News in Thurrock

PLANS for a solar power generation station on a former landfill site close to South Ockendon have been put in limbo because of the impact of a revised route for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing through Thurrock.

Planning consent was granted to REG Solarpower Ltd and Veolia ES by Thurrock Council ) for the building of the solar development at Ockenden Landfill Site close to Mollands Lane, Buckles Lane and Medebridge Road in January 2016.

THURROCK Council has confirmed it has employed privately contracted enforcement officers to patrol the borough ensuring that social distancing regulations are met – and that shops, pubs and businesses adhere to the rules.

However, it says they have not issued any fines but they have been offering assistance in public areas.

FIRE crews from across Thurrock returned to a familiar site this evening (Sunday, 12 July) to fight another blaze at a controversial building site.

More than 60 people alerted emergency services to the blaze behind the Bannatynes Leisure and Fitness complex on Howard Road, Chafford Hundred.

WORK will be taking place this week to improve the safety of several stretches of road in Thurrock.

Highways England has announced that there will be overnight road closures on the A13 from junction 31 going east to the Orsett Cock junction and on link and approach roads to it, including the Dock Approach Road to Tilbury - as far down as the Marshfoot junctions.

MEMBERS of various faiths across Thurrock came together yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

In July 1995, 8,372 Muslim men and boys were massacred in and around the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia, solely because of their religion. Many thousands were also displaced, raped and tortured. After the Holocaust, this is the worst atrocity in Europe.

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WHAT has become an annual arts event in Thurrock will now become part of a wider festival embracing the length of the river Thames.

For the past five years young people, through schools and other organisations, plus community groups and individual residents have taken part in a series of walks through the borough, displaying artictic creations, telling stories and sharing a sense of community.

AS the end of the 'normal' school term approaches in what has been an abnormal year, the staff and pupils at Stanford-le-Hope's Arthur Bugler School have been sharing their recent memories.

On Monday 23 March, the UK Government announced a national lockdown in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19. All schools across the UK would close to all pupils with the exception of Key Worker children. However, nothing could stop Arthur Bugler Primary School from supporting all of its wonderful community during these unprecedented times.

WARD councillors in Grays are asking Thurrock Council to shine a light on a problem with anti-social behaviour.

Riverside ward councillors Martin Kern, Jane Potchecary and Tony Fish say that have been alarmed by a number of incidents close to the Thames, where there is little or no street lighting, leaving local residents wary.

CAMPAIGNING Thurrock residents in Tilbury and Grays could soon hear whether more than 160 homes will be built on land which forms part of the Little Thurrock Marshes.

Months of waiting for the decision on the latest in a string of applications to build on the greenbelt site should end on Thursday (16 July) when councillors debate it after deferring for a site visit.