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Grays lorry deaths: European Arrest Warrant executed in Dublin

A EUROPEAN Arrest Warrant has been executed in Dublin today, Friday 1 November, in connection with the Essex Police investigation in to the deaths of 39 people who were found in a lorry trailer in Grays last week.

Emergency services observe minutes silence for 39 found dead in Grays

JUST over a week on from the tragic incident in Grays, emergency services workers and public servants from across the county have come together to observe a minute’s silence.

A dispersal order will be in place in Chafford Hundred this Halloween.

GIVEN anti-social and dangerous behaviour during this period of time in recent years, we will be putting the order in place from 6pm on Thursday 31 October and it will end at 8am on Friday 1 November.

Where are Thurrock’s new police officers? asks councillor

NEW police officers funded by Thurrock Council are to begin working in the borough by January 2020, a councillor has confirmed.

Investigation after cyclist attacked with substance in South Ockendon

POLICE have launched a probe following what appears to be a random attack on a cyclist in South Ockendon.

Man charged after two struck by car in Orsett

A MAN has been charged after two people were injured in Orsett.

Two men wanted over deaths of 39 people after bodies discovered in lorry

DETECTIVES investigating the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in Grays last week are releasing details of two men they want to speak to.

PM Boris Johnson visits Thurrock Council offices to sign Book Of Condolences

THE PRIME Minister, Boris Johnson visited Thurrock Council offices this morning to sign the Book of Condolences for the 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in West Thurrock.

Lorry driver appears in court over 39 people found dead in Grays

A LORRY driver has appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in West Thurrock.

Grays lorry deaths: Man arrested in Dublin is “person of interest”

ESSEX Police can confirm that a man arrested by the Garda at Dublin Port on Saturday 26 October is a person of interest in their murder investigation regarding the 39 people found dead in a lorry in Purfleet on Wednesday 23 October.

Grays lorry deaths: Three released on bail

THREE people arrested in connection with the investigation into the deaths of the 39 people whose bodies were found in Grays on Wednesday have been released on bail.

Grays lorry deaths: Police examine over 500 articles from lorry

ALL of the 39 people found in the lorry have now been moved from Tilbury Docks to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.

Grays lorry deaths: Man charged with 39 counts of manslaughter

THE Crown Prosecution service has authorised Essex Police to charge a man in connection with the investigating the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in Grays on Wednesday.

Grays lorry deaths: Appeal to Vietnamese over victims’ identities

EFFORTS to identify 39 bodies found inside a lorry are focusing on the Vietnamese community, police have said, as officers seek to establish whether a "wider conspiracy" was involved.

Grays lorry deaths: Vietnamese families fear relatives among dead

AT least three of the 39 people found dead in a lorry trailer in West Thurrock may have been from Vietnam reports the BBC.

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