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Police appeal for help to trace missing Aveley teenager

ESSEX Police are appealing for help to find Demi-Leigh McCarthy, 14, who is missing from her home in Aveley.

Man wanted after theft and assault at Co-Op in Stanford-le-Hope

ESSEX Police would like to talk to this man about a theft and an assault in Stanford-le-Hope.

Man wanted over knife attack on woman in Tilbury

ESSEX Police would like to talk Matthew Carter, 35, in connection with an assault in Tilbury.

Step up to a Counselling career at TACC

Step up to a Counselling career at TACC WITH Thurrock Adult Community College (TACC) you can receive Counselling training that will lead to an accredited...

Car collides with house in Stanford-le-Hope

A fire crew from Corringham were called to a house in Abbotts Drive, Stanford Le Hope after reports that a car had collided with it.

Grays: Drug Squad arrest man on suspicion of firearms, knives and drugs

ESSEX Police has arrested man on suspicion of possession with intent to supply drugs, possession of firearms offences and possession of a knife after stopping a car in Grays.

Arson attack at Haart Estate Agents in Grays

ESSEX Police are appealing for information about an arson at Haart Estate Agents, in Orsett Road, Grays, at around 11.30pm yesterday, Friday, August 17.

Thurrock Council set to launch new magazine in bid to attract investors

THURROCK Council is in the midst of discussions to build up to 32,000 homes in the borough and is actively seeking developers and investors to partner with them.

Rise in families permanently moved out of borough proves “social cleansing has begun” claims Thurrock Independents

“THE housing market is now so broken in Thurrock that private sector property rents are often 50% higher than most homeless families can afford to pay. Our available stock of social housing is not remotely adequate to meet the needs of Thurrock.

Plans for new housing estate in Grays deferred after “infrastructure concerns”.

PLANS to build a new housing estate in Thurrock have been deferred by the council after concerns were raised about the availability of medical care.

Cheers! Thurrock Council grant planning permission for State Cinema to become a Wetherspoons

COUNCILLORS on Thurrock’s planning committee have unanimously approved an application to redevelop a famous art-deco cinema into a bar.

Purfleet-based Canute Haulage Group face further legal action

PALLET-Track is preparing legal action against the new owner of Purfleet-based Canute Haulage Group over a £50,000 debt, MT can reveal.

Ortu Sixth Form celebrate A Level results

FOR the third year running all students attending the College have passed at least 1 A Level exam and received an A* - E pass grade.

A-Level success for South Essex College students

SOUTH Essex College students are celebrating after receiving their A-Level results.

The Grays Lives Project: John Crawley: Dough and Doodlebugs

THERE are some people we could listen to all day. Ninety-year-old John Crawley brought us back to his Grays memories of doodlebugs crashing on the Thameside library during the Second World War.

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