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Thurrock Amazon team go back to class with a Magic Breakfast

PUPILS at Monteagle Primary School welcomed the team from the local Amazon Delivery Station in Thurrock to celebrate the beginning of the third year of funding for the school's Magic Breakfast programme.

Giving for Thurrock launches Community Action Day

FOR the first time ever, a community action day is being launched to raise money for Thurrock on Friday 29 March by local Charity – Giving for Thurrock.

Thurrock Council to use drones in fight against environmental crime

THURROCK Council will use aerial imagery from drones to help in tackling environmental crime in Thurrock.

Thurrock’s foster carers celebrate long service at special ceremony

LONG-serving foster carers have been honoured at an exclusive event to mark years of inspirational work helping children in Thurrock.

Ambitious regeneration project to be discussed by Thurrock Council

NEW jobs, health facilities and homes are set to come to Thurrock through major regeneration schemes that will be discussed by councillors.

Three Grays drug dealers jailed

OFFICERS found drugs including cocaine and drugs paraphernalia when they arrested Dylan Harrison, Kye Pasquale, and Robert Poynter at a flat in Argent Street, Grays, on April 26.

Travel Alert: Road in Purfleet closed

REMINDER: an emergency road closure remains in place at Stonehouse Lane, Purfleet, as Essex and Suffolk Water repair a burst water main.

The Grays Lives Project: Asif’s love of cars

A FEW times a week, a number of residents meet up at the Mangal restaurant on Orsett Road, in Grays. They discuss a whole host of issues, as friends do.

Lakeside’s House of Fraser saved from closure

THE House of Fraser at intu Lakeside has been saved from closure after a last-minute deal was struck to keep it open.

Pony rescued after being found neck-high in mud in Tilbury

RSPCA officers and firefighters launched a rescue mission to free a pony who was stuck neck-high in mud in a ditch over the weekend.

Education: Thurrock’s school for alternative provision praised by Ofsted

OFSTED inspectors visited the academy in Tilbury on 4th and 5th December 2018 and graded the academy as "Good" in all areas. The new...

Afternoon of free live music at Thurrock Thameside Visitor Centre

AN afternoon of free live music in the Thurrock Thameside Visitor Centre near Stanford-le-Hope, suitable for all ages.

The Grays Lives Project: Bringing Grays Athletic back home

THE GRAYS Lives project has focussed mainly on interviewing people who live and/or work in the Grays area. We have filmed over thirty interviews so...

Gable Hall school cancel rap workshop after parents fears over Drill music

GABLE HALL school in Corringham has cancelled a rap workshop at the school after concerns were expressed by parents over Drill music. On Friday, the...

South Ockendon: Four men arrested following robbery on Rosemary Close

FOUR men have been arrested following a robbery in South Ockendon.

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