News in Thurrock

AN application has been submitted to Thurrock Council to turn a car sales plot and showroom into a new café.

The submission relates to the site of Arrow Cars at 70 London Road, Grays.

As another school year has ended, Thurrock Nub News reflects on a group of volunteers who keep our schools going - and in particular one of the unsung heroes at Corringham's Gable Hall School.

SCHOOLS as large as Gable Hall – which is the largest in Thurrock by the way, casually boasting an impressive student population of around 1,600 students – aren't just run and managed by great teachers, headteachers and Ofsted reports…

YOUNG people in the Thurrock area are being invited to take part in a competition by the Thames Chase Trust, an environmental charity managing and promoting the Thames Chase Community Forest which encompasses countryside areas situated in Barking and Dagenham, Brentwood, Havering and Thurrock.

Thames Chase is running an art competition for children to showcase their talents along the theme of 'Out and About' after many experienced more of the Thames Chase Community Forest during lockdown.

COUNCILLORS in Grays are bidding to secure the future of an open green space in the town.

Riverside ward councillors Martin Kerin, Jane Pothecary and Tony Fish have today (Monday, 26 July) launched a bid to grant 'Green Space Designation' for the Parker Road Recreation Ground. A successful bid would see the park receive a status akin to the green belt and protect the it for the long-term use of the residents of Grays.

SATURDAY (24 July) saw Belhus CC 1st, 2nd and 3rd XIs win. It was not quite a Belhus 'Grand Slam' as the 4th XI and 5th XI came up short but still nonetheless it was a good day for the club and supporters. With 12 league matches now played, teams are now two thirds of the way through the season.

Belhus CC 1st XI hosted Hadleigh & Thundersley CC at North Stifford in the Essex Premier league. Hadleigh batted first but Belhus CC 1st XI Bowlers were in fine form, restricting the visitors to 142 runs with three Hadleigh wickets apiece for Sahan Nanayakkara and Shane Barwick and a further two wickets apiece for Dan Norris and Max Osborne.

DOCTORS and administrators in Thurrock have bemoaned the lack of take-up of a potentially life-saving health project rolled out in the borough.

As reported on Nub News last year, the programme for Targeted Lung Health Checks for Thurrock started to be rolled out in December. The checks are described as 'an MOT for your lungs'.

A KEY health check programme being trialled in Thurrock has resumed after being suspended because of the latest Covid-19 lockdown.

In December Nub News reported on the start of the Lung Health Check programme which involves specific patients being invited to an initial remote lung health check. Those patients found to have a high-risk score following that check will be invited to take up the CT scan.

AN overturned lorry has caused major problems on roads adjacent to Lakeside off the A13 this morning (Monday, 26 July).

The vehicle overturned on the A126 near the A13 (Lakeside turn off).

A CALL by Thurrock Council to residents to submit ideas for more leisure and entertainment facilities in the borough has been widely mocked.

The council issued a social media plea to residents to 'Have Your Say' on eight sites they have earmarked for leisure development in Bulphan, Chadwell St Mary, Corringham, East Tilbury, Horndon on the Hill, Orsett, South Ockendon and Stanford-le-Hope - though they have given few details of what is proposed.

THURROCK planning councillors voted unanimously to throw out an application to build 60 homes in the green belt on the border of the borough.

At their recent meeting members debated the application to build new homes on the site of Greenwise Nurseries on Vange Park Road, Vange, close to the border with Basildon near the Five Bells roundabout.