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South Essex College: New Basildon campus virtual open event

SOUTH Essex College is holding a virtual open event for its brand new Centre for Digital Technologies in Basildon town centre.

Covid-19: Thurrock drops to 79th in infection table

THE INFECTION rate in Thurrock has dropped by 36%.

Demolition of Tilbury’s fire station is approved

THURROCK Council has granted itself permission to demolish the former Tilbury fire station. Approval for the demolition work has been confirmed. The site will now be cleared...

Second tranche of Active Travel fund brings exciting proposals for Thurrock

THURROCK Council's Cabinet is set to hear proposals for a series of exciting walking and cycling travel schemes, with £690,000 of government funding being awarded in the second tranche of the Active Travel fund.

Essex Based Charity The Dream Factory launch their 2021 Kids Helping Kids Campaign – Kindness Makes Dreams Come True!

THE Dream Factory grants dreams to children and young adults between the age of 3 to 25 years, who suffer from life-threatening, life-limiting conditions or have severe disabilities

Children’s Mental Health Week in Thurrock

THIS children’s mental health week, it’s more important than ever to think about the significance of children’s mental wellbeing and how they can be supported.

Covid-19: Infection rate falls again by 39%

THE INFECTION rate in Thurrock has dropped by 39%. The borough has 604 cases. That equates to 341.4 cases per 100,000. They have actually gone back up...

Rapist from Grays to have ten-year jail term reviewed

A RAPIST rapper will have his ten year jail term reviewed by the Court of Appeal for being too lenient, it has been confirmed. The...

Thurrock Community Hospital is new Covid vaccination centre

THE Alastair Farquharson Centre at Thurrock Community Hospital is to become a Covid-19 vaccination centre, it was revealed today.

Building a safe and secure Essex, despite the pandemic Essex Police and Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Annual Report 2019-2020

ESSEX Police has grown in size, strength and capability over the past few years and is now better equipped to meet the challenges policing brings, even those faced during the COVID 19 pandemic.

USP College GCSE English and Maths results top 10% in the country

STUDENTS at USP College are celebrating GCSE results well above the national average after the College achieved a record-breaking outcome from exam resits taken in November.

DP World and UNICEF announce global partnership to support Covid-19 vaccination

DP World and UNICEF have announced a wide-ranging partnership to support the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and related immunisation supplies in low- and lower-middle-income countries. 

Lockdown skills: How to trim your own hair – free webinar

IS your hair growing into a lockdown beast? Thurrock Adult Community College is offering a free online Saturday webinar to help you learn the basic skills you need to tidy up hair, until we can all get to our hairdressers again!

Boy assaulted during burglary in Corringham

DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to a burglary in which two men forced their way into a home and assaulted a young boy.

Covid-19: Infection rate in Thurrock drops by 42%

THE INFECTION rate in Thurrock has dropped by 42%. The borough has 633 cases. That equates to 363.6 cases per 100,000. Thy have actually gone back up...

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