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Boy with “large carving knife” arrested over burglary in North Stifford

ESSEX Police has arrested a boy on suspicion of burglary, theft and possession of knives after stopping a man in North Stifford. Officers received...

Roadworks in Thurrock: Monday Jan 15th to Sun Jan 21st

A282 junction 1a (M25) Swanscombe, Kent: tunnel maintenance Work to improve journeys by carrying out tunnel maintenance will continue this week. The northbound entry slip...

Mother of Stanford-le-Hope man who went missing thanks police

A MOTHER of a man who went missing has thanked the police officers who cared for him.

Questions over “parking shambles” in Grays and Stanford-le-Hope

THURROCK’S ‘shambolic’ pay parking system appears to be in near crisis after an exclusive investigation by the Thurrock Independent unearthed a chaotic trail of...

Police impersonated during burglary in Blackshots area of Grays

ESSEX Police are appealing for information about an incident in Grays where a suspect posed as a officer while a distraction burglary took place.

Teenagers held up in knife point robbery in Chafford Hundred

ESSEX Police are appealing for information about a knife-point robbery in Grays yesterday (Saturday, January 13).

Stricken Corringham father-of-two taken off ventilator in West Indies

A father-of-two who ended up in a coma after a three-storey fall has been taken off his ventilator and is breathing for himself reports the BBC.

Two men sought after security guard assaulted at Chafford Hundred station

DO you recognise these men? British Transport Police (BTP) like to speak to them after an assault at Chafford Hundred station.

Police search over Grays locates missing Stanford-le-Hope man

A LARGE scale search over Grays took place on Friday afternoon in a successful search for a man from Stanford-le-Hope.

Tilbury robber who targeted 94-year-old woman jailed for nine years

A robber who targeted a 94-year-old woman has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years.

Labour welcomes Thurrock Tories “U-Turn” on Grass Tax

COUNCILLOR Oliver Gerrish, Leader of Thurrock Labour Group, has welcomed the news that the Tory-run Thurrock Council has been "forced" to make a U-turn on the so-called ‘Grass Tax’.

Deaths on Essex roads fall in 2017

THE number of people killed or seriously injured in road crashes in Essex has fallen in the last year.

MP Stephen Metcalfe presses Trade Department over developing countries

STEPHEN Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, pressed the Department for International Trade in the Chamber to boost the capacity of developing countries to trade their own way to growth.

Help find Dolly the Cavapoo

CAN you please help find Dolly the Cockerpoo who went missing from Grays on Thursday afternoon.

Thurrock UKIP leader gives response to proposed council tax hike

THE LEADER OF Thurrock Ukip, cllr Graham Snell has issued a reponse to the Tory-run Thurrock Council spending plans and council tax rise.

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