News in Thurrock

FOLLOWING news that Thurrock Council has sanctioned the reopening of the Thameside Theatre, a local drama group plans be among the first to tread the boards again.

Thurrock Courts Players will be staged the comedy thriller 'A Butler Did It' at the Thameside Complex from Thursday, 23 September to Saturday, 25 September.

THERE was double disappointment for borough teams in the Isthmian North Division this evening (Friday, 10 September) as both Grays Athletic and Tilbury went down to defeat.

Grays were looking at the possibility of going top of the table when they travelled to Maldon & Tiptree but found themselves on the back foot after just six minutes when Charlie Hughes opening the scoring for the hosts.

AVELEY and Kenningtons Community Forum's first public meeting since the easing of Covid-19 restrictions will take place later this month.

It will be hosted at Aveley FC's Parkside football ground on Park Lane on Tuesday, 21 September between 7 and 9pm.

PARENTS and officials of a Thurrock youth football team have spoken optimistically of a brighter and better relationship between themselves and Thurrock Council over the maintenance of local football pitches.

Last week Thurrock Nub News reported on the anger following the deployment of a council work team that effectively made the King George Playing Field in Linford unusable.

TWO Salvation Army divisional leaders are retiring next month with 70 years of service between them.

Majors Norman and Margaret Ord took over the Herts & Essex Division in 2012, when it was known as London North East Division .

THURROCK Council has announced it is to get tough on bad parkers and seize their vehicles.

The news will be welcomed by many Thurrock residents who have looked to the council to enforce many flagrant breaches of parking regulations – but who have felt let down by the authority when it came to taking real action.

POLICE have announced that a missing Tilbury man has been found safe.

They were looking for information to find Matthew Haywood, 48, who went missing after travelling to London. However, he has now been located and is safe.

FIREFIGHTERS are currently (5.30pm, Thursday, 9 September) tackling a blaze at a site off Dock Road in Tilbury.

The fire was on land to the rear of the Dock Road guest house. The flames were quickly extinguished by the firefighters.

A POWER lines failure and fire has caused disruption to the electric supply in the west of the borough.

It has been reported that an incident involving power cables around 9am near Watts Wood, Purfleet, resulted in cuts to domestic supply and industrial services, including traffic signals.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a roof fire in Stanford-le-Hope this afternoon, (Friday, 10 September)

Residents of a home on Grove Road were alerted to the fire after their neighbours spotted smoke coming from the roof. The occupants then immediately made their way out of the house and called Essex Fire and Rescue.