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MC Beth-Hip Hop Shakespeare at Grays Library

AN interactive and exciting theatrical and spoken word Hip Hop Shakespeare Workshop is coming to Grays Library on Tuesday 18 October followed by a free performance at Thameside Theatre.

Shambles!: Thurrock Council health boss slams NHS and GP over East Tilbury Medical Centre

THURROCK Council officers, local health organisations and councillors attended a busy set of public meetings on Wednesday 12 October following the news that patients of the East Tilbury Medical Centre had to find new GP practices because their one was closing in just two weeks.

Join in with the Friends of Gobions Park Christmas walk

THE Friends of Gobions Park are organising a Christmas walk/run starting at Gobions Park East Tilbury along the sea wall to St Catherine's Church (around 2.7 miles)

Six hurt in road smash on Buckingham Hill Road near Linford

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a two vehicle road traffic collision in Buckingham Hill Road, Linford.

Halloween to mark the opening of the Tilbury Hub

THERE are a number of events to mark the opening of the Tilbury Community Hub on Civic Square.

Authorities set to deal with traveller encampment in Aveley

ESSEX Police and Thurrock Council are dealing with an unlawful traveller encampment in Aveley.

Stifford Clays Primary to host celebration of history

Stifford Clays Primary to host celebration of history

Investigation after woman injured in Stanford-le-Hope fire

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a flat fire in Stanford Le Hope. Crews administered first aid to a woman suffering with smoke inhalation. Firefighters had extinguished the fire by 14:16hrs.

Stanford residents asked to do their bit as Operation Xylophone launched to tackle anti-social behaviour

THURROCK Council has been working alongside Essex Police to tackle Anti-social behaviour (ASB) in key hotspots across the borough in a new operation called Xylophone.

Deaths of US airmen over Bulphan in 1943 remembered

LAST weekend saw local councillors Brian and Sue Little attend the 73 commemoration and thanks giving service at St Mary The Virgin Church at Bulphan for the B-17 American Airmen who perished in a mid air collision in September 1943 in the fields at Tillingham Hall Bulphan.

Stanford councillors win battles on bottle-necks on roads

STANFORD West Conservative's, Cllr's Shane Hebb and Terry Piccolo, have reacted positively to the news that a long-standing campaign to eliminate bottle-necking at Hardie Road, Stanford-le-Hope, has been won.

Grays Athletic and William Edwards School announce Sports Hub plan

YT understands that Grays Athletic have taken a step closer to finding a location for their new ground after the announced on their website that William Edwards School confirmed that the club is an important part of the Blackshots sports hub.

Thames tidy-ups throughout autumn

THIS autumn Thames21 are returning to Grays and Tilbury. We are joining forces with local organisations – Grays Riverside, Grays Phoenix, Thurrock Yacht Club and Tilbury Riverside Project

Charity Clubathon for cancer in Chafford

Charity Clubathon for cancer in Chafford

Art and Patchwork Exhibition in Chadwell St Mary

Art and Patchwork Exhibition in Chadwell St Mary

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