THIRTY young musicians from Thurrock Youth Orchestra and Thurrock Youth Big Band showed off their talents in France earlier this month.
It was as part of the Act (A Common Territory) cross-Channel partnership - an innovative collaboration between leading arts and education partners from France and England and funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
THE summer exhibition of the Thurrock Art Society is on at the Swan Gallery in Horndon on the Hill. The exhibition runs from July 20th to August 15th and is situated in the gallery above The Swan pub.
ORGANISERS of the sixth Grays Big Lunch are planning a day of family fun at the end of the month. Wednesday, 30 July is the date, and 11am to 3pm is the time for the annual one-day get together at Grays Town Park, off Bedford Road - bring a picnic and a blanket to sit on!
AS awful as it sounds to be so obsessed with a material thing, my phone is an important possession of mine; it constantly keeps me in the loop and up to date with everything, to do with my friends, family, school, and the media. If I’m not on my phone, I’ll be listening to music from it or it’ll be in my pocket. To be completely honest, I think there has probably only been a few days in the five years I’ve had a phone when I’ve gone out without it. Recently, I chose to go out with my family and leave my phone at home.
DOZENS of classic cars are coming to Corringham Village Hall (CVH) on Saturday (July 19th).
It will be more Corringham Graffiti than American Graffiti as...
THE evening's formalities were closed by Dr Sophina Asong addressing the gathering and praising the splendid work of this caring group of students who have already raised hundreds of pounds for various charities including St Lukes Hospice, The Karis May Darling foundation and Internationally a WaterAid Project.
LANGDON Hills Country Park is hosting family-friendly and free bicycle rides every month until the winter offering a great way to see the countryside up close. The monthly rides are led by Thurrock Council’s Rangers and follow cycle paths across the Country Park and surrounding land.
IT was Friday, so off to my boy's u9 cricket 'el Classico' Belhus v Horndon. It's the away leg for our go-ahead Belhus club team. All the boys are brilliant. Truly entertaining fare and our team edge it by just one run. Sunday, it is an all day football tournament at st clere's school in Stanford-le-hope. All day because my daughters u11 LTD team played in the morning and the afternoon with my Son fits in nine games for his Thurrock FC u8s. What a truly well run football tournament, the best organised that i have attended. St clere's is a cooperative academy school and clearly the school work hard with their local community. Long may this continue.
A ST CLERE'S school pupil has been charged with taking a knife into school and threatening to kill two fellow pupils. An Essex police spokesman said: “We were contacted shortly before 9am on Wednesday, July 2nd, and asked to attend St Clere’s School, Butts Lane, Stanford-le-Hope due to reports of a boy threatening two 12-year-old children via BlackBerry Messenger.
PALMER'S College accounting students proved their knowledge and skills on the world’s leading trading floor by taking first prize in the national ICMA Stock Market Competition.
CREWS have been called to tackle a blaze involving a rubbish pile spread across 60m x 30m on a travellers site. Firefighters arriving at the scene reported that half the mixed rubbish pile was well alight and they set to work using two hose reels to extinguish flames.
THE Essex Wildlife Trust is opening a new play area at its visitor centre in Thameside Nature Park on Saturday 19th July. With the play area being officially opened at 10am there’ll be plenty to do as children can climb the lighthouse, operate the diggers and slide down the jetty on this custom made play area.
IN the Spring of 2014, Bow Flats decided to go back into the studio to record three more songs to add to their catalogue. After recording three the year before, Bow Flats have decided to throw everything they have onto one digestible disc for your enjoyment.
A TOTAL of 47 people have been arrested in a major police operation against organised crime in south Essex. The arrests were carried out under Operation Erasure which targeted offenders involved in Class A drug dealing, burglary and violent crime.
