News in Thurrock

IN the National Cricket League Emerland Division A there was another disappointing defeat for Aveley CC as Newham bagged a three wickets victory in a highly competitive match.

Batting first at Flanders Playing Field visitors Aveley scored 220 for six in their 40 overs.

THURROCK'S deputy mayor has praised the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust for supporting events today (Monday, 28 June) when civic dignitaries joined hospital staff in an afternoon of picnics as part of Pride month.

The celebrations were organised by the local hospital Trust's LGBTQ+ network to help raise awareness of issues facing the community and to show off its diverse staff network.

COUNCILLORS will be told this week that Thurrock Council is considering stepping up action to resolve traffic and parking issues around three schools in Grays.

Earlier this year Thurrock Nub News reported on widespread concerns around St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary on Ward Avenue and there have been similar problems on nearby roads involving parents dropping pupils at Quarry Hill Academy and Grays Convent.

THE absence of Stanford-le-Hope celebrity TV and radio presenter Rylan Clark-Neal has been explained by news broken by several national media platforms that he has split up from his husband after six years.

Rylan, 32, whose breakthrough into the celebrity limelight came after several years of flirting with TV reality shows – starting with an aborted appearance in Big Brother in 2007 – has reportedly left his husband Dan.

ON Saturday 26 June, Belhus CC 1st XI hosted Essex Premier League strugglers, Harold Wood, in what could only be called a 'proverbial six pointer' in football parlance.

Belhus 1st XI needed a moral boosting Essex Premier home win at their North Stifford ground after what had been a difficult few weeks, results wise.

ANGRY councillors believe that the ruling Conservative administration at Thurrock Council have done borough residents a disservice by selling off a plot of land that could have been put to local community use on the the cheap.

As Thurrock Nub News reported last week, a plot of land owned by the council on Argent street in Grays was sold for £510,000 - which many people believe to be as significant undervaluation of its worth.

FAMILY and friends gathered yesterday (Sunday, 27 June) to pay an emotional tribute to a young Tilbury woman who recently passed away.

Lauren Gardner was just 26 when she died on Wednesday, 16 June.

THURROCK Council flew the Progress flag at the Civic Offices today (Monday, 28 June) to celebrate Pride Day.

Borough mayor Cllr Sue Shinnick and Cllr Deborah Huelin, cabinet member for adults and communities, joined the chair and vice chair of the Thurrock Council Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer + (LGBTQ+) Staff Network for a special ceremony.

POLICE in Thurrock are seeking the public's help to find a wanted man.

A statement says: "Can you help us find Jaz Blundell who is wanted in connection with a number of offences.

FOR the second time this month firefighters tackled a blaze at a rural site north of South Ockendon.

On 17 June several crews fought a blaze at a site on Dennises Lane and yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 26 June) they returned to the area after reports of multiple vehicles alight.