NOT only is Loughton teen Fugative tipped as the next big thing, he is already working in the USA and Japan, proving he is walking the walk and talking the talk! You would have thought that he was a little bit big for the community cohesion concert organised by year 11 student Aaron Thompson and the student executive at William Edwards.
Representatives from a number of organisations gathered at the Beehive for the annual general meeting of CAB. This was a vital meeting as CAB finds itself under increasing demand, a growth industry and at something of a crossroads.
MP Jackie Doyle Price was especially pleased that Prime Minister, David Cameron name-checked Thurrock in his speech at the Tory party conference in Birmingham last week.
THURROCK is a rich quarry for loan sharks. No wonder: a study in 2005 showed that Tilbury and Purfleet were first and second respectively for the number of residents who had county court judgements (CCJs) against their name. Now, there is a specialist team in place that is cracking down on illegal loan sharks.
Jim's distinctive old style car, which advertises his martial arts courses, is a treasured and regular site around the borough. Indeed, Jim has been teaching generations of people the disciplines of self defence for decades.
WITH its bright pink facade, Crafty Hobbies on Dock Road is one of those shops that naturally catches the eye. It is run by Jane Lock who has just been nominated as Businesswomen of the Year by Mumsnet.
The club have had a poor start to the season, failing to win any of their ten league games.
The defeat against Lewes in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup had financial as well as footballing implications for Thurrock. Despite Hakan's enduring popularity with the fans, it appears it was time to go.
Paul Lancaster, General Manager at Lakeside says; “We are always proud to support the charitable work of our retailers and are delighted that both Marks and Spencer and HSBC were able to raise considerable amounts of money to support the great work that Macmillan does.”
Female hen harriers headed south on the 2nd and 30th and on the latter date merlin, hobby and amazingly, a female red-footed falcon were also seen going across the Thames. A raven made appearances on 13th and 19th and would be very popular if it would just land for a while and ring-necked parakeets hit a new county record of 87 on the 10th.
In a less than dynamic first half the two sides were only separated by a 17th minute header from Tom Murphy. The goal came from a Thurrock attack that broke down without effect and put Lewes driving forward with Kane Wills on the right flank, his cross was just the right pace and found Murphy in space for a free header, which he planted into the corner of the net with Keeper Joe Woolley easily beaten.
YOU can only assume that when people first heard a 12-year-old Joss Stone they went “Wow” The same is applied to Louisa Johnson whose fantastic R’n'B voice is truly beyond her years.
THAMESMEAD emerged winners of this clash of the Ryman One North high-fliers at something of a canter and a poor showing from the home was compounded when midfielder Kye Ruel was sent off in the closing minutes. A lack-lustre start from both sides, with Thamesmead having the only efforts of any note in the first ten minutes when two long distance shots drifted well wide.
Grays went into the game with three debutants in midfield. That decision was to be their undoing as the players looked competent but faced with a very hard task of bedding in eight weeks into a season and away from home. With Steven Demetriou having returned to Daggers, Marvin suspended and Tom Harvey absent, there was no way they could possibly hope to compete.
llie Donaldson was making her stage debut which can be an incredibly nervous experience. Suddenly thrust out into the stage, you cannot see a thing
Ellie took on Valerie by Mark Ronson which is a difficult song to do.
