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Investigation Launched After Thurrock Restaurant Burns Down

Seven crews were sent to the fire at the former Lang Viet restaurant, in London Road. Fire broke out at around 4.50pm on friday and had spread to three quarters of the building, across two floors.

Boreham Wood 2 v 2 Thurrock

Thurrock should have equalised in the 34th minute when a fabulous turn by Bodkin down the right flank found Lee Roache whose shot come cross was inches away from the toe of Cliff Akurang and an open goal but the ball ran wide of the post.

Saturday Football Results

Well-earned draw for Thurrock, Aveley and East Thurrock are the highlights of the first full saturday of the season.

Grays Athletic 0 v 1 Harlow Town

A 15th minute close range bundled in header from Che Stadhart was enough to secure the three points for Harlow at Rookery Hill this afternoon.

Key Victory For Hammers

With three heats to go Richardson popped out of the gate to defeat Karlsson in thirteen as Shields saw off fellow countryman Proctor, putting the Hammers six points up. Davidsson and Robson then filled the minor placings in the penultimate race as Woffiden took his only win of the night before Richardson completed a resounding full maximum in the final race.

Floating Museum Heading To Tilbury

The museum is intended to explore for the first time the interlinked stories of London's industrialisation, trade, energy, commodities, migration, wealth creation, seafaring and shipbuilding.

Three Former Tory Mayors Set To Be Expelled As Revell Tightens Grip

YourThurrock understands that Mayor Anne Cheale, former Mayor Ian Harrison and his wife, former Lady Mayoress Daphne Hart have all been served with expulsion notices by new Chairman, Orsett councillor Mike Revell.

Arts Disability Win Award

IN JULY, the Society for All Artist’s (the SAA) held its exhibition, “It’s all about Art”, at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London. At a prize giving ceremony held on 24th July Peggy Randall, the chairman/founder of the Thurrock Society for Artists with Disabilities, was awarded the ‘SAA 2010 Painting Bursary’ by the chairman of the SAA, John Hope-Hawkins.

Belhus Cricket Week Preview

BELHUS CC Cricket Week takes place from August 29th to September 3rd. YourThurrock will be covering events on each and every day. We will be supplying full details of the festival, next week.

Stifford Clean-Up

However, Angie is not averse to getting her hands dirty in her ward. Recently, we caught up with Angie in the thick of it as he and fellow councillor, Diana Hale set about cleaning up their ward

John Dean: Just Loving You

YOU MAY wonder who the four young men are at the beginning of the film. They are relatives of John, over from New York. John had a lot of exposure following his World Cup song a few months ago. The song was somewhat more successful than the team. John has now used that opportunity to re-energise his music career.

“Council Staff Waste Over Two-Thirds Of Their Working Day” Says Survey

Consultancy firm Knox D’Arcy, which carried out the research, said if all councils improved to match the private sector, they could increase productivity by a third and do the same amount of work with 500,000 fewer staff.

Saturday Football Fixtures

The first day of the season for the Ryman League teams. Most eyes will be on Grays Ath to see if they can adapt to the tough old world down at the Ryman Div One North.

Thurrock Students Star At Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh theatre critics single out Thurrock actresses for praise as they appear in the biggest arts festival in the world.

A Level Success At Chafford Hundred!

Ruhi has completed his A/S level in Maths achieving A grade (three years early) with scores of 100%, 98% and 98% for the three module. Karine has completed two modules out of the three for A/S Maths and has achieved an A grade in both, getting over 90%.

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