Job Advert: Tooling Logistics Coordinator at Stansted Airport
AES (Aircraft Engineering Services Ltd) are currently recruiting a Tooling Logistics Coordinator to join our highly skilled team at Stansted Airport on behalf of our client, Ryanair.
Chafford Hundred: Man charged following drugs warrant
A MAN has been charged following a warrant in Chafford Hundred where a cannabis grow was found.
Ortu Hassenbrook Academy celebrate Platinum Jubilee
ORTU Hassenbrook Academy brought the nostalgic street party atmosphere we all know and love straight to their school hall for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last week.
Communities across Thurrock can bid for Levelling Up funds to save pubs, clubs and historic buildings
COMMUNITY groups across the UK can today bid for levelling up funding to take back control of pubs, music venues, sports facilities, and historic buildings for the benefit of the public. Groups will be able to bid for a share of the government’s £150 million Community Ownership Fund to rescue cultural buildings in their area […]
Thames Enterprise bosses delighted at planning permission boost
THAMES Enterprise Park Limited, a joint venture between ALMCOR and Greenergy, has been given the green light from Thurrock Council for one of the most significant brownfield regeneration projects in the South East of England.
NHS in mid and south Essex offers access to the NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme
THE NHS in mid and south Essex is delighted to be delivering an innovative pilot programme which provides a total diet replacement treatment for some patients who are living with Type 2 Diabetes and are overweight.
Owner reunited with his ring thanks to cemeteries team
A GRATEFUL man has thanked Thurrock Council Cemeteries Operative Tim Stock after he found and returned his wedding ring which had fallen off when he was visiting the burial site of a loved one in Chadwell Cemetery.
Two charged following drugs investigation in Thurrock
TWO men have been charged in connection with an investigation into the supply of Class A drugs in Thurrock. Officers stopped a vehicle in Grays at about 2pm on Tuesday 24 May. During a search of the vehicle officers located a quantity of what we believe to be Class A drugs. During a further search […]
How to build ‘Female Friendly’ clubs: Free training available
CLUBS who’d like to grow a new women’s and girls’ team can discover what an ideal ‘female friendly’ environment looks like by accessing an interactive, online FA workshop, aimed at both committee members and coaches.
Cricket: Healy half century sets up Belhus win
BELHUS 3rd XI batted first at the South Ockendon REC on what was a very trcky wicket after the previous day’s heavy rainfall.
Thurrock Labour leader slams Tories over nursery closures
THE LEADER of Thurrock Labour has made the following response regarding the closure of two nurseries in Tilbury.
Job Advert: Creative Director for START: Thurrock Creative People and Place
OUR new Creative People and Place is START: Thurrock (Stronger Together Arts) through which our community will take the lead in creating a new story for Thurrock. START will energise our people in the forging of a confident new arts-led narrative post pandemic.
South Essex College: Hearing impaired student dancing his way to success at prestigious dance colleges
LEVEL 3 Dance student, Oliver Hewing, 18, from Grays, is a step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a professional dancer by being accepted to train at two prestigious dance colleges; Bird and Performers.
Belhus: Six wicket haul for Ray Toole
IN the second Hamro Foundation Essex League match of the season at North Stifford, Belhus 1st XI batted first and posted what looked like an under-par total of 189 as Danny Joyce led the way with 45
Launch of consultation on Lower Thames Crossing
THIS Thursday (12 May) sees the launch of a new consultation on some localised changes to the project before we submit our Development Consent Order application later this year.
Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price expresses concern over prison conditions for women
TWO reports by cross-party groups of MPs have accused the Government of going against its own Female Offender Strategy by preparing to hold more women in prison.
Thurrock sees increases in “no-fault” evictions”
THE number of Essex households threatened with homelessness as a result of “no-fault” evictions has rocketed compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Appeal to Thurrock residents to provide loving home for guide dog puppies
CALLING all dog-lovers – could you look after a guide dog puppy in Essex?
A13: Major milestone on the horizon
AT 5am on Monday 2 May, the A13 Road Widening Project will reach a major milestone, as the newly created third lane will open to traffic in both directions between the Stanford-le-Hope and Orsett junctions.
Neighbours alert after smoke alarm sounds in Grays
ESSEX Firefighters are highlighting the importance of having working smoke alarms after we were called to a kitchen fire by neighbours who heard smoke alarms going off.
Drug arrests in Essex increased by 76% during coronavirus pandemic
ESSEX saw the third-highest increase in drug arrests in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, a report has revealed. The number of drug-related arrests made by Essex Police officers jumped from 4,111 pre-pandemic to 7,261 in 2020/21, according to government statistics. In percentage terms, the drug arrests in Essex rose by 76.6% during the coronavirus […]
Football: Grays end season with a victory
BLUES brought the curtain down on their season and manager Paul Joynes’s career in management with a thrilling comeback to defeat Maldon & Tiptree. With just fifteen minutes on the clock and looking to be heading for a third successive defeat a late rally produced two goals, and it could have been more.
All Stories set to tell tales at Thurrock libraries
ALL Stories, the mentorship for under-represented writers will be working with Essex & Thurrock Libraries and Essex Book Festival to deliver creative writing workshops to aspiring authors who are interested in writing for children and young adults, during May 2022. Catherine Coe of All Stories will be partnering with award winning authors, Patrice Lawrence (who is also […]
Football: Heartache for East Thurrock United as they are relegated
EAST Thurrock United’s hopes of escaping relegation from the Isthmian Premier league were dashed in a dramatic afternoon at Rookery Hill reports Thurrock Nub News.