THURROCK Council's Give a Gift provides everyone the opportunity to donate a present to a local child in need for whom Christmas can be a difficult time of year.
LOCAL train operator c2c is celebrating the success of its current Street to Seat driver training programme with one trainee following in her father's footsteps to become a mainline train driver.
LAST Wednesday Conservative councillors spurned the opportunity to support Grangewaters Outdoor Education Centre and to send a message to Thurrock's Tory cabinet to row back from selling or closing Grangewaters.
ON Friday, Cllr Sara Muldowney joined Jade and other members of the Horticultural and Grounds Maintenance Team to plant cherry and silver birch trees along the green space in front of Courtney Road.
A MAN wanted by the Belgian authorities for his role in a people smuggling plot that led to the discovery of the bodies of 39 people in a lorry in West Thurrock has had his extradition ordered.
LOST or stray pet cats are more likely to be reunited with their owners and returned home safely under new pet microchipping rules announced by the Government today.
THURROCK Council has reminded drivers and residents of the latest major closure of the Orsett Cock roundabout, which starts tonight (Friday, 3 December) at 9pm. It will be fully closed through the whole weekend, until 5am on Monday 6 December.
NEARLY 30 family-run and small independent businesses are taking part in the next stage of Thurrock Council’s borough-wide Shop Safe Shop Local campaign ahead of Small Business Saturday and the festive period.
