News in Thurrock

THE 'extraordinary' efforts of a nine-year-old Stanford-le-Hope girl have been recognised with a top award.

Faith Clotworthy has been presented with a British Citizen Youth Award.

AVELEY were far from firing on all cylinders but did enough to return to Isthmian North winning ways this afternoon (Saturday, 24 October), but there were defeats for Grays Athletic in the same division and East Thurrock United in the Isthmian Premier.

Aveley got off to a good start at home to Witham Town when Steve Sheehan was fouled in the box and George Sykes converted the 11th minute penalty.

THURROCK Council is at the centre of a legal challenge in an attempt to lift the shroud of secrecy the authority has laid over how and why it has invested £600 million it has borrowed.

For almost a year the council has been at the centre of controversy over its investment policy - borrowing huge amounts of money at preferred rates in a bid to make a profit by reinvesting it.

THE opposition leader of Thurrock Council has called on the authority to fund free meals for children in need in the borough.

And Labour group leader Cllr John Kent has also spoken of his disappointment after the borough's two Conservative MPs voted in the House of Commons against a plan to extend free school meals.

A THURROCK family are appealing to the borough community to help get a much-loved husband, dad and grandad home after he suffered a stroke while on holiday.

Dad of four Gerry Brown, 67, is currently critically unwell following a massive stroke and pulmonary embolism sustained while holidaying in Gran Canaria.

ROB Gledhill, leader of Thurrock Council, has delivered a message to residents saying he is confident the authority made the right decision by not stepping up into the next tier of the coronavirus prevention strategy.

Thurrock successfully argued with the government that it should remain at tier one, while neighbouring Essex County Council elected to go to tier two this week.

BUOYED by their season's first win in midweek against Horsham, East Thurrock United will be in good heart when they play host to Isthmian Premier table-toppers Worthing tomorrow (Saturday, 24 October).

Resolute defending of the type shown on Tuesday when two goals from former Spurs man Zenon Stylianides, and one from Luke Illsley gave Rocks a 3-2 win may well be needed but Paul Martin's side will certainly not lack effort if recent performances are anything to go by.

THURROCK Council has apologised for not responding to a complaint in a timely but has defended is policy of care at a sheltered residential complex in the borough.

Nub News reported earlier this week on problems experienced by elderly tenants at Airey Neave Court in Grays.

OPTIMISM about a future development that could see hundreds of new homes built on Grays could be misplaced as the site of them is up for sale.

Real estate investment trust NewRiver bought Grays Shopping Centre in June 2018 for £20 million, saying they "recognised a significant value-creating opportunity for redevelopment at the site, which is located just 35 minutes from Central London by train."

THURROCK Council has won the 'Solutions Partner' award at the Public Finance Awards 2020 for their ground-breaking 'single view of debt' initiative.

Cllr Shane Hebb, Cabinet Member for Finance, said: "Again, Thurrock Council's team have led the way with an innovative piece of work, this time in bringing together the many forms of household debt the council manages into a single, unified system.