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Thurrock Indys welcome Small Nation World Cup to Aveley (but think that Thurrock Council should have done more)

THIS week will see four matches in the CONIFA World Cup held at the Parkside Stadium, the home of Aveley FC. This is a...

Man cut from car after smash outside Purfleet Primary school

THE EMERGENCY services attended a road traffic collision in Purfleet this morning (Monday).

Aveley man to stand trial on four counts of contacting children for sex

AN AVELEY man is set to stand trial on a number of charges in relation to attempting to contact children for sexual purposes.

Man fined for religiously aggravated hate crime in Bulphan

A MAN has pled guilty to committing a religiously aggravated hate crime in Bulphan.

Mayor impressed as hundreds of riders taking part in Thurrock Cycle Marathon

THE sun shone on the 250 riders in The annual cycle Marathon at Blackshots on Sunday.

HMRC saves over £2 mill in foiling premium phone rate scam

HMRC has revealed today that it has saved the public over £2.4m by tackling fraudsters that trick the public into using premium rate phone numbers for services that HMRC provide for free.

Tilbury’s One Community wins Queens Award

THE ONE Community Trust in Tilbury has been lauded with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Independent Committee Chair, former broadcast journalist Sir Martyn Lewis...

Over the border, Tory plans to change housing proposals

BASILDON'S new Tory administration has listed the changes it wants to make to the Local Plan ahead of proposals to rewrite large sections of the document setting out where almost 20,000 homes should be built across the borough.

Roadworks: Mon June 4th to Sun June 10th

THE QEII Bridge will be closed overnight, between 10pm and 5am, on Saturday 9 June. Southbound traffic will be diverted through the east tunnel.

Aveley pub offers discount to emergency service workers

THE Old Ship Inn in Aveley has announced they will be offering 10% off food for people that work in the NHS, Fire Services...

South Ockendon man charged over string of burglaries

A man has appeared in court today charged with three offences of burglary in relation to daytime break-ins which happened in the Thurrock district in May.

Travellers continue to occupy Blackshots Fields and Chafford Hundred

TRAVELLERS have continued to encamp across Blackshots and St George's Fields in Grays.

Rogue trader warning for Thurrock residents

THURROCK Council Trading Standards officers are warning residents to beware of rogue traders cold calling their homes and offering to do work.

Traveller camp in Aldi’s car park in Grays

A NUMBER of traveller caravans have encamped in Aldi's car park on London Road in Grays.

Thurrock Council sign up to “common approach” for development of 90,000 homes in region

COUNCILS across South Essex have agreed a common approach to supporting the development of housing and key infrastructure over the next twenty years.

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