News in Thurrock

LIBRARIES are often perceived as quiet places where not a lot goes on.

In the first of a series of Thurrock NubNews features editor Neil Speight visited one of the borough's library and community hubs and found that impression is far from the truth.

A BURGLAR from Thurrock who targeted three victims in three days has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Paul Davis was part of a gang who burgled the homes in May this year but was caught with the help of CCTV and forensic evidence.

A WOMAN is recovering after being freed from her car by firefighters after it left the road.

The accident happened at North Hill, Horndon on the Hill at 8.45am today (Monday, 9 December).

A CHARITY that helps break the cycle of loneliness for older people in Thurrock celebrated with a big Christmas event at Orsett Hall Hotel.

Re-engage Thurrock (formerly (Contact the Elderly) brought together guests and volunteers for a festive lunch where they were entertained by Thurrock Golden Voices Choir.

THERE appears little sign of an immediate resolution to the problem of temporary traffic lights at the junction of Buckingham Hill Road and Stanford Road (A1013).

Temporary lights have been in place at the junction for most of 2019 after new permanent lights were installed as part of the planning permission granted to Persimmon Homes to build new homes in East Tilbury.

FAILURES by Network Rail and a civil engineering company it contracted to carry out work have been identified as the cause of a 'near miss' incident in Thurrock – when a speeding commuter train was just six second away from crashing into a concrete lorry at a level crossing.

The incident happened in March this year at the Mucking automatic half barrier level crossing in the east of the borough. The crossing is next to a power substation where construction work was being carried out and as it attempted to reverse into the site, the concrete lorry straddled the lines and became entangled with a barrier that was coming down because of the approaching c2c train.

THURROCK has been named as one of the most polluted towns in the country and living there is the equivalent of smoking almost 140 cigarettes a year, according to a leading charity.

The British Heart Foundation has said Government data ranks Thurrock as the seventh worst town in the country for pollution and estimates show that breathing in the air is the equivalent of smoking 138 cigarettes a year.

A WARD councillor has called on residents to have their say on a planning proposal that could see a residential village for people over 55 created on the site of a local golf course.

Orsett's Cllr Sue Little says it is important that all views are considered when Thurrock Council comes to make a decision on the plans at Langdon hills Golf Club.

A BOROUGH football has done its bit to help homeless and deprived children at Christmas.

Teams from Tilbury Football Club have been collecting presents which have now been donated to needy children.

Thurrock T-Birds 17, Trojans 12

IN horrible weather today (Sunday, 8 December) Thurrock T-Birds made hard work of a very improved Trojans side but eventually came through to record a Championship South victory.