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Essex Police bid for Home Office funds to tackle violence and vulnerability in Essex successful

ESSEX is set to benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of Government funding to help tackle serious violence in the county.

Amazon apprentices take next steps to becoming fully qualified engineers

A GROUP of first and second year apprentices will take the next step on the journey to becoming fully qualified engineers, IT technicians and team leaders at Amazon in Tilbury.

East Tilbury remembers The Fallen

AROUND 200 children from Years 2 and 6 of East Tilbury Primary School led the 2018 Annual Remembrance Day service on a chilly Friday 9 November morning.

Thurrock remembers the fallen on Armistice Day

THURROCK residents from Stanford-le-Hope across to Aveley paid tribute to those who gave their life in World War One.

Search for man missing from Tilbury

HAVE you seen 35 year-old Daniel Dowman who’s gone missing in Tilbury.

Thurrock Garden Centre decide to withdraw Reindeer from Santa’s Grotto

THERE will not be any reindeer at the Thurrock Garden Centre Santa's Reindeer Grotto this Christmas.

Blind war veteran from Grays aged 103 will be oldest participant at Armistice commemoration in Whitehall

A BLIND war veteran aged 103, the son of a man killed in the First World War 100 years ago, and who ran a post office in Grays after surviving the horrors of a Japanese prisoner of war camp will be the oldest participant in Sunday’s centenary Armistice Day parade in Whitehall.

Grays parish church lit up for remembrance

GRAYS parish church has been lit up as part of special commemorations for the centenary of the end of the Great War. Canon Rev Darren...

Over the border: Plans for 7,000 homes passed by Brentwood Council

BRENTWOOD"S major housing plan determining where more than 7,000 homes should be built in the next 15 years has been passed – paving the the way for thousands of new homes to be built on green belt land.

New gritters in action in Thurrock

NEW gritters have been in action for the first time as Thurrock Council continues to invest in keeping people safe on the borough's roads.

Warren Primary embrace Royal Opera House Thurrock Trailblazer’s Caribbean celebration

EARLY Years students at Warren Primary School were transported to the colourful world of Caribbean culture when story teller Olusola Oyeleye, from Kent based...

Three men commit armed robbery in Purfleet

ESSEX Police is appealing for information about an armed robbery at a Purfleet shop.

Thurrock Council health bosses consider taking Orsett hospital plans to minister

THURROCK Council could join Southend in calling for a plan to overhaul health care in mid and south Essex to be scrutinised by the health secretary.

Man has jaw broken in road rage incident near North Stifford

ESSEX Police is appealing for information after a man suffered a broken jaw after being assaulted following a road related disturbance in North Stifford. A...

Grays War Memorial: Improvements to deter people from congregating at cenotaph

RAILINGS have been installed on the flowerbeds at Grays War Memorial as part of more than £80,000 invested in the borough's war memorials to make sure they are all looking their best for the centenary of end of World War One.

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