News in Thurrock

A VEHICLE suspected of having been used to carry out a series of fly-tips in Tilbury has been seized by Thurrock Council Environmental Enforcement Officers. The owner of the vehicle will now be issued with a £200 Fixed Penalty Notice.

Leader of Thurrock Council, Cllr Rob Gledhill said: "Residents took to social media about the fly-tipping incidents at the weekend but regrettably no one was willing to come forward to make an official statement which means that Environmental Enforcement Officers could not seek to prosecute those involved.

POLICE have released the name of the 89-year-old woman who died in an incident at a Grays home earlier this week.

Winfred Grover died at the property in Lenmore Avenue on Monday.

TOMORROW (Saturday, June 26) anyone aged 18 or over who has not yet had their first vaccine or is now due to have their second dose, can get a walk-in appointment at Stifford Clays Health Centre without booking ahead.

Anyone over 18 will be able to walk in and get their jab while going about their usual weekend business - without needing to book a time in advance, thanks to the NHS's 'Grab a Jab' weekend.

THURROCK Council bin crews will be carrying out recycling and garden waste collections tomorrow (Saturday, 26 June) as the council catches up on collections missed this week.

The council is asking residents who did not have their blue bin collected this week and anyone who was due to have their brown bin collected as part of week two collections to leave their bins out for collection tomorrow.

HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a "legendary" staff member at Ortu Gable Hall, Corringham, who died aged 65.

Staff and colleagues have been fondly remembering Angela Allix, support assistant at the school, who passed away from a heart attack.

THE owners of a Stanford-le-Hope pub which has been closed down on England Euro 2020 matchdays because of breaching Covid-19 guidelines have hit back at Thurrock Council - and in particular its leader Cllr Rob Gledhill.

The council announced it had issued a closure notice on the Railway Tavern on Tuesday, just hours before England's match with the Czech Republic.

A MAN who hit two people with his car following an argument outside a pub in Orsett has been convicted.

JJ Margetts had gone into the Foxhounds in High Road shortly before 2pm on Saturday, 26 October 2019 but was told to leave by staff and barred following an incident.

THREE tower blocks in Blackshots could be pulled down after senior Thurrock Council officers conceded they were failing residents who are being affected by significant problems with damp and mould.

That news was one of the outcomes of this week's meeting of the council's housing overview and scrutiny committee when the council found itself under withering fire from several councils of its failings to maintain properties properly.

THURROCK Council has confirmed that a significant piece of real estate suitable for housing development has been sold off for just £510,000.

The price of the land on Argent Street was initially kept a secret by the authority who declined to confirm what it had achieved by a private sale, after initially declining to give details.

TWO more people have been jailed for their role in an horrific attempt to kill a man - for which a Grays man is already behind bars.

The two men have been jailed for 21 years each for their role in an incident where a man was set on fire in Southend.