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