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Woodside Academy students see Madam Butterfly at Royal Opera House

STUDENTS from Royal Opera House Thurrock Trailblazer school, Woodside Academy, visited Covent Garden recently to see an opera for the first time. The 30 students,...

Purfleet Hub Grand Opening

PLENTY of things to do at the grand opening of the Purfleet Hub.

Over 600 caught for motoring offences in three-day blitz in Grays

BETWEEN Friday March 31 and Sunday April 2, officers from Essex Police’s Casualty Reduction Team took part in 72 hours of action, helping to catch hundreds of people flouting road laws.

Grays office sold for over a million in on-line auction

A LARGE office building in the Essex town of Grays has been sold for £1.225m in an online bidding battle.

Ensign Buses step in to run two key routes

ENSIGN Buses has stepped in to run two key bus routes in the borough in place of the usual operator. They announced on Twitter and...

Thurrock Council pledge to tackle nuisance bikers in Stanford-le-Hope

WORKING in partnership with Essex Police and local councillors, Thurrock Council has made their stance towards nuisance motorcycling very clear today (Monday 3 April).

Gateway Academy fail in attempt to build second senior school

THE GATEWAY Learning Community (GLC) has failed in its bid to build a second senior school in Tilbury.

London Container Terminal in new link up with Amsterdam

LONDON Container Terminal (LCT) in Tilbury has secured a four year agreement with SCS Multiport to handle the newly upgraded ATS (Amsterdam Tilbury Service).

Bin collection days set to change in Thurrock

BIN collection days in Thurrock are set to change as the council looks to make the waste service more efficient and practical.

Something for everyone this Easter at the Thameside Theatre

THE Trembling Wilburys sing tribute to rock greats such as Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne on Saturday 8 April. The Wilburys are famous for classics such as Handle With Care, End of The Line, Last Night, She's My Baby.

Two jailed for life over Stanford-le-Hope shooting

TWO men have been jailed for life and a third has been jailed for 16 years for a shooting in which the victim was left for dead.

Thurrock Labour and Ukip vote to pass motion against “Sheltered Housing Tax”

AT March’s meeting of Thurrock Council, Thurrock Labour successfully passed a motion calling on the Tory Cabinet to scrap the proposal to charge residents...

Thurrock Labour leaders to stand down

THURROCK Labour Councillor John Kent announced this week that he will be standing down from his role as Leader of the Labour Group. Cllr Kent has been the Leader of the Labour Group since 2004 and was Leader of Thurrock Council between 2010 and 2016.

Gobions Park fun on Easter Sunday

COULD you write an sonnet about your Easter Bonnet? Or maybe you just want to have fun in the park in East Tilbury.

Thurrock Community Policing Team: March Report

THURROCK Community Policing team have had another busy month with proactive work, operations and investigations. We would like to share with you some of our results.

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