A THURROCK student has died after falling from a university building. Christopher Bergeron, 19, believed to be of South Ockendon, was discovered injured at the University of Derby, which he attended. Security staff found Christopher unconscious shortly before 4pm, having sustained serious injuries, and he was taken to Royal Derby Hospital with serious injuries, where he was later pronounced dead.
A WOMAN suffered the effects of smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a house in Grosvenor Road, Orsett. The incident commander reported that the semi-detached house was 5% alight and completely smoke logged.
THERE WAS traffic chaos at Lakeside on Friday evening after a man was struck by a car near Lakeside's McDonald's restaurant. The pedestrian was struck by a blue Ford Focus around 4pm this afternoon in Cygnet View.
THE US NAVY has announced that it has suspended business with a Chafford Hundred defence contractor over “questionable business integrity,” the second time in two months that it has revealed deep problems with a company that services its ships around the world reports The Washington Post.
In a statement the Navy said: "It had suspended Inchcape Shipping Services, an old-line maritime trading firm based in Britain that delivers cargo and provides port services in 66 countries".
The 77-year-old victim had been shopping at Morrison’s, in London Road, Grays, at about 11.30am on November 29 when her purse was stolen from her bag.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Pc Lauren Sharland, or her colleagues at Grays, on 101.
CALLING all swimmers in Thurrock… will you be taking the plunge at Impulse Leisure Blackshots Pool on Sunday 23rd March 2014? Why not take on the challenge and enter the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Swimathon.
The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Swimathon is the UK’s biggest fundraising swimming event, which sees thousands of people jumping into pools around the country. From Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd March 2014, The Swimathon will be taking place in more than 600 pools across the UK including – for the very first time – the Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
IN order to tackle the problem, over the next 8 to 10 weeks bin crews and Council officers will be carrying out more random bin checks. Where contaminated recycling is discovered, the bin will not be emptied but an advisory hanger placed on it to remind people of what they can and cannot recycle.
POLICE want to identify a man caught on CCTV at the time that two expensive watches were stolen from a jewellers. A man had entered Ernest Jones at the Lakeside Shopping Centre in West Thurrock between 9pm and 9.30pm on Wednesday November 20.
FIRE CREWS tackled a fire in a series of sheds at the rear of a derelict building in Cample Lane, South Ockendon. Using two hose reel jets, crews had extinguished the fire by 00:13hrs.
GRAYS Library will be hosting a book sale over the weekend of 13 to 16 December. Thurrock Council’s library service has been looking closely at its stock of books and those that are no longer needed are being put on sale.
Service notices for Thursday 5 December to Saturday 7 December: Thursday 5 December - hourly service due to the high winds and high tide Friday 6 December - services suspended due to high tide / surge of water
SPANISH potatoes arrived in Tilbury this week on board the OPDR Cadiz for the UK Christmas market. This is the inaugural call of OPDR’s weekly Bilbao service which is calling a London Container Terminal in Tilbury.
THE Thames Barrier will be closed tonight to protect the Thurrock coastline from floods as the east coast braces for the biggest tidal surge for 30 years. Forecasters have warned that gale force winds, large waves and high tides could cause chaos across the east of the UK.
ALL rentals at Blockbuster DVD rental chain to cease trading from Saturday.
This will include the store in Corringham in Thurrock. Blockbuster collapsed for the first time in January, after losing business to online firms streaming films over the internet as well as offering rentals through the post.
A MAN is in hospital with serious head injuries after a road traffic collision in Grays last night (Tuesday). Police were called to Orsett Road, Grays by ambulance staff at 8pm after a report that a man carrying a metal pole had come into collision with a Peugeot 207.
