News in Thurrock

A JOINT police and council operation to crack down on nuisance drivers in West Thurrock over the weekend saw five fines issued, one motorist reported for suspicion of careless driving and one person given a community resolution for possession of cannabis.

Teams from Thurrock Council and Essex Police worked together to prevent car cruisers from gathering in West Thurrock. They also worked with the Metropolitan Police to make sure that the event did not move on into a neighbouring London borough.

AN application has been received that will see a row of shops in Stanford-le-Hope renovated and seven new homes created in the heart of the town.

The plan is for the redevelopment of shops and buildings above that are numbered 1 to 6 on the Green.

FOR the second time permission has been granted for the renovation of a parade of shops in Stanford-le-Hope and the creation of seven new homes.

A previous application for the scheme on the Green had expired so the buildings' owners had to go back to Thurrock Council with a new application, reported last month on Thurrock Nub News.

CHANGES are likely to be made to the collection of household garden and kitchen waste in Thurrock next year – with residents being given an additional two bins, one of which will be a caddy.

Currently the council operates a three bin system, with a green (or grey/black) bin used for general waste, a blue bin for recyclable materials and a brown bin (which is emptied fortnightly) used for garden and kitchen waste – though the council has been keen to urge residents not to use it for kitchen waste, and particularly kitchen waste in compostable bags.

EAST Thurrock MP Stephen Metcalfe has welcomed the eight-week consultation launched by Highways England despite retaining his scepticism about the project, the route and the consultation process to date.

After several previous consultations and the failure of the agency to win a Development Consent Order for the crossing project, Highways England are about to embark on another consulation - 'The Community Impacts Consultation'.

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Sunday 10th October, Thurrock RFC U16s travelled up county to take on Braintree RFC.

FRIDAY night's show in TOPS on Stage's run of performances of Oliver was disrupted by an evacuation.

The performance on Friday (8 October) had reached the interval when the alarm was activated by someone vaping in the ladies toilets. The building was immediately evacuated and the building was checked out.

A MAN has been stabbed in the neck in a Thurrock street, prompting a police investigation and plea for information.

A statement from the Essex force says: "We are investigating after a man sustained stab wounds in Tilbury.

THURROCK Council is calling on the borough's smokers to quit for 'Stoptober' and join the 2.3 million others who have made a quit attempt since it launched in 2012.

Cllr Allen Mayes, Cabinet Member for Health, said: "Smoking remains one of the leading causes of premature death. Smoking is also a significant health issue here in Thurrock where around 680 people die prematurely from smoking every year.

WORK may finally be about to begin on the building of a highly controversial flats complex in the heart of Grays that will feature 41 new homes.

The apartment building, on the site of the now demolished Dominoes snooker hall at the end of New Road, adjacent to the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, was opposed by local residents and members of the church community, but after many wrangled permission was granted in 2013.