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Thurrock pupils could be shipped to Romford to help to ease secondary school place crisis

AN academy school in Romford has offered to give Thurrock a helping hand after it was revealed the borough is facing a significant shortage of secondary school places.

Orsett Heath Academy planning application given the green light

THE planning application to provide an interim building for Orsett Heath Academy, in partnership with Thurrock Rugby Football Club (TRFC), has been approved.

Share your World War Two memories at Thameside Complex

SHARE your wartime memories of life in the borough at a special event later this month marking 80 years since the Second World War.

Thurrock Council receives funding to tackle rogue landlords

FIVE councils including Thurrock are set to share £182,000 extra funding to crack down on rogue landlords, Housing Minister Heather Wheeler has announced today (14 January 2019).

Healthcare plans for South Ockendon back on the table

MAJOR new healthcare facilities could be built in South Ockendon as part of a wider strategy for developing the town centre.

Six men convicted of violent break-ins in Horndon-on-the-Hill and Tilbury

SIX men have been convicted following two violent break-ins in Tilbury and Horndon-on-the-Hill. A group of men tried to force their way into an address...

Teenage Tilbury drug dealer banned from Grays and Lakeside

A TEENAGE drug dealer has been made subject of a criminal behaviour order banning him from parts of Thurrock. Rasharm Rampton, 18, was arrested on...

Thameside Primary staff pay attention to the challenges of ADHD

THE ADHD foundation travelled from Liverpool to deliver the full day intensive training course to Thameside teachers, which covered:

Buddy Holly’s Winter Dance Party 60th Anniversary Show coming to the Thameside Theatre

MARC Robinson an Essex boy who has travelled the world portraying Buddy Holly, celebrating the man and his music and converting new generations to like Buddy Holly and rock n roll music, has been in hit after hit shows from ‘Rockin on Heavens Door’

Thurrock’s Anne-Marie has been nominated for four Brit Awards.

THURROCK'S Anne-Marie has been nominated for four Brit Awards.

Business bosses call for focus on skills in Thurrock

THE urgent need for a sustained focus on securing the skills required by industry has been highlighted by a survey produced by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

Proposals to develop Linford Tip approved

PROPOSALS to redevelop Linford Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) and ensure it continues to meet future growth demand were approved at yesterday's Thurrock Council planning meeting.

Stifford Clays man pleads guilty to offensive weapon possession following disturbance

A Stifford Clays man has pleaded guilty to tow offences after a disturbance on the streets last Saturday afternoon.

Sixteen child asylum seekers go missing from Thurrock

SIXTEEN unaccompanied children who came to Thurrock to find asylum have gone missing, including one who has been missing for more than three years.

Thurrock set to commemorate International Holocaust Day

THURROCK will once again be commemorating International Holocaust Memorial Day with a free public event in Grays this January.

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