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OUR keen water levels spotter in Grays (Hello Emma) has let us know that the waters are rising high down on Grays Wharf.

POLICE officers have come to the aid of an elderly driver in distress after she was found lost in Purfleet.

Middlesbrough was therefore found to be the UK’s highest repossession hotspot, holding 44.3 mortgage possession claims per 100,000 households. Followed by Oldham, in the north-west – at 43.6 and Thurrock– at 43.2.

POLICE are working with partner agencies in an attempt to reunite a mother with her child after they responded to a human trafficking report in Essex.

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a fire in a brick built outbuilding in West Thurrock this evening (Tuesday 2 January).

HOSPITALS in England are being told to delay pre-planned operations and routine outpatient appointments until 31 January due to winter pressures reports the BBC.

ALL your traffic and travel in and around Thurrock for Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018.

HIGHWAYS England is advising road users in the South East and East of England that the Dartford Crossing bridge will be closed from 11pm tonight (Tuesday 2 January) for safety reasons,

ORMISTON PARK Academy will be closed on Wednesday, January 3rd due to "significant flooding" at the school.

THURROCK Council’s ambition of eliminating its reliance on national funding grants is on track, councillors have heard. For the first time in many years, Thurrock Council is on track to not only deliver a balanced budget for next year but to have already identified a balanced budget for the following year claims Thurrock Council.

TILBURY could be as big a freight gateway to Europe as Dover in a few years’ time, according to P&O Ferries.

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a fire involving five parked cars in Chadwell St Mary early this morning (Tuesday 2 January).

THE ESSEX Police Crime and Fire Commissioner will be hosting a meeting in Aveley at the end of January.

ALL your traffic and travel in and around Thurrock for Tuesday, January 2nd, 207.

ESSEX Firefighters were called to a house fire in Grays this evening (Monday 1 January).