News in Thurrock

A MAJOR event will be taking place in Grays this weekend to raise funds and awareness in the battle against dementia.

Thurrock's 'Memory Walk' will take place at Blackshots Leisure Centre and there a number of options for those who want to take part.

THURROCK Council is calling on private landlords in the borough to help it settle refugees from Afghanistan in the area.

News of the council's willingness to engage in the resettlement process emerged last month and at a cabinet meeting at the beginning of September further details were released by leading councillor Shane Hebb of the progress made.

THURROCK Council leader Cllr Rob Gledhill has hailed the authority's attempts to improve community safety in Grays town centre as a success – saying resources the council has pumped into local enforcement have paid a visible dividend.

The 'Safer Streets' initiative began in August and was reported on Thurrock Nub News.

SCHOOLS in the borough who might be planning a trip to an environmental or heritage site have been remined they can get funds to help with transport costs through the Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme's School Transport Fund.

The partnership Scheme is a scheme aimed at engaging the local communities of Havering, Barking & Dagenham, Thurrock, Brentwood and south-west Essex with the natural, geological, archaeological and built heritage of their local area.

IN the wake of Thurrock Council's bid to put a positive spin on its plans to close the Thameside Theatre in Grays as a benefit to the wider borough community, one of the most respected members of the local world or arts and culture who has previously been honoured by the council, has delivered a damning personal indictment of its plans.

And Vic Gray, the chair of Arts Thurrock, says the council is being deceitful, dilatory and disingenuous in its approach to the issue.

PLANS have been submitted to Thurrock Council to demolish an existing house in Chadwell St Mary and replace it with a block of three apartments.

Initially the developers wanted to make the new development of four apartments but have now reduced this to three, consisting of one singled bedroomed home and two two bedroom flats, after initial discussions with the council's planning team who regarded four apartments as 'over development'.

NINE days after it was discovered, Thurrock Council has blamed a water leak that has affected the electrical supply as the reason why it is postponing several meetings – including, it appears – Wednesday's (22 September) full council meeting.

The meeting has a full agenda with many key local issues to be addressed and senior members of the council's ruling Conservative group were set to face some tough questions.

DETAILS have now emerged of this morning's incident in Stifford Clays which saw armed police taking part in an operation.

As part of a follow up to an earlier incident officers were deployed at several points in the Stifford Clays area, including the shopping parade on Crammavill Street. The origin of the incident lies in an alert raised just after midnight.

A NURSERY will be celebrating its first anniversary tomorrow after battling through the adversity of a year under the pandemic.

Explorers Aveley first opened its doors at the new community hub on the Recreation Ground off the High Street on 21 September 2020 and tomorrow will be celebrating the anniversary with a special event.

MOTORISTS and residents have been reminded that the A128 Brentwood Road will be closed three nights this week, starting this evening (Monday, 20 September) and through the whole of the coming weekend for works to construct the new approach to the Orsett Cock Roundabout.

The closure will affect the A128 in both directions between Orsett Road and Orsett Roundabout.