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How would you spend £25 million in Grays?

GRAYS Towns Board is asking residents to share their feedback, ideas and suggestions to help ensure the Town Fund Deal is the right deal for the people who live and work in Grays.

Ortu Corringham Primary School gets new Headteacher

LEE Porter has been appointed Headteacher of Ortu Corringham Primary School following a competitive selection process by the Trust Board of the Ortu Federation.

Grays Beachcombers continue to clean up area

ANOTHER great litter picking event on an incredibly nice mild November morning at Grays Beach.  The stats - 27 sacks filled including 257 single use...

Splashing times are ahead at Grays Beach Park

WE may be approaching the dark nights and cold days of winter, but a splash of colour that has appeared in Grays offers a tantalising view of lots of summer fun to come.

Call for action to keep children safe from vehicles after narrow escape outside school gates in Aveley

A CALL has been made for the installation of a pedestrian crossing outside a borough primary school after an accident was narrowly averted reports Thurrock Nub News.

Amazon Tilbury make donation to children’s home

A Barnardo's service in the Borough of Redbridge has received a donation of £1,000 from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Tilbury as it continues its vital work following the impact of COVID-19.

Bringing care and the community together in Thurrock with four new integrated medical centres

Health, social care and community services in Thurrock are being transformed with the creation of four new integrated medical centres (IMC), and the first is due to start building work in the new year.

Cash boost for Land of the Fanns

THE Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme has awarded £26,100 to six projects across the Scheme’s area in the last round of its...

Concerned doctor’s message to Purfleet patients: “It’s important you know we’re COVID-secure and open.”

PEOPLE with non-COVID health conditions should still seek the help they need - as NHS services are still open even as the country enters its second lockdown.

Bulphan WI install poppy display at churchyard

BULPHAN WI members along with a WISP (WI Supporting Partner) braved the windy conditions on the morning of Sunday 1st November to install the poppy...

Holy Smokes! Morrisons brings back explosive bangers

MORRISONS has announced it is bringing back a set of fiery bonfire night bangers made with three of the hottest chillies known to mankind. Back...

£750,000 to fund accessible play area in Grays and bus terminal improvements

GRAYS is set to benefit from a fast-tracked cash injection of £750,000 that will see the delivery of a new fitness zone and accessible play area in Grays Beach park, as part of the government's £3.6billion Towns Fund.

Finally! A New Building For Tilbury Pioneer Academy

AFTER years of funding setbacks and disappointments, the community of Tilbury finally welcomed the opening of Tilbury Pioneer Academy’s new building.  Amidst the continuing...

Purfleet-on-Thames Remembrance Day

PURFLEET-on-Thames Remembrance Day

Stanford’s Faith wins British Citizen Youth Award

DESPITE the coronavirus pandemic, 25 extraordinary young people from across the UK are being recognised with the coveted British Citizen Youth Award. One of them is Faith Clotworthy, age 9 from Stanford le Hope in Essex.

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