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Grays musician receives £100 fine for parking in disabled bay during gridlock night

A GRAYS musician received a £100 penalty ticket after parking in a disabled bay at Lakeside.

Two men jailed over Belhus Park stabbing

TWO men have been jailed for their part in an attack that left a man with multiple stab injuries.

Four stowaways arrested and taken to Port of Tilbury after crew threatened

FOUR stowaways found on a cargo ship in the Thames Estuary have been detained after the vessel's crew was threatened.

Thousands of illegal cigarettes are taken off Thurrock’s streets

ON 11 December, two Trading Standards officers and an officer from the Immigration Service visited nine shops around Grays and Tilbury with a dog handler and highly skilled sniffer dogs Bruiser and Mostyn.

Thurrock Council outlines strategy for supporting ageing population

NEW homes could be designed to be suitable for older people and more specialist properties could be built under an ambitious new strategy.

Could you care for a retired Essex Police dog?

ESSEX Police are on the lookout for a new home for one of our police dogs who sadly had her career cut short after she was hit by a car.

Opposition leaders slams £10 million new Thurrock Council office as “vanity project”

DAYS after council leaders agreed almost £10 million should be spent on new council offices the plans have been branded a “vanity project” with no clear business plan.

Thurrock Council to invest £1 million on stopping people parking on grass verges

THURROCK Council's Cabinet has agreed to invest £1million on a new initiative to protect grass verges in the borough and stop drivers parking inconsiderately at the roadside.

St Luke’s Hospice’s One Response on over festive period

ST. Luke’s Hospice are putting out a timely reminder that their One Response, Hospice at Home are all operational over the Christmas New Year period:

Purfleet police officer wins £400 shopping spree at Lakeside

A police officer from Purfleet in Essex has had an early Christmas present by winning a £400 shopping spree at intu Lakeside and hundreds of Willy Wonka sweets that taste like Christmas dinner for his family and friends.

MP Stephen Metcalfe questions Home Secretary over immigration

SOUTH BASILDON and East Thurrock MP, Stephen Metcalfe rose on the floor of the House of Commons

Chadwell Scouts play host to Contact the Elderly for Christmas

THURROCK Contact the Elderly had the most amazing treat today with a fabulous three course Christmas lunch hosted by Chadwell Scouts, Beavers and Cubs.

DP World London Gateway and ATL Haulage Contractors Ltd make special, festive delivery to Little Havens Hospice.

AN ATL truck, decked out in a Christmas sleigh wrap, and with Father Christmas behind the wheel, delivered presents to the children's hospice in Hadleigh.

Thurrock Council looking for volunteers to help young people at risk of offending

THURROCK Council's Youth Offending team are looking for volunteers to help young people at risk of reoffending.

Sad message from staff at Corringham’s Ash Tree Surgery

STAFF at Corringham’s Ash Tree Surgery have sent a heartfelt message to patients after it was confirmed Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will not review its decision to close the practice following the retirement of the lead doctor, Dr Kim Chueng.

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