THURROCK COMMUTERS have been advised to come up with an alternative way of getting home from London later as the first in a series of strikes begins reports the BBC. Thousands of London Underground workers are due to begin a 24-hour walkout in two waves at 1700 BST and 2100 BST.
"On 26th January 2007 the Development Corporation met on site with the Mr Austen (Industrial Chemicals) and their planning agent Mr Pooley. At the meeting Mr Austen stated that his company had been approached by members of the Council’s cabinet and the mayor (cllr Joy Redsell).
They had apparently encouraged the company to develop a lorry park on the site.
The Belhus club would like to thank all its supporters who made its 50th anniversary cricket celebrations possible, especially its caterers, umpires, scorers, sponsors and groundstaff.
Modest Mike had taken the steps from being interested in the community, to being the Chair of Orchards Community Forum to now being the local ward councillor.
A lucky escape for Thurrock here at Westleigh Park this afternoon, they were beaten with an outstanding second half performance that should have seen at least eight goals for the home side.
NOW and again, we sneak over the border. YourThurrock's Mike Jones spent the day at the Havering Show. He caught up with Gerry Marsden from the legendary Gerry and The Pacemakers.
Lowly Swindon pulled off a shock draw against a Lakeside Hammers side that failed to fire on all cylinders as the race for the Elite League play-offs hit fever pitch.
I have enjoyed almost a year on my allotment, which was very overgrown when I took it on. For someone who doesn’t like creepy crawlies, I haven’t done bad. I’ve sat in my shed and watched a mouse outside running back and forth. Funny, but outside they don’t seem so frightening; indoors I’d have been terrified. I’ve kept my head whilst digging up potatoes and unearthing red ant nests full of eggs and hundreds of ants. I haven’t jumped when finding a creepy crawly on my arm, but flicked it off calmly and carried on. Though I still run when confronted by a wasp.
Jodie gets up at 5am every day to travel down to the stables in Fobbing. There she meets her beloved Nelly. There she mucks out, feeds, grooms and the takes Nelly for a canter or hack, depending on the time.
It is a fascinating process. Director Tom Guthrie spends a long time with the "people's" performers, choreographing and nurturing them. It is interesting to watch those involved as we see them in their "ordinary" walks of life. Mike Ostler from the Heritage Groups, Karen Glazzard from the Beehive and Jeffrey Nathan from the Grays Community Forum.
Sports stars including local paralympian Danny Crates have been immortalised in paint with the transformation of the Daneholes Underpass, Blackshots, into a sporting mural.
The Lakeside Hammers, in proud association with The Royal Navy, have a vital period of 72 hours in front of them starting tonight (Friday) when they are at home to the Swindon Robins in their penultimate Sky Sports Elite League match of the season. Then, on Monday 6th September, they face the Peterborough Panthers in the final League match of the campaign.
YourThurrock asked councillor Harrison to confirm that he had quit the Group but he would only say: "No comment". Whether he will join the Mayor Cheale and Councillor St-Clair-Haslam in the Concerned Conservatives Group remain to be seen.
