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USP College students recognised for their business professionalism Thurrock’s Next Top Boss.

USP College, Palmer’s Campus, students recognised for their business professionalism at the recent Thurrock’s Next Top Boss. THURROCK'S Next Top Boss gives young people the...

Essex Police told to improve anti-corruption

  INSPECTORS judged that Essex Police is 'good' at effectively reducing crime and keeping people safe, 'good' at operating efficiently and providing sustainable services to...

Tax-dodging puppy farmers targeted in HMRC operation

MORE than £5m in unpaid tax has been recovered from hundreds of dog breeders and traders selling puppies on the black market reports the BBC.

Roadworks: Monday May 6th to Sunday May 12th

M25 junction 27 (M11) to junction 28 Brentwood, Essex: surfacing Work to improve journeys by surfacing the carriageway will start this week. The anti-clockwise carriageway...

Tilbury: Man robbed and attacked with hammer

ESSEX Police are appealing for information following a robbery in Tilbury where a man was threatened with a hammer and forced to withdraw cash.

Tilbury man in court over police assault charge

A MAN is due in court today, Saturday, May 4, charged with assault by beating of an emergency worker in Tilbury.

Thurrock Elections 2019: Great night for the Independents at Thurrock Council elections

THURROCK continues to be a hung council after none of the parties were able to win enough seats to secure a majority.

Thurrock-wide litter picks hailed a great success

THURROCK litter heroes have rallied together and cleaned up a staggering 30 tonnes of rubbish from their local communities in support of this year’s Great British Spring Clean.

Pockets of legal aid “deserts” in areas

JUST three districts in Essex have publicly funded housing legal advice, according to new figures from the Law Society, which it says reveals catastrophic ‘legal aid deserts’.

Essex sees one of the highest increases in the number of children in need of care due to gangs.

ESSEX has seen one of the highest increases in the number of children in need of care due to gangs.

Thurrock Council continue to get tough on litter louts

THURROCK Council continues to take action on littering throughout the borough after three litter offenders were forced to pay more than £1,000 between them.

Ward by Ward: Stifford Clays

AND so we come to the final ward by ward piece. These are simply sketches of political life in each of the wards in...

Grays man arrested on suspicion of murder after West Thurrock man disappears

ESSEX Police has arrested a man in connection with our ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 27-year-old Valentin Kachanov from West Thurrock.

The Green Ship sails in to Thurrock libraries

WATCH Sir Quentin Blake’s beloved children’s book The Green Ship come to life in Grays and Corringham Libraries this week as the Librarian Theatre brings its national touring show to Thurrock.

Ward by Ward: Aveley and Uplands

IF this reporter had a pound for every time he got his Aveley and Uplands prediction wrong he would be running www.yourtaxexile.com.

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