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Sir Graham Brady MP says: “The threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded.

AT the weekend, Thurrock-based arts organisation Kinetika and UK-based Jeanefer Jean-Charles Associates took to The Mall in London to present The Thank You Dance in the Pageant to honour Her Majesty The Queen as the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee with 70 years of service.

SOUTH Essex College is holding an Engineering Apprenticeship event for school leavers interested in following this educational route.

SIX of the Queens's corgi silhouettes made for a beacon lighting event at Purfleet-on-Thames on Thursday have been stolen. They formed part of the riverside backdrop the community's forum had been working on for weeks. 

START summer with a swing at Puttshack - where high-tech mini golf meets outstanding food and drink and great vibes for an experience like no other. With the launch of a brand new, globally-inspired food menu, energetic drag brunches and a Pimm's terrace to enjoy alongside the putting, it's time to tee up for a sensational summer that's totally above par.

ESSEX Police have made a further appeal over misuse of the 999 system. Thank you to all callers who contacted us in the last 24...

TRANSPORT for London has advised people to avoid travelling on the network due to a planned tube strike reports the BBC.

STARK regional disparities in dental provision across the country have been uncovered by the ADG in its new report ‘England’s Dental Deserts: The urgent need to “level up” access to dentistry’. Out of 106 Clinical Commissioning Groups in England, Thurrock was among the top twenty worst affected.

FAMILIES from across the UK have been able to access specialist dementia care during the first year of a new project: Closer to Home. 

A FORMER ambulance station is set to be demolished to make way from three new homes.

HORNDON Bridge – a footpath and bridleway linking the village of Horndon on the Hill with Stanford-le-Hope – has been renamed in tribute to The Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

THE Queen Elizabeth II bridge at Dartford, has been given the royal makeover in preparation for its place in the spotlight this holiday weekend for the Queen’s platinum Jubilee.

A GRATEFUL man has thanked Thurrock Council Cemeteries Operative Tim Stock after he found and returned his wedding ring which had fallen off when he was visiting the burial site of a loved one in Chadwell Cemetery.

AN innovative injunction which prevents protestors from blocking roads and vehicles at key fuel terminals and filling stations in the borough has been extended...

TWO police and crime commissioners (PCC) have accused the Met Police of “poaching” officers from their forces because of recruitment problems. reports the BBC. On...