MAY is Autism Awareness Month. Thurrock Adult Community College are booking final spaces on an informative, online course to understand Asperger Syndrome.
THIS won't take long. This is a tough one for Labour candidates to win. Unless of course you are Councillor Abbie Akinbohun, who, it seemed through sheer willpower and doggedness won the seat for Labour in 2018.
NATIONAL Lottery funding of more than £876,784 has been given to good causes in Thurrock in 2019/20 according to new figures released today to mark the launch of The National Lottery Awards.
ESSEX-based Charity The Dream Factory grants dreams to children and young adults between the age of 3 to 25 years, who suffer from life-threatening, life-limiting conditions or have severe disabilities and to date has granted over 504 dreams!
A SHARP rise in child welfare referrals being made from the NSPCC helpline to external agencies such as the police or children's services in the East of England in the last year – against the backdrop of the pandemic - has been revealed by the child protection charity.
CARE home residents will be able to leave their home for low-risk trips without having to self-isolate for 14 days afterwards, the government says reports the BBC.
ESTUARY 2021 is a large-scale live and online arts festival which will see over 90 works and events presented in outdoor locations across Essex and Kent, from Shoeburyness to Tilbury, from Gravesend to Margate; including Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea and Southend on Sea in Essex:
FOLLOWING a sell-out show staged at Sands by the Sea restaurant, Southend, in December, After Dark Live – the organisers of the Comedy at the Sands stand-up spectaculars at the seafront restaurant - are finally able to announce a follow-up performance. . . on Saturday, May 22, 2021.
A WOMAN whose partner tragically died at the age of 30 has called for bowel cancer screening tests for people of all ages. Nathan Pritchard was repeatedly sent home from A&E and told he just had constipation after suffering symptoms for weeks – but died months later.
