IT HAS been a long campaign for Essex Police Commissioner candidate, Val Morris-Cook. With a full time job to hold down and a position as deputy leader of Thurrock Council, it has been demanding but like everything, Val looks at the opportunity and not the problem.
A STANFORD-LE-HOPE man was arrested following a daylight assault in Corringham Town Centre on Tuesday afternoon. Police were called to St John's Way, Corringham at just after 1.30pm on Tuesday (November 13th).
THIS seizure shows the lengths that smugglers will go to in an attempt to conceal their illegal tobacco products. Smuggled cigarettes are un-regulated and are a major threat to the health and well-being of communities across the country. Smugglers are criminals who are only out to make a profit and do not care about the harm that they cause to legitimate retailers.
IT HAS BEEN a long six month campaign for all the Essex police crime commissioner candidates. The election takes place on Thursday with a return in Chelmsford on Friday. The Conservative candidate, Nick Alston joined justice minister, Chris Grayling and Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price in West Thurrock on Friday to discuss crime levels in the area.
THE JUSTICE minister, Chris Grayling joined Thurrock MP, Jackie Doyle-Price in West Thurrock to discuss crime with local businessmen. The summit was held in Hedley Road, opposite Proctor and Gamble. Businessmen took the political leaders on a tour of their businesses and explained what type of crimes had been committed.
THE TWO independent candidates for the post of Essex Police crime commissioner, Linda Belgrove and Mick Thwaites have made a great impression on the Essex public since they started campaigning. Mick, with 34 years experience in the police comes across as a loyal but critical friend of the police.
LEARN about the important role of Thurrock’s independent advisory group (IAG) to the police at its annual meeting on Wednesday, 14 November.
Thurrock’s IAG provides independent advice to Essex Police to ensure all communities benefit from a fair and non-discriminatory police service.
ESSEX Police is appealing for help from members of the public to find a young woman who has gone missing between midnight and 7am today, Wednesday 07/11/2012. Police have great concerns for her welfare, and would ask her to contact her family or friends or police to confirm she is safe and well.
A YOUNG woman has been found safe and well after an incident in which she was abducted from an address in south Essex. Police were called to a property in Grays shortly before midnight on Monday November 5 following reports of a burglary. Officers later established that a group of men had forced their way into the house, assaulted a man and abducted a woman.
Essex Police is today, Monday, November 5, issuing details of another two people wanted under Operation Nemesis, the force’s burglary drive. Bobby Stowers, 18, last known to be living in Hobart Road, Tilbury. He is wanted for breaching a court order on October 9.
POLICE have launched an investigation after a report of a 12-year-old boy was accosted in a subway in Corringham. The incident happened at the underpass near to the Manorway in Corringham.
SOUTH Essex Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (SERICC), Centre Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) and Southend Rape Crisis (SOSRC) held a networking event in Southend with the Essex Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidates. All candidates were invited, Nick Alston, Val Morris-Cook and Mick Thwaites took part.
ORSETT residents are vigilant after a number of suspicious incidents in the village last night (Tuesday). Police were called to Medbree Court after a report that a number of men dressed all in black were acting in a suspicious manner.
FOUR more men are being named this week as wanted in connection with Operation Nemesis, the force’s drive against burglary. Anthony Archer, 51, last known to be living in Cedar Avenue, Tiptree. He is also known as David Henry Webb. He is wanted in connection with a burglary in The Brambles, Colchester on October 22.
A TILBURY woman has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling over£1,000 for breaching a noise abatement notice. Raquel Docking, 20, of Tasmania House, Hobart Road, failed to appear before magistrates at Basildon on Monday (October 29) and was convicted in her absence.
