News in Thurrock

AS the clock ticks towards next month's start of centenary celebrations for Thurrock Camera Club, Nub News is pleased to offer up the latest publication of camera tips from members to our readers.

The club celebrates 100 years of existence in Novembe and just as they did in starting up the club all those years ago, members are keen to share their skills.

THURROCK Council's road safety cycling Instructors are running a free one-hour lesson to children aged five plus on how to ride a bike unaided.

Lessons will be held at Abbots Hall Primary Academy on Abbotts Drive in Stanford-le-Hope on Thursday, 19 August, and at Aveley Primary School on Stifford Road, on Thursday, 26 August.

THURROCK's leading councillor with responsibility for education has passed on his congratulations o he borough's achieving young people on the day they got their A-level results.

The council reports that, despite challenges posed by the pandemic, Thurrock has seen pupils achieving excellent results this year with looked after children achieving especially well compared to other years.

ROAD closures around the Orsett Cock roundabout will begin this evening (Tuesday, 10 august), running through to a major closure at the weekend as part of the ongoing A13 road widening project.

Brentwood Road (he A128) will be closed overnight, followed by a 56-hour closure this weekend.

A £2 MILLION funding boost will see 41 extra maternity staff working at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

The funding will be used to recruit extra consultants and midwives, as well as to deliver training and will also help provide consistent one-to-one care for women in labour, and support high quality care across the trust's maternity units at Southend, Basildon and Broomfield hospitals, as well as two standalone birthing units in Braintree Community Hospital and St Peter's Hospital in Maldon.

AMONG students celebrating after the announcement today (Tuesday, 10 August) of A-level results at USP Palmer's College in Grays is 18-year-old Andrea Neville.

Andrea, from Grays, has undertaken A-level courses in English literature, sociology and history and has achieved an extended project qualification (EPQ) that has secured her place at the University of Oxford.

RESIDENTS concerned that persistent breaches of weight restrictions by lorries are being ignored have been told their concerns are now recognised and that an investigation into why so many vehicles are being seen flouting regulations is underway.

People who live on or close to London Road (A126) in West Thurrock, to the west of the junction with Devonshire Road and the east of the entrance to the Magnet Industrial estate, say their lives are blighted by the high number of HGS on the road breaking the 7.5 ton weight limit.

STUDENTS at Corringham's Ortu Sixth Form Centre have been celebrating heir A-Level achievements today (Tuesday, 10 August).

Dr Sophina Asong, CEO of the Ortu Foundation which also runs Gable Hall School, Hassenbrook Academy and Corringham Primary, is keen that all students take their next steps successfully.

THURROCK Council has made a statement following much local debate after trees were cut down in Chadwell St Mary cemetery over the weekend.

The authority came in for much criticism on local social media after branches and tree trunks were left strewn over a number of graves.

RESIDENTS in East Tilbury have spoken of their disappointment and despair after a vandalism and arson attack on the Village Hall.

An attempt was made to start a fire at the rear of the building, which has also been covered in graffiti less than a year after it was repainted.