POLICE are advising motorists to avoid the M25 following a collision anti-clockwise between junctions 28 and 27.
A collision between a motorcycle and an articulated lorry occurred just before 7.30am this morning, Thursday, July 18.
MOTORISTS are advised of a road closure in Thurrock following a road crash. The collision in Purfleet happened shortly after 2pm when a van and a lorry struck each other near Watts’s Wood on the A1306 Arterial Road. A section of the road has been closed and is anticipated to remain so until this evening. As a result, motorists are advised to avoid the area and find alternative routes.
GRAYS Town Band is holding another free concert on Saturday 13th July at 6.30pm at the United Reform Church in Bradleigh Avenue, Grays. The theme for this concert is ‘Solos, Duets, and Trios’. This theme has enabled the Band to present a wide range of music featuring a number of players on different instruments in starring roles!
STIFFORD councillor, Angie Gaywood will be on hand all weekend, to help residents complete consultation forms in relation to the Dartford Crossing. Cllr Gaywood will be at Headon Hall in Stifford Clays from 11.30 until 1.30pm on Friday and 9am to 11.30 on Saturday.
At 2pm on Friday July 12th, a hundred school children will assemble at Blackshots Olympic Rings Floral display under the direction of Thurrock Council Community section and Museum Curator Jonathan Catton to walk the Olympic Heritage Trail. Following the route of the Torch Relay, Jonathan will point out historic features along the route with the help of a specially commissioned pamphlet. There will be no road closures as the children will stick to pavement and pedestrian areas.
ON SATURDAY, there is a Family Fun Day at Bulphan Village Hall and Park, organised jointly by Bulphan School PTA and Bulphan Village Community Forum. It comprises the PTA's annual summer fete, and the celebration of Bulphan Recreation Ground's new status as a Queen Elizabeth II Field in Trust. This means it is permanently protected with a Royal Charter, as a recreational space.
This Friday evening in the Whitmore Suite, we have Friday Night Live featuring COLUMBIA, who are Essex’s Finest Cover Band, playing chart hits from the last 6 decades; including The Kinks, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, The Jacksons and even Dolly Parton right through to today’s classics such as Katy Perry, Oasis, Maroon 5, Take That and Kings Of Leon delivering every song with their own trademark style.
THURROCK Council is inviting top officials, ministers and councillors to the borough to discuss proposals for another Lower Thames Crossing. The council’s planning, transport and regeneration overview and scrutiny committee agreed the move and the special sitting of the committee will be on Monday, 1 July.
POLICE are appealing for help to find a 70-year-old man from Stanford-le-Hope who has gone missing. John Kew had been at the Dunton Boot Fair with friends, who last saw him at about 12.55pm today. [SUNDAY June 30]
Kaleigh Osborne, 25, has a rare intestinal disorder which means she cannot leave her bed and has to be fed by a machine. The J’s Hospice recognised that intu Lakeside’s Personal Stylist service could provide the kind of support that Kaleigh needed as going shopping at the centre for an outfit to wear to the wedding would be impossible. Home visits aren’t normally offered for free but on this occasion an exception was gladly made and Personal Stylist Angela Poplett conducted a series of visits with rails full of clothes and accessories to find her the right look.
FIRE crews tackled two fires in Purfleet on Saturday afternoon. Crews from Grays were called to a machinery fire at Foster Yeoman, in Jurgens Road, at about 12.15pm.
THE ELECTION to choose the Labour candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock will be held today. Hundreds of constituency party members will gather to choose between three candidates.
A GRAYS man has been charged in connection with the alleged theft of a disabled boy's wheelchair in Hertfordshire reports the Watford Observer.
Herts Constabulary said Florin Axima, 36, of Vicarage Square in Grays, Essex, and Gheorghita Stan, 28, of William Street, Grays, Essex, have since been released on police bail.
WANT to know more about the one million pound opportunities for Grays residents. The Big Local team will be out and about this summer. There are so many fantastic opportunities to change.
If performing live is more your style, then come along to tread the boards of the Thameside Theatre stage. In three days you will work with professional Actor-Musician Lorna-Marie Moore to learn the various skills you need to make it to the West End. You can delve into the world of theatre and perfect your skills in improvisation, text interpretation, characterisation and devising. With a short performance at the end of the three days come along and release your inner acting superstar!
