RESPONDING to Office for Health Improvement and Disparities figures showing that the number of people accessing drug and alcohol treatment services has increased in the last year, Cllr David Fothergill, Chairman of the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board, said:
A MAJOR new survey and report, commissioned by the charity Crimestoppers, has shed light on general attitudes to sexual harassment and the age at which victims are targeted.
A THURROCK man has been convicted after making more than £2.7 million from supplying drugs in the UK, and attempting to smuggle cocaine to Iceland where it would fetch a higher price.
SERGEANT Nigel Morgan from the Port of Tilbury Police, received his well-earned Long Service and Good Conduct Medal this week as he reaches a career milestone of 20 years of policing.
SOLIHULL Moors on-loan goalkeeper Louie Moulden has donated all of his court compensation to the Solihull Moors Foundation – the club’s charitable arm.
ANTHONY and Danielle Wilson awoke at their Essex home to find their Range Rover had vanished. The vehicle was later found loaded on a container at a UK port bound for the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa. The Wilsons' experience, police warn, is becoming increasingly common reports the BBC.
THE victim was walking from South Ockendon train station, along West Road and Arisdale Avenue when they were approached by a man around 9:15am. He was then assaulted multiple times outside the Next Distribution Centre. The suspect also demanded money before assaulting the victim again and running away towards the train station.
Update: Arisa has been found
OFFICERS are looking for 15 year-old Arisa Greatrix who’s missing from her home in South Ockendon.
She was reported missing on...