News in Thurrock

DESPITE a previous apology by Thurrock Council and a pledge to make things better, residents in the borough's showcase new block of social housing are still suffering delays and non collections of their rubbish.

Thurrock Nub News has reported several times on the problem, most recently in August, but local councillor Martin Kerin says the problems continue.

PLANS being considered to introduce speed calming measures on a busy road outside a Stanford-le-Hope secondary school have been welcomed by Stanford-le-Hope West councillors Terry Piccolo and Shane Hebb.

As Thurrock Nub News first reported last week Thurrock Council are proposing to install speed cushions along Butts Lane and London Road, Stanford-le-Hope, as part of funding provided by the government.

THREE borough non-League teams will be heading east today (Saturday, 3 October), two with hopes of FA Cup success.

Aveley will be travelling to Thurlow Nunn Premier Division Brantham athletic in the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup.

A PLANNING application has now been submitted for a new Thurrock secondary school to be built next to USP Palmer's College.

The site for the proposed Thames Park School is an area of green belt land situated between Little Thurrock and Chadwell St Mary, accessed via Wood View from the North and Marshfoot Road from the South.

THE final curtain has been drawn on a dramatic riverside incident which saw emergency services combine to recover two bodies from the Thames in Grays earlier this year.

On Thursday, 13 February Thurrock Nub News reported live from the scene as police, ambulance and fire service crews worked together in an operation by the side of the Wharf pub after the body of a woman was spotted on the river bank. During the incident, a second body was discovered.

SEVERAL months after a recovery operation on the side of the River Thames at Grays brought two bodies ashore, an inquest on one of the people has been opened.

On Thursday, 13 February Thurrock Nub News reported on the recovery operation at Wharf Road.

A MAN, jailed five years ago for leaving a man brain damaged after beating him over a cigarette, has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life after his victim died from complications related to the attack.

Jake Tierney-Campbell, now 25, was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and jailed for 14-years in 2015 for the horrific assault on Daniel Bodimeade.

AN online preview of a new art installation in Tilbury has been launched to mark the start of Black History Month.

The Tilbury Bridge Walkway of Memories, an outdoor art and sound installation conceived by artist Everton Wright, who goes by the name EVEWRIGHT, was due to open last month but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

PLANS have been submitted to Thurrock Council to almost double the size of the mosque situated just inside Grays Town Park, adjacent to Park Road.

It is proposed to remove the roof of the existing building and build a completely new first floor under a new pitched roof.

POLICE have named a man who died following a collision in Tilbury on Monday, 21 September when a blue Volkswagen Crafter van was in collision with a stationary HGV on the A1089 Dock Approach Road heading towards the A13.

The https://thurrock.nub.news/n/police-confirm-death-of-man-in-dock-approach-road-crash accident happened shortly after 3.35pm and a passenger in the van died at the scene.