Communities

ESSEX Firefighters were alerted to a house fire in Bulphan this lunchtime (Friday 3 March) thanks to a passing postman who spotted smoke pouring out of the property's roof void and called 999.

PURFLEET Community Hub needs people to make things happen! The Hub, one of a programme of community hubs across Thurrock, is looking for...

TO launch LOVE GRAYS, a new initiative by business led Grays Town Management Partnership, a huge exhibition - Love Letter to My Hometown: Grays - will fill the High Street, on Saturday 25 February: 10am – 5pm

REFURBISHED in an urban-chic style, The Old Courthouse also offers a high-specification break out space, a state-of-the-art kitchen, and an executive boardroom available for hire. With the recent addition of a coworking area, virtual office solutions

A PRE-school in South Ockendon has been praised by Ofsted. Scalliwags Pre-School is based at South Ockendon Village Hall on North Road. It was inspected in...

THE Fobbing and Corringham WI will be meeting at the Village Hall, Springhouse Road, Corringham on Tuesday February 21 at 2.30pm.

A BIG-hearted Stanford resident is undertaking a number of acts of charitable kindness across the area. Paul Luke has started the "Stanford Le Hope and...

TWO lay-bys on Thurrock roads are to be closed later this month in an effort to tackle anti-social behaviour.

A SOUTH OCKENDON nursery that was told it needed to improve has been praised by education watchdog Ofsted. Headstart Nursery in Darenth Lane, South Ockendon...

MEMBERS of a social care team have marked the death of a much-loved colleague by raising almost £1,000 in her memory. Linda Chandler died last...

Full House Theatre will stage dance theatre performance Where The River Runs this February for Thurrock school children and families – for free. Where The...

OVER the past two years, we have run a series of stories chronicling the exciting plans to regenerate Purfleet. http://www.yourthurrock.com/2016/12/05/purfleet-town-centre-consultation/ http://www.yourthurrock.com/2016/09/27/exciting-plans-for-the-transformation-of-purfleet-revealed/ http://www.yourthurrock.com/2016/01/15/thousands-of-new-homes-for-purfleet-as-regeneration-plans-revealed/ Back in 2016, the portfolio holder...

THIS February Half Term, children visiting the Grays Shopping Centre, will be ‘invited to walk on the wild side!

FOSTERING February is now well underway with Children First. It is part of a profile raising campaign shared with www.fostercarers.com Children First along with the other agencies

You are invited to our ‘Love your Community’ event taking place on Wednesday 22 February at 2.00pm to 5.00pm at the Tilbury Community Association in the centre of the Civic Square in Tilbury Town.