PALMER'S College organised two successful Higher Education (HE) events this week encouraging first year students to think about university along with providing second year students and their parents with valuable HE information.
ZUMBA classes are springing up all over Thurrock. Lola Adeyoye has classes in Chadwell, Grays and Chafford Hundred. The dance classes merge a number of dance styles from Bangra to Samba to give the members an all-round work-out.
But there is hope, the scene hasn't completely died. Cashmori, the collective name for a group of musicians such as Razzarkay, Monk and Buzzypea are still appearing in an alleyway near you as well as recording in home studios, proving that they can still produce the music.
Council "a bit part player in its own movie" as watchdog criticises Thurrock Council's role in the regeneration agenda. "To address these successfully, the Council must play a bigger role in enabling and embedding local growth, especially in partnership."
TROUBLED South West Essex PCT has announced merger plans with NHS South West Essex as part of its plans to make savings. NHS South West Essex wants to save £52m, which would include reducing staff to 2008 levels.
FIRE CREWS were called after a car left the road in Juniper Drive and hit a garage adjoining a house. Although no-one was trapped, firefighters were requested to attend to deal with an unsafe structure.
All acts will be asked to perform to ‘Hairspray’s ‘You Can’t Stop the Beat’ for two to three minutes.
Individual performers’ auditions are from 9.30am to 11am, latest registration 12pm. Performers will need a CD with the appropriate sound or backing track.
Fuel poverty is a key issue for many, particularly in light of the current financial climate, rising fuel costs and the onset of cold weather; which caught many people out last winter. All these make it a struggle to stay on top of fuel bills.
THE CLUB whose whole future has been thrown into doubt after it's owner was placed at the centre of the "spot-fixing" allegations has been allowed to resume it's season at Aveley this Friday.
May came and went and Labour manoevured their way into power. The Audit Commission produced their assessment of the council's governance. It made for grim reading on the one hand but it also hinted at the green shoots of recovery. Labour appear to have an easy win as the Tories let the reserves dwindle to just over a million. Labour are now in a: "Taking Care Of Business" mode. Cllr Barry Johnson is not so sure.
That set up a nervous last seven minutes and Rocks were found wanting. They conceded a couple of corners and scrambled them away but in added time another came in and avoided the melee of flying home legs, rolling into the path of Ian Salt who smashed it into the net to spark delirium among the visiting players and despair among the home side.
What it will cover: How to understand the language of your audience; How a PR strategy fits into a marketing strategy; The difference between PR and advertising; What can PR do for my business; What makes a good story.
Bob Neill MP said: “I am extremely pleased to be at London Gateway for the first time and to see for myself how DP World’s investment in this region is beginning to develop and restore confidence in the area’s economic recovery. This innovative development is changing the landscape along the Thames in many ways, bringing world class trading facilities, new jobs and training opportunities, at the same time as creating valuable green spaces for the local community and an ideal wildlife habitat.”
THERE IS more to Gary Wade than just his poetry but at this moment in time it is what defines and sustains him. For many, Gary sums up a typical life in Thurrock. Just past thirty, trying to find a job, trying to stay away from temptations, anti-social problems with a neighbour and keen to be seen in a positive light.
