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Lafarge Cement Fined after Incident

Mr Ridings’ clothes caught fire and he sustained burns to his face, neck, chest, arms and hands. He received emergency treatment and spent 19 days in the Specialist Burns Unit at Broomfield

Local Charity Starts Campaign

Fed up with the intermittent and speed of BTs Broadband Service, a local East Tilbury Charity has decided to take action, David Lawrence manager of Thurrock Re-Use Project, which you might

Embarrasing Bodies’ Jensen at Lakeside

Event has been cancelled

The Early Bird Catches the Worm

If you are in business and would like to sample their fare then they have a visitors day on the 18th November .

Lakeside Rents will Rise

Property consultant Cushman & Wakefield recently warned new retail space would fall 40% below the average of the past decade this year as development was scuppered by the recession.

End of Season Sails

MARCO POLO operated a variety of cruises from the historic Grade II* listed Terminal at Tilbury during the year including Baltic Capitals, Round Britain and Fjords whilst OCEAN COUNTESS ran similar cruises from Hull, Newcastle, Leith, Greenock, Liverpool

Councillor calls for help for local businesses

The bad news from the spending review will blight whole communities up and down the country and of course it will affect some of our own deprived communities very badly also. With the comprehensive spending review from the Government, its negative effect on the general economic situation, the competition for inwards investment in our borough just got a lot harder.

Ivor Goodsite goes to Treetops

The presentation included a very special visitor ‘Ivor Goodsite’.  Ivor helped to highlight the dangers of building sites and also to explain how site managers make building sites safer. 

Labour and businesses split over business partnerships

Essex FSB Chairman, Iain Wicks, said: “Today’s announcement that the Greater Essex, Kent and East Sussex LEP has been approved is excellent news for the local economy and in particular for small businesses as it puts the business community in the driving seat for economic development and regeneration across the area.

Lakeside half term Halloween fun

The food court will also host a “guess the weight of the pumpkin” competition which will see five children receive some great prizes from a selection of the centre’s retailers, including a mountain bike and MP3 player. There will also be plenty of other spooky surprises courtesy of activities on a Halloween-themed stage.

MP asks minister to back business

He said: "I thank my right hon. Friend the Minister for his answer. Following his earlier comments, I seek assurance that small and medium-sized enterprises in my constituency can access Government contracts. Can he give me any examples of practical help now or in future that would make that easier to achieve?

Thurrock’s Tory MP slams Chancellor over Dartford Crossing

Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle Price may find herself on the carpet after she criticises her own government over the increase of Dartford Crossing tolls by 66%."I don't think it acceptable to increase charges until the issues of capacity have been addressed-this amounts to a queue tax not a toll".

Dartford Tolls to jump up by 66%!

The Chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review today (October 20) confirmed that toll prices will increase on the crossing from £1.50 to £2 by 2011 and then upto £2.50 by 2012.

Essex Police react to “savage” cuts

The Spending Review announced today, Wednesday, October 20, 2010, has confirmed that the police service will have to make significant savings. Although final figures will not be known until the grant settlement is made in late November/early December, it is our assessment that Essex Police will have to save a figure in the region of approximately £50 million by 2014.

West Thurrock lorry park agent in “secret meeting bid” with top planning councillor

Titan Lorry Park agent Brian Pooley informed YourThurrock that since the last planning meeting he had not made any communication whatsoever with any member of the councils' planning committee. YourThurrock then asks him to account for an e-mail sent from his address to cllr Terry Hipsey inviting him to a meeting with ICG Managing Director John Carver.

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