AT A confusing and incoherent full council meeting last night, the Tory opposition were able to expose the fact the the Labour Portfolio Holders were saying one thing while their officers were saying another.
The judges were extremely impressed with the very high standard they found in and around Bulphan and commented highly on the hard work the Bulphan in Bloom team have achieved over the past year.
Chloe-Louise Driscoll, 12, from Little Burstead, who attended Gable Hall School in Corringham, says she can’t wait for auditions for Aladdin, to be staged at Grays Civic Hall at the end of the year.
A truly excellent performance with both bat and ball saw Belhus achieve a comprehensive victory at Belfairs Park on Sunday. Despite a challenging total, no Belhus batsman reached a half-century, instead it was a gutsy team performance with no fewer than seven batsmen reaching double figures.
TERMINAL illness is not about to put off proud parents Leesa and Allan Lynch from doing the best for their two-year-old-son who has been struck down with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
The students have embedded themselves into the culture of Thurrock and learnt so much and also given much back. A lot of credit has to go to their tutors: Amina and Jennifer, who have run a tight ship in the UK and Nigeria but they have ensured that the best has been extracted from the students.
Local MPs Stephen Metcalfe and Jackie Doyle-Price visited London Gateway to see the construction work and offer their support for what is the largest employment creation project in the UK.
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"The council has already responded to the advice from HSE and has developed new updated training programmes and arranged training for staff in schools, which will include headteachers".
Other deficiencies found included: the hospital toilet was inoperative; the crew shower facilities were unusable the instructions for the main engine emergency starting were missing; the emergency escape from the engine room was not marked and the inflatable liferafts were not properly marked the id was incorrect.
During the evening Essex Police carried out 20 stop checks on young people and seized a large quantity of beer and cigarettes. There was also one arrest for possession of Class A drugs and Thurrock Council Community Protection Officers issued three fixed penalty notices for littering.
As well as visiting the housing office, leisure centre, sheltered complexes, and library, Mr Farrant saw first hand the poor state of some roads and access on the Frost estate, speeding issues on the Sorrells, the need to keep improving facilities on the Crux estate off Gardner Avenue, the impact that the new port development will have on traffic and the environment, the condition of the park, and the importance of a thriving town centre to local people.
Principal Tess Walker said: "Obviously, this is the decision we were hoping for; there's a huge feeling of relief at the Academy and in the community that the new build will go ahead.
IT IS an encouraging site that more sports are being added to the Thurrock calendar as opposed to them fading away. This was the first competitive match for Thurrock as the return of the sport is in it's earliest stages.
