The survey shows that Thurrock dads owe a whopping £10.2 million in unpaid maintenance. Only Grimsby, Milton Keynes and Blackpool owe a higher amount with £11 milion, £10.5 and £10.3 respectively.
YOU COULD see by the look on Chair of PTA Mary McLoughlin's face that it takes a huge amount of work to organise a summer fete. What we tend to forget is that it is the pinnacle of the PTA's year. Fundraising has become a key to the infrastructure of the school.
Many young artists have been up on stage at presentation evenings. Hassenbrook Year 8 students Gabrielle Mansfield and Stephanie Blackman not only took the daunting step at singing at the Year 10 Celebrating Success Evening but they also took the decision to choose a very difficult song.
Addresses in Adelaide Road, St Chads Road, Tennyson Walk and Parkside Avenue were all targeted. A number of items were seized and a quantity of a class B drug was also recovered.
Stacey Solomon, the 20 year old single mum from Dagenham, Essex has come a long way from her days serving up fish and chips at a local restaurant. She first came into the public eye when she appeared on the first show of X Factor Live Auditions shocking everyone with an angelic rendition of Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World.
IT WAS a school for sleuths last week at Grays School and Media Arts College. As part of the Arts Week, the Year 7 students set about solving some crimes. In the spirit of the school's specialism, every aspect of media art was used.
As we journey from fete to fete and festival to festival, each one has unique feel. Treetops has a real family feel, a close bond between all concerned. The glue that ties it all together is Headteacher Paul Smith, described by the Friends of Treetops as a "True ambassador for the school"
HASSENBROOK'S Hayley McLean's winning performance at the All-England Track and Field Championships has really impressed the athletics world. Although only in Year 10, Hayley laid waste to the best Year 11 300 metre hurdlers in the country.
LED by Police and Probation in Essex, the biggest alliance against crime ever contemplated in the county was launched by agency planners at an inaugural conference.
During the summer months, residents are more tempted to leave windows or doors open for ventilation, which can give opportunist thieves an open invitation to burgle the property. Whilst keeping cool is important, so is protecting your home from intrusion.
A group of 15 young adults returned to Thurrock on saturday full of enthusiasm for the future.
They had spent the previous week on an intensive residential course and now plan to spend the next nine months working for their future.
YourThurrock caught up with Jennifer at the Brand Academy session at Palmer's College. We asked Jennifer how she got involved, what role she plays adn what, in her opinion does Next Top Boss mean to the borough.
