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A FEW years ago, Courts won the award for the best play with their version of Vicar Of Dibley. This followed the TV episodes up to the wedding of Hugo and Alice.

GRAYS councillors and residents in the six tower blocks have called for urgent action over the cold they are experiencing and the increasing prevalence of mould due to the removal of cladding. Concerns are also growing over the time it is taking to complete the works to the blocks, and a lack of support from Thurrock Council.

PUPILS from Graham James Primary School helped to add some much-needed greenery to the front garden of the neighbouring new Corringham Integrated Medical Centre (IMC) building, which is set to open in the spring.

AN inquest has been opened into the death of a Thurrock woman who was killed in a crash near Horndon on the Hill before Christmas.

APPLICATIONS for the government's new Omicron Hospitality and Leisure grant are now open.

THE era of free NHS prescriptions for all over-60s looks set to end this April.

ESSEX Police officers arrested 280 people on suspicion of drink or drug-driving or for failing to provide a specimen over the festive period.

ALDI has supported local charities, community groups and food banks in Essex by donating 9,520 meals to people in need this Christmas.

WORLD boxing champ Tyson Fury has joined many members of the local community who have issued ‘get well messages’ to a Tilbury man who was the victim of a savage attack in the town on Sunday, 2 January.

A CAMPAIGN group has submitted a twelve page response to a consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing project saying it will damage the environment. Highways...

STAFF morale at an ambulance service is still “poor” two years after it was placed in special measures over a high level of bullying and harassment reports, the trust’s boss has said.

A MAN has been charged in connection with a serious assault in Tilbury which has left a man in a life-threatening condition.

POLICE traffic officers have mounted another operation in Thurrock, targeting vehicles on the approach to Lakeside shopping centre.

AN INSPIRATIONAL schoolboy from Grays has been honoured as part of a special awards show celebrating the courage of children diagnosed with cancer.

VICTIMS of domestic abuse are to be given more time to report assaults under amendments being added to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Government has announced.