News in Thurrock

THE Port of Tilbury has scooped the inaugural National Infrastructure Planning Association Award for "Best Project" with its plans to create the new Tilbury2 port.

The judges praised the team behind the Development Consent Order Process (DCO) dealing with the new port, which is currently under construction and due to open in 2020.

MORE than one in four women in Thurrock are failing to take part in smear testing – a figure that has been flagged up by NHS England and NHS Improvement in the East of England.

Using the iconic celebrity Jade Goody to catch public attention, the groups say ten years after her death from cervical cancer thousands of women in the eastern region are missing smear tests.

YOUNG people are being invited to shine a light on their future and a journey to a career in the creative industries with the National College Creative Industries in Purfleet.

The college will host open evenings on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 December, from 4pm to 6pm.

WITH fears that Brexit will bring social unrest, climate change will result in environmental disasters and cyber-attacks capable of crippling entire towns, health authorities in Essex are reviewing their emergency response plans.

Board papers published ahead of a Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) meeting show that health professionals will discuss a plan that outlines their response in the event of a major traffic incident, a cyber-attack or even a nuclear disaster.

MAGISTRATES were left with little alternative but to remand an Albanian man in custody after he appeared in court but could only produce a litany of false information.

He was brought before the bench manacled to a security guard after being charged after officers found drugs in a car they had stopped and searched in Basildon.

A 36-year-old man from Purfleet has been arrested at a property in Dalston, East London, on suspicion of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people and conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration, in connection with the Essex police probe into the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in a lorry trailer found in West Thurrock on 23 October.

The arrest took place on Monday 25 November.

THREE Thurrock schools have won top honours at a national awards ceremony, thanks to their collaborative work with Thurrock Council to promote sustainable travel.

St Clere's School in Stanford-le-Hope was presented with the Regional Secondary School of the Year for Sustainable Travel and Best Thurrock Secondary for Sustainable Travel awards at the Modeshift STARS National School Travel Awards East of England regional awards ceremony.

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SELF-STYLED Thurrock children's advocate and campaigner Jack Barnes has been released today after spending more than 48 hours in the cells following complaints by borough parliamentary candidate and three-time MP Jackie Doyle-Price.

AVELEY FC face another giant-killing test as they make history in the First Round of the FA Trophy.

Having overcome higher-ranked Biggleswade Town in the final qualifying round at the weekend, the Millers were paired with Carshalton Athletic in today's (Monday, 25 November) draw, made at Wembley.

THE long-running and controversial saga of the appointment of a new director of children's services at Thurrock Council could take a new twist.

Councillors will meet on Wednesday at an extraordinary meeting and have been advised they will hear of a new appointment, following selection of a candidate from a shortlist of two.