This was a lavish production with expensive props and effects so they had to sell seats and they did so in spades. Not a seat in the house for the Friday and Saturday shows so well done to all the team for getting those seats filled.
To raise awareness of the issue and show that ethical alternatives do exist, Alisa Jeffrey and the 24-7 Prayer community house in Stanford-le-Hope are staging an ethical fashion show on Saturday 6th November at 7:30pm at the TCF Corringham Centre, Giffords Cross road/Chase Road, Corringham.
The home side started the brighter with Joe Carlos hitting the post from Matt Bodkin’s deep free kick and on 13 minutes Bromley keeper Wes Foderingham excelled with a triple save, first from Lee Roache who ran clear and twice from Cliff Akurang as Thurrock tried to press home their advantage.
Canvey Island extended their winning streak to three matches in all competitions with a 3-1 victory away to relegation-threatened Aveley. However, despite an excellent...
Reiss Gilbey pulls the strings as a classy looking East Thurrock get back to within three points off top spot as they overcome Ilford 2-1 at Rookery Hill.
It took to 47 minutes for the next chance as the Docker's Nathan Gordon twisted and turned he unleashed a shot which rebounded off the crossbar. With Tilbury pushing on, they left themselves open at the back, and on 59 minutes the game was put to bed when Okojie picked up the ball on the right and cut in to fire a poor strike which landed to substitute Joel Barnett, who struck the ball hard and low past the diving Marrable to give the Blues the three points.
While two firefighters were inspecting the second property, two of their colleagues remained in the appliance which was pelted with fireworks. The firefighters were unhurt and there was no damage to the appliance but it was reported as a near miss.
Again, not much joy for the borough with only East Thurrock obtaining any points. Thurrock still winless, Aveley and Tilbury both look like they will be facing relegation battles throughout the winter.
If there has been a retrenchment then it comes at a strange time. Thurrock was castigated by the Audit Commission last year for having one of the worst records for community cohesion in the country. Have the powers-that-be decided that there is little they can do to stem the tide of cultural ghetto-isation that the Commission for Racial Equality boss Trevor Phillip has alluded to.
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.
SOME people hear the opening bars of Hallelujah and feel a sense of dread but not in the case of Rebecca Corben whose rich textured voice belies her years. When Your Voice returns in February we hope to see a new batch of singers but we also hope that some of the singers over the months or indeed years return to the stage.
Business at the ports division is slightly ahead of expectations, with new business initiatives and tonnage increases in some areas.
Tilbury grew overall tonnage by 8% in the nine months to the end of September, with the unit dealing with timber, forest products, ro-ro (roll on/roll off) traffic and motor vehicles performing “particularly well”.
Firefighters were called to tackle a fire in a flat on the second floor of a high rise block. Several floors of the building were affected by smoke and crews evacuated families inside. ECFRS received a number of calls alerting crews to the incident and sent a pre-determined number of appliances - four pumps and an aerial ladder platform - because the fire involved a high rise block.
STANFORD Councillor Terry Hipsey is holding a surgery this evening at St Margarets church between 5pm and 8pm. Residents are welcome to discuss a variety of issues and subjects with the Labour councillor.
