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Former Tilbury ferry owner fined after safety breach

A COMPANY and its director who operated the Tilbury to Gravesend ferry have to pay out £16,000 after admitting running an unsafe vessel. The Duchess...

Appeal to find missing Callum from Purfleet

ESSEX Police are appealing for the public’s help to find Callum Allen, who is missing from his home in Purfleet.

Thursday Traffic and Travel

ONE lane closed and queueing traffic due to fuel spillage and accident, two lorries involved on M25 QE2 Bridge clockwise between J31 A1306 Arterial Road West Thurrock / A282 Dartford River Crossing and J1A A282 / A206 Crossways Boulevard / B3228 (Swanscombe).

Rock On! Tommy Cannon set for the Thameside Theatre

TOMMY Cannon is joining the cast of Seriously Dead (which also stars Billy Pearce and Chrissy Rock), a comedy drama that will tour the UK for many months ahead and comes to the Thameside Theatre in Grays in May.

Two men arrested over rape in Tilbury

DETECTIVES have arrested two men on suspicion of rape in connection with an assault which happened in Tilbury in September.

Man arrested in Cheltenham over stabbing in Aveley

ESSEX Police are no longer looking for Lewis Dodd who we wanted to speak to in connection with a stabbing in Aveley on March 3, 2018.

Essex Chamber offer GDPR Awareness session

THERE are only a few spaces left on our next GDPR Awareness Session - Book now to avoid disappointment!

Slime time at intu Lakeside

CHILDREN will get to doodle on a giant slime colouring wall, capture and share photos in a slime photo booth and even customise their own slime at intu Lakeside this April, when the shopping centre

Aspire Course at Gable Hall and Hassenbrook praised

LOCAL Church 24-7 Prayer Stanford has recently celebrated the end of two successful Aspire courses at both Ortu Gable Hall and Ortu Hassenbrook Academy. The Aspire Course is a 10-week bespoke course for students in Year 9.

CCTV image issued after rape in Tilbury

ESSEX Police are releasing CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with a rape in Tilbury.

Stanford-le-Hope Primary Nursery receive national award

STANFORD-le-Hope Primary School Nursery are celebrating being awarded the nationally recognised Portage Stamp of Approval.

Tributes paid to man stabbed to death in Corringham

TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who died in Corringham.

Kassi’s cake sale for new slide in Hardie Park

KASSI’S CAKE SALE FOR NEW SLIDE KASSI May, aged 10 who attends East Tilbury Primary School has kindly donated £140 to Hardie Park for their...

Investigation launched after man stabbed in stomach on Grays High Street

YT has received a report of an incident on Grays High Street.

Man pleads guilty to flouting planning laws in Bulphan

A MAN has pleaded guilty to breaching a number of planning regulations in Bulphan. Paul Ballard, of Piercing Hill, Theydon Bois pled guilty at Basildon...

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