JOHN Stanley’s Care Agency, a division of Manorcourt Homecare, has today announced it has been awarded a four-year contract to provide home-based care in Thurrock. Following an assessment process, Thurrock and Havering Councils have contracted with the homecare provider to deliver vital services to vulnerable adults in the regions reports homecare.co.uk.
YOU have quickly made changes to the way that teachers plan and deliver lessons, and the way they mark pupils’ work. This has improved teaching in some classes but there is still a great deal more to do. Too much teaching is inadequate and some teachers are not responding quickly enough to your higher expectations. For example, teachers’ marking of pupils’ work is patchy across the school. Pupils get clear guidance about to how to improve their work in some classes, while in others the marking is brief and infrequent.
THURROCK Council’s library service hosted an “alien invasion” day at the Thameside Theatre, Grays, which saw children and families coming face to face with the evil menaces. The day proved popular with children having the opportunity to be creative with arts and craft, making time clocks and building their own Dalek!
THE RBG Bar and Grill at the Park Inn by Radisson in Thurrock is celebrating the recent launch of its new menu with a fantastic 2 for 1 dinner offer. With tempting menu options, great service and a vibrant atmosphere, this offer is the perfect excuse to sample the sumptuous delights of the menu with a colleague, friend or loved one.
NOW 60 new allotments have been laid out on site and 11 of them are still waiting for new owners. Cllr Victoria Holloway, portfolio holder for Environment said: “This is a brilliant example of residents and the council all working together to create an important resource for the community.
THEY will be be re-screaming in the aisles at the Thameside Theatre later this month as Re-Take That, featuring Paul Waite as Gary Barlow, will be emulating Britain’s favourite band. Working alongside Alesha Dixon, Lorraine Kelly, The Bootleg Beatles and with towering testimonials from festival directors and theatre managers Re-Take That are the automatic “go to” band.
A NEW befriending service was launched at the Park Inn in Thurrock on Monday afternoon. The Mayor of Thurrock Cllr. Tony Fish opened the service and a presentation was made by Shelley Johnson and Tony Greaves of Scope.
A TEENAGER is due to appear in court later this month after having been charged with a number of firearm and drugs offences following a robbery in Grays. A pizza delivery man had been attending a residential address on Mill Road at 10pm on Tuesday, April 16 when he was approached by several men who threatened him with a firearm, before stealing the pizza bag and its food contents.
THURROCK'S Citizens Advice (CAB) and Thurrock Council’s trading standards team are steering people in the right direction this November when it comes to buying a used car. The drive is part of a month-long campaign, launching on Monday, 4 November, at the start of National Consumer Week.
RECENTLY, year 5 students at Benyon primary in South Ockendon held a "Great Inventions Exhibition". They have been studying progress through the ages, especially victorian inventors in their IPC unit: Robert Stephenson, Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Alexander Bell.
THE MV Koutalianos became the largest ever cargo vessel to call the UK’s Port of Tilbury last week. Collecting 50,000 tonnes of barley destined for Saudi Arabia, the shipment was part of a contract Tilbury has with Glencore Grain UK Ltd. Weighing in at 93,000 tonnes and measuring 230 metres in length, the size of two football pitches laid end-to-end, the arrival of the post-Panamax sized MV Koutalianos required careful planning to ensure her safe arrival into the port.
I WOULD to express my anger and frustration at the response I received from Essex Police when I rang to complain about youths letting off fireworks. Before I begin, I want to state that I have the utmost respect for the police but the attitude this evening (Friday) of Essex Police Control and in particular the "idiot" that phoned from Ockendon Police station was beyond belief.
POLICE and other emergency services were called to the Dartford river crossing this afternoon after reports that a man had jumped from the bridge. The incident occurred at just after 1pm. YT understands that his body was later recovered from the Thames. The road has reopened but tailbacks of several miles continue.
GET your tickets for the Tilbury Talk by Jonathan Catton and the film of The Story Behind the Roads which will be at Thameside Theatre next Monday 4th November at 7.30pm. Tickets are only £5.00 each.
HATHAWAY ACADEMY student Samuel Jones is a enterprising yougn man and so he is putting his talents to great use by helping Children in Need. From Friday November 1st, Samuel has opened a Facebook page
