VOLUNTEER Centre Thurrock is holding a free drop-in ‘New Year, New You’ Recruitment Fayre to help people find volunteering opportunities in Thurrock. The event is being held on Tuesday 21st January, between 11am – 2pm at the Beehive, West Street, Grays, Essex, RM17 6XP.
THE Jack and the Beanstalk Panto at the Thameside Theatre in Grays has broken previous Box Office records but sadly came to the end of its run on Sunday. It has been a very successful year and the cast enjoyed performing as much as the audiences enjoyed each and every performance.
ON MONDAY, January 27 - International Holocaust Memorial Day – a specific memorial will be unveiled in Thurrock. For years a service has been held at the High View Avenue Memorial Gardens in Grays marked by the laying of white pebbles, but the “mound” was removed after the ceremony.
HAVE you ever wanted to jump inside a book and make its world a reality? Do you fancy creating a jungle, designing outfits for heroes and villains or making a life-size gorilla? Then join professional artists and designers and help to make 12 interactive installations based on popular books for children and young people. You can meet the authors, discover more about the exciting stories and try your hand at prop, set or costume making. You do not need any previous experience in any art form, just enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved.
RENOWNED Whitney Houston tribute act, Destiny Michelle is headlining a great night of entertainment at the Corringham Village Hall. The details are as follows: Saturday 1st February 2014
DETECTIVES are investigating a burglary in Corringham where the thieves have not only stolen sentimental items from the family home but left a cockatiel distressed and injured. Between 1.30–5.45pm on Friday January 3 someone has smashed the rear french doors of an address in Goldsmiths Avenue, Corringham, entered and stolen various items including a pink toy box, safe and jewellery.
A COUNCIL'S job is really varied are rarely appreciated, things that come into focus around the festive period and when dealing with emergencies such as bad weather. When people think of “council services”, first to come to mind is often the bin-men, or the waste and recycling service. In Thurrock the teams are working on two consecutive Saturdays to ensure every home gets back to its regular collection day as soon as possible following the holidays.
THURROCK Council’s trading standards team is warning people to beware of tricksters using the recent bad weather to get into homes. In one incident in the east of the borough, a man knocked on doors claiming nearby flooding had put the water supply in danger and he had to come in to turn it off.
ONE OF THE most frequently asked questions by prospective parents of students considering going to South Essex College is the question of how the course fits into the world of work.
HEADTEACHER, Lallie Godfrey, commented on the report stating, ‘Last year we had an OFSTED Inspection under the new and rigorous Framework and our school was judged to be Good with Outstanding for Behaviour and Safety and Leadership and Management. Since then everyone in our school has worked relentlessly to improve still further and this report, which judges us to be Outstanding overall, is a reflection of the success of the improvements that we have made and we are determined to continue to improve still further.’
DETECTIVES are looking to identify a man who is suspected of conning his way into an elderly woman’s home in Corringham in order to steal from her. The burglary took place in Corringham when the man knocked on the door of a bungalow on Lampits Hill Avenue shortly after 1:30pm on Friday, December 27, stating that another property at the end of her road was flooded and that he needed to enter her home to switch off the water.
THERE is less than a fortnight left to apply for a place at one of Thurrock’s primary schools this coming September. People who apply within the deadline have a far higher chance of receiving their first preference place.
A STANFORD man has embarked on a month long "Dryathlon" and all for a great cause. Father-of-two, Andrew Hurley is raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
