DO you have memories of great-grand-parents, grand-parents, even parents who could recall The Great War – World War I? Sadly the last veterans of the 1914-18 conflict are no longer with us and even those with direct memories of the time are few and far between.
WE know that without the first class care he received, David would not be with us today. We of course wish that this incident had never happened and we will always have to live with the consequences. We have however drawn comfort from the fact that for every person like the defendant and his accomplice, there are countless others that have shown so much kindness and care."
FIRE CREWS released a woman trapped in a car following an RTC involving a lorry and car. Using two sets of cutting equipment crews had released the woman by 10:48hrs. She was left in the care of the Ambulance Service.
HEROIN, cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis were concealed in cookware in a trailer which arrived from the Netherlands. The haul, described by officials as their biggest ever, was made on January 19. The drugs seized weighed a total of 700kgs.
FIRE OFFICERS attended at Hume Avenue, Tilbury after receiving a large number of calls after a fire broke out in a scrap yard. On arrival the Incident Commander reported that the fire involved six cars. Using two main jets crews had the fire surrounded by 03:30 and extinguished by 03:51hrs.
THERE ARE A number of anoraks on the cloakroom pegs in Your Thurrock towers but we couldn't help put on on in celebration of Burns Night. Did you know that according to the 2011 Census there are 1140 individuals in Thurrock who were born in Scotland.
STATION Officer Geoff Wheal from Corringham fire station said: The workers were carrying out maintenance work on the empty storage tank, they were cutting away at the steel flooring and welding when tarmac at the base of the tank started to smoulder and caught alight, the crews wore breathing apparatus and used one main jet to extinguish the fire.
PRINCE Charles is set to visit the High House Production Park. The park in Purfleet is home to the Royal Opera House workshops as well as the National Skills Academy.
ITF UK and Ireland coordinator Ken Fleming explained: “A visit to the Isis by myself and my colleague Darren Procter revealed that crew members had been unpaid for months. On the 3rd January Derna had sent an email to the ship stating clearly that all money would be paid to the full crew by the 7th January. This did not happen.
THE ARMY is holding a recruitment day in Grays on Friday. The aim of the day is to hire more reservists. Interested parties will be able to meet serving troops and gain key advice as to what to do next. The army will be on Grays High Street between 10am and 3pm.
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) detectives investigating an incident where a man was glassed on a train in Essex have today released CCTV images.
Officers, who appealed for information earlier this month, have seized the onboard train images of a man they are keen to speak to about the incident, which took place on Saturday, 28 December and left the victim needing stitches.
DETECTIVES investigating the robbery of a taxi driver in south Essex are refocusing their appeal for witnesses to the Horndon-on-the-Hill area. A black cab driver had picked up five young men from Stratford’s Westfield at 1:30am on Sunday, January 12, dropping three off in Hornchurch before continuing with the fare into Essex. The man had initially suggested that he then drove to Langdon Hills where he was threatened with violence by the remaining two passengers, but has now stated that he dropped the two men off a short distance along the A128 from the eastbound A13 junction.
GRAYS ATHLETIC goalkeeper, Lamar Johnson has been suspended by the FA following their investigation into an incident following a home match with Bury Town. The match took place on September 25th. Grays Ath won 4-3.
THE UNDER-FIRE Property Management Company at the centre of problems with storm damage to homes in Bridgland Road in Purfleet have gone on the record to update on progress made to the state of repairs. A spokesperson said: "Last October, a storm damaged the roof at a residential block of flats at the Watts Wood Park development in Purfleet.
