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Kitchen fire caused by cooking oil in Chadwell St Mary

FIRE Crews were called to a fire in a house this morning after cooking oil caught alight in Oxford Avenue, Chadwell St Mary.

Essex Police are looking for Cyber volunteers

ESSEX Police is looking for Cyber volunteers and Cyber Specials to help fight crime and prevent harm by using their digital skills to support their policing teams.

Maximum stake on fixed-odd betting terminals reduced to £2

THE maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) will be reduced to £2 under new rules unveiled by the government reports the BBC.

Woman and child seriously injured, driver arrested after car collides with pedestrians in East Tilbury

A MAN has been arrested in connection with a road traffic collision in which a woman and a child were injured.

Little Thurrock’s Oliver’s design win top prize in Royal Opera competition

BUDDING designer Oliver Kempster from Little Thurrock Primary School is the primary school winner of the Royal Opera House Design Challenge which has this year been opened up to primary schools.

Thurrock Indy councillor concerned at discovering asbestos dumped in Aveley

AN AVELEY councillor has expressed his concern at seeing what he claims is asbestos dumped in the ward he represents. Thurrock Independents Aveley and Uplands...

Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price appeals to ethnic groups to donate organs

THURROCK MP, Jackie Doyle-Price has appealed to different faiths and ethnicities to help increase the number of organ donors.

Watch the Royal Wedding at intu Lakeside

JOIN intu Lakeside to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as they show the Royal Wedding on our big screens!

Denver Clift jailed for four months following burglary at Betfred in Grays

DENVER Clift, 31, of Brennan Road, Tilbury, was charged with a burglary at Betfred in Lodge Lane, Grays, on April 26, in which a handbag was stolen.

Further details on A13 roadworks

Tuesday 15 May A13 eastbound – exit slip road closed at the A128 Orsett Cock roundabout. A diversion will be in place via the A13...

Head of Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions “despairs” at Learning Disability deaths

THE HEAD of Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions has called for collaboration if there is to be improvement in the number of deaths of people with...

Put Well-Being ahead of exam grades says Samaritans

SAMARITANS is calling on parents, teachers, students and employers to put wellbeing ahead of grades this exam season. By keeping results in perspective, it says young people are more likely to do themselves justice than if they face intolerable levels of pressure and stress.

Royal Opera Trailblazers at Chadwell St Mary make their mark

FOURTEEN students from Royal Opera House Thurrock Trailblazer school Chadwell St Mary Primary visited the Kinetika studios at the High House Production Park in Purfleet on Wednesday 9 May to take part in a print workshop.

Thurrock Council looking for architect for £7 million “overhaul” of civic offices

THURROCK Council is recruiting an architect for a £7 million overhaul of its main civic offices in Grays.

Tim Aker questions whether we will be royally betrayed over “Customs Partnership”

THE THURROCK Independent councillor for Aveley, Tim Aker, has warned against the government entering into a "Customs Partnership" as part of its plans for Brexit.

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