AN ambitious proposal to transform the town of Purfleet and “set the benchmark for regeneration” could take a step closer to reality after council officers recommended that the plans are approved next week.
NHS leaders across Thurrock and the whole of mid and south Essex area are putting together a range of information for local people to help them know what services are available this bank holiday.
JUST a couple of years ago, Giffards Cross Avenue and Central Avenue were virtually impassable and the community on this private estate was as fractured as it's roads.
OVER EIGHTY bags of other people's rubbish along with boiler, a mattress and carpets were removed from London Road between the station and Cornwall House Car Park on Saturday by the 'Purfleet Pickers'.
C2C will only be able to operate a restricted train service for 16 days in July and early August because of engineering work preparing for the introduction of TfL's new Barking Riverside train service.
THREE men who attacked an elderly couple in their own home at gunpoint before trying to steal cash and jewellery have been locked up for a collective total of more than 25 years.