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PATIENTS will now have essential information about the hospital at their fingertips thanks to new placemats. The new initiative came about as a result of...

MORE than 1,300 signatures have been gathered on a fast-growing petition calling for the reinstatement of Ceri Evans as principal at the Ortu Federation Gable Hall School.

A SERIES of storytelling events in Grays will start this week and will run throughout August.

THE large number of unfilled NHS job vacancies is posing a serious risk to patient safety, a report by MPs says reports the BBC. It...

CONSERVATIVE-run Thurrock Council has a good record for pothole repairs and road resurfacing compared to other Essex local authorities and for the next two months the Council's Velocity 'Jet Patching' Programme will blitz the whole Borough as part of our commitment to 'Clean it, Cut it, Fill it'.

ALDI has announced it is looking to hire around 94 people in its warehouse in Essex over the next 12 months.

GRAYS residents are being asked for their views on the potential options for the future location of GP services to support the Grays Integrated Medical and Wellbeing Centres.

POLICE, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Roger Hirst has successfully secured £503,000 extra funding to be invested to support survivors of sexual abuse and domestic...

A WOMAN is among the first to be charged with a new offence after officers dealt with an incident of disruption on the M25. 

CORY has today urged Government to take immediate action to reduce the amount of plastic that enters the non-recyclable waste stream and to create...

FOLLOWING complaints from the residents of Greenwood House, Butler House and Davall House, Grays councillors Jane Pothecary, Tony Fish and Martin Kerin have called on the council to get on with fixing lights in the car park.

WITH just over a week to go, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging more than 222,600 tax credits customers to renew their claims...

REPRESENTATIVES of different faiths have taken part in a private blessing as Thurrock Council takes steps to provide a dedicated section within West Thurrock Cemetery for the Nepalese Gurkha community.

ON Tuesday (19 July) the Corporate Parenting Committee at Thurrock Council met and discussed the Council's improving record on children's social care. The total number of Looked After Children in Thurrock has fallen to 288 (May 2022), a level which is 20% lower than the expected average for a local authority like Thurrock.

PLANS for the biggest summer adventure ever as Lakeside welcomes Marvel and DC’s incredible force of superheroes.