proposal, which was not called in for consideration by councillors, was rejected because officers said it breached green belt guidelines and would create an isolated health-led community use at a site that is located in an unsustainable location, distant from community services, essential support facilities and a choice of transport modes.

East Thurrock United 1, Bishops Stortford 2

TWO returning Rocks combined at either end of the pitch to thwart East Thurrock in tonight's (Tuesday, 19 October) Isthmian Premier clash at Rookery Hill.

THURROCK Council's online services are set to be out of action over the coming weekend.

The council has announced that while essential 'electrical maintenance work' is taking place' from 8.45pm on Friday, 22 October to 7.30am on Monday, 25 October, many council services will not be available

THREE asylum-seeking children under the care of Thurrock Council are missing, a committee of councillors was due to be told.

In a report to the now-cancelled hidden and extreme harms prevention committee the council's strategic lead for looked after children and aftercare was due to tell councillors that the authority currently has 28 asylum-seeking children on its books – but it has lost track of three others.

LEADING Thurrock councillors have condemned the borough council and its officers' capacity to manage its business after it was officially confirmed that next week's double header full council meeting has been called off.

In a brief statement today (Tuesday, 19 October) and five days after Thurrock Nub News exclusively broke Continue Reading

Thurrock 11, Old Haberdashers 29

THURROCK spurned several golden chances to defeat Old Haberdashers at Oakfield on Saturday in front of a bumper crowd of former players and captains.

EAST Thurrock MP Stephen Metcalfe has delivered a tribute to his parliamentary colleague Sir David Amess, the victim of a fatal stabbing attack in Leigh last week.

Mr Metcalfe was among the first to pay tribute to Sir David in the immediate aftermath of his killing last week, but he has now delivered a longer tribute.

POLICE responding to reports on an unattended backpack left on the QEII bridge just after midday prompted a closure of the crossing that caused significant delays during the early afternoon.

THURROCK Council has announced it has cancelled all its scheduled committee meeting this week as a mark of respect to murdered Southend West MP Sir David Amess.

That includes a scheduled meeting on Thursday of its hidden and extreme harms prevention committee.