A FEW times a week, a number of residents meet up at the Mangal restaurant on Orsett Road, in Grays. They discuss a whole host of issues, as friends do.

YT sat down with the group and interviewed a number of the group. We discussed a whole host of subjects, from cars to coriander.

We interviewed Mohammed Sharbar Uddin, originally from Bangladesh and now driving a taxi in Thurrock.

If he isn’t driving then he has parking issues in his street.

The Grays Lives Project is a partnership between the Riverside Community Big Local and YourThurrock.