News in Thurrock

BOROUGH residents are expected to be back outside their homes clapping this evening (Sunday, 5 June) when a commemorate 'Clap for Carers' takes place.

Through ten weeks of the coronavirus lockdown, Thursday evenings at 8pm brought a regular community get together when people left their homes briefly to applaud the NHS and it is hoped to repeat the exercise at 5pm today – the 72nd anniversary of the formation of the NHS.

CONCERN has been raised about the number of refuse bins that were not collected across Thurrock last week.

It is the second week running that there appear to have been problems, particularly in the west of the borough.

PLANS have been submitted to Thurrock Council's planning department to 'clean up' an established brownfield site in the countryside between Orsett and Horndon on the Hill and build two new homes

Applicants say redevelopment of the site will tidy up the area's appearance and add to the openness of the local green belt. The site is at the junction of Orsett Road and Saffron Gardens.

OPPOSITION councillors and local residents have spoken of their disappointment at being denied another chance to debate the controversial redevelopment of Thurrock Council's Civic offices.

Recently the council's cabinet 'nodded through' a technicality allowing them to build over the remembrance garden in Mulberry Square adjacent to the current civic offices on New Road in Grays as part of a huge new extension to the offices.

THURROCK'S community policing team have taken to social media to highlight their work on the ground in the Grays area.

The Thurrock town team have been conducting high visibility patrols in Orsett Heath and Woodside Close following ongoing anti-social behaviour reports.

POLICE are appealing for information after a teenage boy exposed himself in Thurrock.

The incident, where he exposed himself to a man in Kennington Park in Aveley, took place at around 3.25pm on Tuesday, 30 June.

THIS morning's crash on an approach road to Basildon claimed the life of a Grays man.

As reported on Thurrock Nub News this morning (Saturday, 4 July) an accident happened at the junction of High Road and Staneway just before 8.40am.

PURFLEET is now officially on-Thames!

At a socially distanced ceremony today (Saturday, 4 July) the new Purfleet-on-Thames sign was unveilled.

ONE of the main roads in and out of Basildon from Thurrrock was closed this morning following a serious accident.

Police have reported: "We are currently on the scene of a serious collision in Langdon Hills.

SUPER Saturday dawned in Thurrock this morning and across the borough there were quues outside barber's shops and haridressers across the borough, big smiles as cafes opened their doors and preparations were getting underway at many bars for an opening later this morning.

The relaxation of lockdown has breathed new life into high street businesses which are now allowe to open after more than 100 days of lockdown.