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ORMISTON Park Academy (OPA) in Aveley has teamed up with Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), a social enterprise which campaigns for better gender balance in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) sectors, to deliver a workshop for Year 9 and 10 female students to discuss qualifications and career routes into STEM-related industries.

THURROCK is among the 47 towns and cities across the UK that are at or have exceeded air pollution limits set by the World Health Organization, its new report has found.

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a fire involving a number of vehicles at a scrap yard on Hume Avenue in Tilbury tonight (Tuesday 1 May).

PUPILS at Tilbury Pioneer Academy recently received a very generous donation of £1,000 from Griffin Foundation Trust once again,.

THE LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn came to Thurrock this morning on a flying visit just 48 hours before the local elections.

KYE Pasquale, 19, of New Road, Grays, Dylan Harrison, 21, of no fixed abode, and Jaz Blundell, 26, of North Road, South Ockendon have all been charged with possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs, and handling stolen goods.

THE Thurrock International Celebration of Culture will hit Grays High Street on Saturday 7th July with a multicultural feast of music, song and dance.

THIS IS the fifteenth of our sixteen little windows into the local elections in Thurrock. We are leaving the tricky ones until last. So...

THE HEADTEACHER of Stifford Clays Primary, Anthony Peltier, has left the school. A letter went out to parents of the school on Monday. Last month, YT...

A BOY was found with a 15cm-long knife in his waistband and heroin hidden "in his pants," British Transport Police has said.

THREE burglars have been jailed for burgling two homes within the space of an hour. A homeowner in Great Leighs Way, Basildon, checked the...

JOIN Owly-cat and fellow family members, Jumblie and Quangle Wangle Quee, in a story inspired by the nonsense world of Edward Lear. The spongetaneous trio...

Ms Doyle-Price was speaking as Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health and Social Care in Thursday's House Commons debate on cancer screening when she said: "It has always been a mystery to me why we spend £200 a year on an MOT for our car but do not do the same for our own health."

VEHICLE crash repair specialist, Artis Accident Care (Artis), has announced the opening of its revolutionary bodyshop in Thurrock, following a £450,000 investment in the centre's technology, creating nearly 20 specialist jobs in the local area.

ESSEX Police are investigating a robbery at a Co-op store in Grays.