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PATIENTS suffering slow heart rhythm in Essex are set to benefit after local surgeons implanted a new and innovative pacemaker. Staff based at the world-renowned...

THURROCK Council has launched a campaign to highlight how the council workers you see around the borough are here to help, and what a positive difference it makes when they are respected as they go about their work.

M&S Lakeside Thurrock has today unveiled plans for a stylish new Clothing department design, making it one of the first stores in the country to feature the retailer’s new-look store layout.

DP World today announced its latest milestone at London Gateway with the arrival of the first vessel under a new South America shipping service, boosting the UK’s global connectivity.

CREATIVE developers and studios can bid for new cash from a multi-million pound government funded scheme to turn their new video game ideas into market leaders  – and potentially score a hit such as Grand Theft Auto or Tomb Raider.

MORE than 300,000 families are set to save hundreds of pounds on their bills thanks to new energy efficiency upgrades.

TRENTALIA c2c, along with train operators across the UK, has extended the public consultation for feedback on plans to modernise customer service across the rail network by an extra five and a half weeks.

IN 1999 businessman Jack Petchey set up the Jack Petchey Foundation to inspire and motivate young people across London and Essex to do their best and reach their full potential.

STEP into summer and stay safe is the message, as ESSEX school children begin their break and families have fun in the sun.

ONE man has died and another has been seriously injured following a collision on the A13 in Thurrock.

A NEW partnership project to tackle fuel poverty and isolation among young people in Essex has been launched.

A MAJOR closure of rail ticket office closures could be about to happen after rail firm bosses have announced plans for a public consultation their closure over the next three years.

EVERY state secondary school in Harlow now has access to life-saving equipment with the introduction of defibrillators.

ON the 22 June 1948, the Port of Tilbury welcomed 500 people from the Caribbean, who travelled for 30 days from Jamaica aboard the SS Empire Windrush, to begin a new life in Great Britain. 75 years later, on 22 June 2023, the Port will mark this anniversary by hosting a day of celebrations at the London Cruise Terminal where they first arrived.

A LOOPHOLE that allows the vaping industry to give free samples of vapes to children in England is set to be closed under new plans announced by the Prime Minister today to clamp down on youth vaping.