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A JOB coach from South Essex College’s Foundation Learning department has travelled to Kenya to visit a number of charitable projects and donate kit bags and water bottles supplied by the College.

FUNDING has been secured to hold a major new celebratory event on Saturday 20 July 2019 called The Tilbury Carnival. Led by Tilbury on the Thames Trust (TTT), the Windrush Day Fund has awarded £20,000 for the carnival, complementing the funding already secured which includes £10,000 from the Port of Tilbury, £5,000 from Thurrock Council and a crucial £30,000 from Arts Council England.

PLANS for a new 140-place free school in Grays have been revealed in a planning application submitted to the council.

LANDLORDS in Thurrock are being reminded to apply for a licence ahead of the launch of a new scheme to improve the conditions and management of shared homes.

TV presenters and motoring experts Vicki Butler-Henderson and Quentin Willson are leading the hunt for the UK's best young driver – but, unusually, the entrants must be under the legal driving age of 17.

A SPECIAL high-tech and high-speed pothole repair team has been brought in to work on roads across Thurrock for a third year.

A MAN and a woman, arrested in connection with the death of a man in Grays, will appear in court later this month to face charges of assault.

USP College, Palmer’s Campus, is offering brand new courses, starting this September, to help adults up skill themselves or change their career.

A MAN has been found guilty of raping a complete stranger in her home in Chadwell St Mary.

THREE teenagers have been arrested in connection with robberies in Grays and South Ockendon.

Bulphan WI SEVERAL members have been on trips recently, in addition to the regular monthly meetings. Groups went along to performances of The Full Monty...

CADENT has begun the second phase of a major scheme to replace ageing gas mains in Thurrock with tough new pipes which should last until the dawn of the 22nd century.

BRITAIN'S female unemployment rate in the first three months of the year has fallen to 3.7%, the lowest since comparable records began in 1971. The...

A NATIONAL College Creative Industries student, Tom Mylchreest (17) from Wickford, Essex took on the challenge of a lifetime when he took part in The MoonWalk London on Saturday 11th May.

ESSEX Police is appealing for witnesses following a serious assault in Grays.