News in Thurrock

RESIDENTS in Chadwell St Mary have taken to social media to express their anger and disgust over and orgy of vandalism and desecration and littering at the local cemetery.

Visitors to the cemetery on Brentwood Road were shocked this morning (Sunday, 4 July) when they visited the graves of loved ones to find a trail of smashed ornaments and other memorabilia.

HAVING compromised and won a planning application to establish the principle of building on a local village green belt site an applicant has gone back to the council's planning team and wants to double the build!.

The council gave permission for the building of one home on the site to the south east of Linsteads on Orsett Road, Horndon on the Hill.

CALLS by residents for Thurrock Council to tighten up enforcement around a shop which they claim is continually causing problems in their neighbourhood had an unfortunate consequence for one well-known local man who popped in to buy something and found himself on the end of a £150 fine.

Residents have made complaints about the Grays Food Centre on Clarence Road, where it has been alleged that food waste has been improperly stored, and shop paraphernalia including storage baskets, are regularly left on adjacent pavements.

TOMORROW evening (Monday, 5 July, will see the latest in the combined boys and girls training sessions for Linford Wanderers Football and Sports Club.

The sessions, which are free, are for youngsters aged seven to 16 years and new players will be welcomed.

A CALL has gone out for volunteers to help at Stanford-le-Hope's Hardie Park.

The popular park, which houses a cafe and offers a range of community services, is run and managed by volunteers and with the summer holidays coming up and events starting to get back into a pre-pandemic flow more hands will help make light work of the challenges ahead.

A LARGE number of police offers rushed to Tilbury this evening (Saturday, 3 July) to deal with a large fight, believed to have broken out between Travellers.

It happened outside the town's rail station around 7pm and the carnage that erupted involved some vehicles being damaged.

TWO men have been arrested after a vulnerable man reported his home had been taken over by people alleged to be involved in drug dealing.

Essex Police's Operation Raptor team is safeguarding the victim after he was assaulted and drugs were sold from his home in the Blackshots area of Grays.

ON Wednesday 30 June, Belhus CC Under 9s earned a seven run victory over Billericay at North Stifford Village Green. Whilst all Belhus U9s played well, there were two noticeable performances.

Christian Remmer bowled and gave up just six runs from two overs, but he also took an amazing five wickets (5for). Christian is just 6½ years old.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to chip pan fire in Chafford Hundred, the second such incident in 24 hours in Thurrock.

The incident happened at a home in Parr Close just after 1.30pm on Thursday, 1 July. Two crews from Grays attended.

THURROCK councillors who worked closely with a former director of children's services at the council have paid tribute to her after hearing news of her death.

Carmel Littleton joined Thurrock Council as Head of Learning and Universal Outcomes in 2010 and took the director's post in 2013.