WOODSIDE Academy produced two remarkable performances at the Shakespeare Schools Festival at the Thameside Theatre.
The students were not over-awed by the other schools that...
POLICE have urged for caution after reports of possible abductions and assaults in Stanford-le-Hope have been the subject of fevered social media speculation. Police state that notices posted on social networking sites about potential white van men following teenagers in the Stanford-le-Hope area should be treated with caution. Officers are investigating a handful of reports during the past few days about historic sightings of a white van but without much detail. At no stage has any teenager the subject of any attempted grab.
THE STIFFORD Community Forum is holding a community event on Monday 18th November at the Stifford Clays Primary School , Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays on Monday 18th November commencing at 6 pm to 9 pm. The event is called Coffee Cakes and Community and everyone in the Stifford Clays and Blackshots wards is invited.
THURROCK Council’s trading standards are warning consumers to be on the lookout for fraudsters using the Green Deal scheme to cheat money out of them.
The Green Deal is a new way of paying for energy-saving home improvements such as loft insulation, cavity-wall insulation, double glazing, new boilers or solar panels.
PRESIDENT Margaret Clamp welcomed visitor Ann Jones to West Tilbury WI. Our speaker Brian Carline was then introduced and gave an entertaining talk on Gardening. He has written a book ‘Soil Sweat and Tears’ giving his experiences. He showed a variety of tools that he finds the most likely to do the easiest job for the best results.
FRANKI said “We wanted to put on a show where young people could come along and show their talent including those who may not have had the opportunity before. We are looking for a variety of performers to make up the 16 acts needed to perform on the night with a fantastic prize for the winning act. Its open to performers between the ages of 7 to 18 so we are hoping to see a really good range of performances”
THE WINNER of the Grays shopping centre twitter competition was presented with her prize last week. Emily Peck won a hamper of halloween goodies provided by a number of shops in the centre including Wilkinson, 99p store, Beaumont Beds and Trendz.
SEVEN out of eight premises visited by Thurrock Council’s trading standards team on Thursday (31 October) refused to sell alcohol to underage people. The latest of the team’s sweeps to ensure shopkeepers follow the law in sales of cigarettes and alcohol was carried out during the half term holidays in Grays, Stanford-le-Hope and South Ockendon.
NGAGE, the community organisation for Thurrock held a ‘Make a difference day’ event at the Foxglove estate in South Ockendon. The day was organised in October to support the CSV’s national ‘Make a difference’ the UK’s biggest month of voluntary action. Princes Trust volunteers helped out with the ‘make a difference day’ as part of a community project. Annette Lewis, community worker for ngage said: "We had such a fabulous day and were overwhelmed with what was achieved. As well as giving the centre rose bushes a much needed pruning and weeding the giant tubs, volunteers litter picked the estate which included a Halloween litter pick scavenger hunt.
POLICE are appealing for information after a girl was offered sweets by an unknown man in Grays. The ten-year-old local girl was approached by a man while in Belmont Road just before 3.15pm on October 22.
THURROCK Writers Circle Chairman Joy Ridgewell welcomed Patricia Pound to the meeting. A published author, Patricia’s first book was of the old Romford Brewery. She was asked to write a book on all the stories she had gathered from the people that worked there as they reminisced as she was working as a welfare officer at the brewery.
THE new Thurrock Campus in Grays town centre will September 2014 will include restaurants, health facilities, shops and an advice centre. There will also be specialist workshop and studio spaces linked to courses for technology, media and creative arts, and facilities for art, design, logistics, engineering and IT courses.
MEMBERS of the Stanford community have joined forces to help restore the Stanford-le-Hope war memorial.
Stanford West councillor Shane Hebb, Stanford community forum chair, Terry Piccolo as well as ex-serviceman Luke Seeley and a number of others have made a pledge and started a restoration fund to give the memorial a complete overhaul so that it is ready for 2014, which will mark the centenary of the Great War.
GRAYS High Street was jammed with fans on Wednesday (30 October) as their favourite television character came to town. The Grays Town Partnership (GTP) organised the fun as Peppa Pig paraded for her fans. Mums, dads and their little ones had the chance to meet and have photographs taken with the star – and Tiggy, the Thameside tiger - as well has having their faces painted and name-badges made in the two marquees set up in the High Street.
