News in Thurrock

PURFLEET-on-Thames Community Forum will host the town's community picnic on Tuesday with a host of activities on the green adjacent to Centurion Way.

The fun will start at 11am and run until 2pm and includes a free packed lunch for children, who will also be able to host garden games.

GRAYS Athletic hit seven goals today for a big victory that leaves them in second place in the Isthmian North.

They travelled to Basildon United this afternoon (Saturday, 28 August) and won 7-0 with a hat-trick apiece from Anointed Chukwu and David Knight, who included a spectacular strike from inside his own half in his haul. Danny Gould got the Blues' other goal.

FIREFIGHTERS dealt with a car fire at a busy Grays roundabout this afternoon.

The incident happened around 3.30 at the Treacle Mine roundabout in Stifford Clays on link road from the A13.

THE Woodlands Edge pub in South Ockendon will be holding a family fun day on Sunday (29 August) for the Macmillan cancer charity.

Everyone is invited to a day that will include stalls, games, raffles, a barbecue, DJ and face painting.

UPSET owners of a horse stolen from Eat Tilbury are hoping that someone who knows something about the disappearance will contact them.

The pony went missing from a field in West Tilbury.

GRAYS Riverside Ward councillors Martin Kerin, Jane Pothecary and Tony Fish have today (Friday, 27 August) applied for Kilverts Field in Grays to be given 'Green Space Designation' in recognition of its importance to the local community.

A THURROCK bins crew who tracked down the owner of a lost purse and returned it have been thanked.

The purse, which contained bank cards and cash among other items, was found in Quebec Road, Tilbury and returned by the council crew.

HOPES that a traffic calming scheme championed by ward councillors in Stanford-le-Hope would prove a hit with residents appear to be misplaced after the scheme has received what could at best be described as an initial lukewarm reaction.

This week Thurrock Council announced the results of an initial consultation with residents in the Homesteads ward about traffic issues on Branksome Avenue and adjoining roads.

THURROCK Council has defended the right of its traffic enforcement officers to park where they want, including on double yellow lines and other places where they would issue tickets to 'ordinary' motorists.

The authority was responding to Thurrock Nub News in the wake of a public condemnation of its officers after pictures on social media showed them parking on double yellow lines in Stifford Clays, while going about their business and issuing fines to motorists for doing the same thing.

RESIDENTS are being invited to quiz members of the borough's clinical commissioning group when it holds its annual meeting next month.

NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group AGM will take place on Wednesday, 22 September from 10am to 10.45am.