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Blogpost: Where can you find the best cup of coffee in Grays?

CAFE society in British towns and cities is a significant social change in our lifetime. The corresponding general downward slide in fortune for the licensed pub trade is as sad as it is surprising for someone my age.

Blogpost-What does 2016 hold for Labour?

If you had said to me on 1st January 2015 that by New Year's Eve, Labour would have been reduced to just 232 MPs, the Conservative Party would have a Commons majority,

Blogpost: An American in Thurrock over Christmas praises the NHS

CHRISTMAS Eve brought the start of a sore tooth. By Christmas morning it was a full blown unbearable pain with infection, and half my face swollen.

Blogpost: Case for mental health funding

I'm sure you will be aware of the media attention being given to Mental Health Nationwide. Also that individuals, celebrities and mental health organisations campaigning for more help.

Blogpost: Mr Perrin considers memorials for councillors

At the September meeting of Full Council Cllr Robert Ray called for *Those Councillors who passed away during their service as a Member of Thurrock Council (since the turn of the new century) to be commemorated in the Council Chamber for their work and contributions to the community of Thurrock*,

Blogpost: The argument against working tax credits

ON 30 April 2015, David Cameron announced on BBC Question Time that he would not cut Tax Credits, which reassured millions of working families across the country; less than six months later the Conservatives voted overwhelmingly to cut Tax Credits.

The Good Doctor’s Blog: "When a Complaint is a Breath of Fresh Air

BOTH he and his father (Mr x) were registered with me. The father saw one of my salaried GPs for mild to moderate back pain. The salaried GP examined him, not on the couch, screened him for an aortic aneurysm and for prostate cancer, and requested an x-ray of the back.

Blogpost: The shame of tax credits

n 30 April 2015, David Cameron announced on BBC Question Time that he would not cut Tax Credits, which reassured millions of working families across the country; less than six months later the Conservatives voted overwhelmingly to cut Tax Credits.

Blogspot: Purfleet tweeter discovers what it is like to be "trolled"

T was just a normal day for me, tweeting about politics, cats, football when I saw someone I know being called a 'spastic.' Not very nice. I tweeted that this was offensive to people with cerebral palsy and could they find some other insult. Oh dear.

Mr Perrin’s Blog: Is it desperate times for The Labour Party?

WITH the exception of Jeremy Corbyn, are the other contenders for the leadership of the Labour Party guilty of desperation in their pursuit of power? "Power! Power! we will abandon all Party principles for power", seems to be the battle-cry of their campaigns thus far, all of them claiming that Jeremy Corbyn's promotion of the values for which the Labour Party was originally

Lifestyle Blog: Can you make your fruit and vegetable last?

CAN you make your fruit and vegetables last for longer? Is it helpful? Do you find that when you do your weekly shop for vegetables and fruit that it goes off after a week? Do you feel like you've w

Former Thurrock Tory councillor in spat with Cambridge video blogger

FOR many years, Sir Graham Bright was the doyen of the Thurock Conservative Party. Twice a candidate for the General Elections, he was a councillor for over fourteen years in Thurrock.

Neil’s Blog: Is nowhere free from Thurrock’s litter plague?

THIS looks like it could be a lovely place to walk the dog," remarked the fireman as I led him to the burning remnants of a the blue wheelie bin.

Blogpost: The Underfunding of Health in Tilbury.

IT appears from recent comments by councillors in Thurrock that the fault of the health crisis in Tilbury may be down to the GPs.

Blogpost: For the love of sport

WIMBLEDON ladies tennis champion is Serena Williams again. We have all been tennis experts for the fortnight. The British weather has behaved itself and Henman hill at Wimbedon has proved its worth for the many fans who go without tickets. An American called Zach wins the British Golf Open championship, now there is a surprise.

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