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New Harris Academy to open in September in Purfleet

PLANS are well underway for a new Harris Academy to open later this year. The Harris Federation has signed a Funding Agreement with the Department...

C2C pays out tens of thousands in compensation

TRAIN operator c2c has paid out £120,000 in total to local commuters since its automatic compensation scheme went live a year ago.

Pajama Game coming to the Thameside Theatre

FOLLOWING the sell-out production of Annie in October, TOPS on Stage are back with another great musical known for its memorable hit songs including Hey There, Hernando’s Hideaway and Steam Heat.

Thurrock Community Policing Team: February Report

Report by PCSO JoJo Mitchell THURROCK CPT has had a proactive month concentrating on our Community safety partnership priorities. As well as this we have...

Thurrock UKIP claim homeless families may have to move as far away as Durham

A LEADING UKIP councillor has claimed that homeless Thurrock families are being offered to be rehoused over 250 miles away. Cllr Luke Spillman is a...

Figures reveal number of Female Genital Mutilation victims in Thurrock

NEW figures released reveal the extent of Female Genital Mutiltation (FGM) in Thurrock.

Tuesday traffic and travel: Elderly man injured in crash at Lakeside

Lakeside (A126) accident on the Roundabout (Essex Arena) involving a car and lorry Police have closed the A126 southbound at the roundabout

Fantastic food experience for students in Florence

Level 2 Professional Cookery students, who study at the College’s Southend and Thurrock campuses, visited the Italian destination to experience the country’s famous cuisine.

Praise from Ofsted for St Mary’s Primary in Tilbury

AN OFSTED inspection into a Tilbury school is full of praise. The government inspectors came to St Mary's Catholic Primary School, in Calcutta Road, Tilbury...

Labour councillors out campaigning over “tenant top-up tax” in Thurrock

LABOUR Councillors, Martin Kerin, Jane Pothecary and Tony Fish were out in force over the weekend talking to residents in Seabrooke Rise about the Conservative administration's plan to introduce a 'tenant top-up tax.'

Thurrock Council reveal results of residents survey

THURROCK Council has published the results of a survey on how people feel about living in the borough. In November - December 2016, 1,000 telephone...

80% of police officers in Essex have suffered stress, reveals report

EIGHT in 10 Essex Police officers have suffered stress, low mood, anxiety or other health and wellbeing issues over the past year, according to a survey by the Police Federation of England and Wales.

Good news for Thurrock? PM Theresa May set to unveil plans for new generation of grammar schools

THE PORTFOLIO holder for education in Thurrock, Cllr James Halden, has made it his personal mission to get a grammar school in the borough. That "dream" may now be a step closer with the news that the prime minister...

“Lifetime Home” for Rubens in Stanford-le-Hope

A ‘Lifetime Home’ in Thurrock has proved the ideal location for a disabled young man to call home and follow his dreams of going to college. Rubens Sabbarese (26) and his father

Woman victim of attempted robbery in South Ockendon

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in South Ockendon.

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