Letter to Editor: “Former Ukip cannot bee serious”
LAST weekend, homes in Ockendon and Belhus woke up to a leaflet from the new Thurrock Independent party.
Mr Perrin’s Blog: The Dependent Independents.
IT is my considered opinion that the episode is a desperate attempt by 16 Councillors of a disintegrating UKIP to cling on to their Council seats simply by changing their identity and a new logo.
Blogpost: Is the property market up or down?
IS the property market up or is down? This month, more than ever, the answer depends on who you speak to.
The South Ockendon Property Blog
MY research shows that certain types of South Ockendon property are a little more affordable today than what the newspapers might make you think.
Blogspot: Mortgage rates in South Ockendon
The Property Report By Paul Tobias-Gibbin M and P Estates, Derwent Parade, South Ockendon http://www.mpestates.co.uk SOUTH Ockendon homeowners will be among those affected by the latest rise in the Bank of England interest rates. The first increase in 10 years; they have just been raised from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. This uplift comes as […]
The Hyperlocal Bible: The Right Terms: Part Two
LAST year, we interviewed Neil Woodbridge of Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions regarding correct terminology regarding health conditions. We decided to make a second film with Anna Smith Higgs, who had a stroke several years ago.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Going Dutch
A DUTCH newspaper contacted us and gave us the chance for a good news story. Why it is important to forge links overseas.
The Hyperlocal Bible: The Libel Bible
KNOW your rights and know the rights of others and your limitations. With that in mind, a plug for McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Talentspotting
THE TWO buskers in the high street might always just be, two blokes in the high street. Alternatively, they could, just one day, be something big.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Taking criticism…or not
BEING a bit of a snowflake or robustly defending your brand?
The Hyperlocal Bible: The statistical return
I ALWAYS think it is important to undertake a statistical return at the end of the year. Whether you publish at all is up to you. We do and here is why.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Into 2018
WE filmed sixty hyperlocal bibles in 2017. Not quite the 365 that I promised. How many will we do in 2018?
The Hyperlocal Bible: A hyperlocal passage to India
AS YourThurrock approaches its tenth birthday, the country that appears to have embraced IT and thus made our life so much easier is India.
Grenfell Factor: When nobody seems that bothered all over again?
YOU have a story regarding a faulty fire alarm. What if the concerns of the residents do not seem (to you) matched by others?
The Hyperlocal Bible: A small matter of libel
WHAT if someone from the BBC libels your business and claims you made up part of your story? Another day in the world of the hyperlocal!
The Hyperlocal Bible: Invoices: The left hand writes the story…..
AS any self-employed person may tell you, most days, the right hand chases the story, the left hand chases the invoice.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Hello Dolly: Treasuring your long running stories
WE have been covering the Dolly’s Christmas Puds story since 2006. Not only that we gave her a lift into town whilst we interviewed dear Dolly Turner.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Christmas Day: Do we know it’s Christmas time at all?
DO we put a little shift in on Christmas Day or do we keep to the 365 “We never close” pledge?
The Hyperlocal Bible: The pressing issue of print
EVEN after nine years on-line, the question of going into print still occupies our mind.
The Good Doctor Blog: The Gift of Christmas Is About Giving
The Gift of Christmas Is About Giving By Dr Emil Shehadeh CAROL and I have just come back from Rothenberg on the Tauber in Germany, a walled medieval town famous for selling Christmas gifts and decorations throughout the year. The Germans do many things better than we. Of course, it was they who introduced the […]
Letter to Editor: More funding needed for Essex Police
I read with interest that the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has admitted he cannot cope with the budget which has been afforded to him by his own Tory government.
The Hyperlocal Bible: People and page views….
WHEN you go from job to job to job and for now (and I stress..for now) you don’t have a story or stories.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Technology has the heights
WHEN you have been running on-line newspapers for a couple of years, you are constantly impressed by technological progress.
The Hyperlocal Bible: Confined to the office
I HAVE been confined to the office since October 16th. Corrective toe surgery if you must know.