HALF of all GPs and a quarter of nurses are set to retire from practices in mid and south Essex in the next three years – adding further to the workforce pressures of one of the most challenged primary care systems in the country.
A THIRD man has pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and possessing an imitation firearm while committing an offence following the death of a man at a Grays laundrette.
RENOWNED Thurrock-based international outdoor arts company Kinetika will be taking part in a mass participation artwork when it joins PROCESSIONS London on Sunday 10 June to mark the centenary of the first British women gaining the right to vote.
ON 21 June 2018, Essex Chambers, in association with c2c, Holiday Inn Basildon, Radio Essex, and South Essex College, are on track to have another great networking event
WE were disappointed that our speaker for our May meeting was unable to attend but our Chairman Susan Yates ably stepped into the breach at the last minute and gave us a tour across Thurrock in old photographs, with a tale to tell for each one.
ON the 25th July the next stage of the local plan will go before Full Council. The Conservative Council have insisted that the local plan will allocate sites for 32,000 homes to be built in Thurrock. Thurrock Independents will not agree to any plan that doesn’t commit to safeguarding the interests of Thurrock residents.
THE SUMMER of cat and mouse between travellers and the authorities continues as travellers have moved to land close to Palmer's College in Grays.
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THURROCK Mind have been awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Services.
Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, Lord Lieutenant of Essex said: “The 200 volunteers of Thurrock Mind...