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Thurrock Council leader vows to continue public inquiry into £1b debt

THE leader of Thurrock Council has vowed to keep on fighting for a public inquiry into catastrophic financial failures that left the authority virtually...

Six-week jail sentence for Love Island star after dangerous dog incident

A MAN has been jailed after his dog injured another man in Kent. Jack Fincham, 32, of Culford Road in Grays, was charged with being...

Renovation Rescue makes an appeal to Thurrock homeowners

AFTER launching in 2024 as one of Channel 4’s biggest new lifestyle titles, Hello Sunshine’s Renovation Rescue is set to return for a second series...

Education centre in Tilbury gets a green light for House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) plan

AN education centre in Tilbury has been given the go ahead to convert its upper floors into an HMO reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Tilbury...

Roads Policing Unit head hails 2024 a year of “road safety successes”

AS 2024 ends, Head of Essex Police’s Roads Policing Unit (RPU) looks back at some of the policing activities carried out by his officers...

Football: East Thurrock host four on the road

GOALS from Harry Prince, Kieron Miles, Bailey Morris and Jack Coventry marked a superb away day for the Rocks. There was chaos before a ball...

Public urged to get flu vaccine as hospitalisation rates rise steeply

THE government’s medical experts are calling on eligible groups to ensure they book their flu and COVID-19 vaccinations before the deadline on 19 December....

Chelmsford Racecourse: preview and tips for Thursday’s nine-race evening card under the lights

THE latest evening meeting at Chelmsford Racecourse takes place on Thursday with a nine-race card under the lights at the Essex track. Racing gets underway...

Police make County Lines arrests in Grays and Tilbury

TWENTY-eight people were arrested and drugs with a potential street value of more than £310,000 were seized during the latest County Lines Intensification Week. Officers...

Labour’s unitary council reorganisation plans get mixed response from leaders

THE creation of a one-tier mega authority for Essex—that would entirely replace the current county council and local councils— is “undemocratic” and was likened...

Football: Grays Ath sunk by the Yachtsmen

Isthmian North Grays Ath 2 v 5 Wroxham GRAYS Ath, in the higher echelons of the Isthmian North, played host to struggling Wroxham. The visiting Yachtsmen, deep in...

Football: Aveley struggles continue after defeat at Hampton

National League South Hampton and Richmond 2 v 0 Aveley AVELEY'S relegation woes continued with a 2-0 defeat away at Hampton. Goals by Kristian Campbell (54')...

Football: Tilbury in seventh hell after defeat to Abbey

Isthmian North Waltham Abbey 7 v 2 Tilbury TILBURY travelled to Capershotts to meet fellow Isthmian North promotion chasers Waltham Abbey.  They did so with reasonably high...

Nurse struck off after ‘sexually motivated’ behaviour towards pregnant woman

A NURSE whose “sexually motivated” behaviour towards a patient distressed her so much she felt she could not seek further hospital treatment and had...

Football: East Thurrock go close against Kings Park

Kings Park Rangers 2-1 East Thurrock Community FC EAST Thurrock got off to the worst possible start, conceding within 3 minutes, as a set piece...

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