A STAR-STUDDED cast is set to appear at the annual Black History Month in Thurrock on Sunday. Rising stars of Afropop/Afrobeat Mista Silva and Moelogo will be taking to the stage of the Thameside Theatre. Mista Silva is dubbed the modern voice of this generation, bringing Afrobeats to a new audience.
PREGNANT women and mothers are invited to have their say about NHS-funded maternity services. NHS England has this week begun asking the Friends and Family Test (FFT) question in every NHS maternity unit across the country including both Basildon and Southend Hospital. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) across south Essex are encouraging all local residents to take part in the survey to help them to monitor the quality of local maternity services.
WITH less than 11 months until the new Thurrock Campus of South Essex College opens to new and returning students in Grays town centre, the College, Skanska – main contractor on the new build – and Thurrock Council celebrate the £45 million building’s topping out ceremony.
Topping out is a phrase commonly used to describe the traditional celebration of the completion of the building's main structure.
It’s a momentous occasion for the new college building, which has sprung up at the end of Grays High Street in what seems to be next to no time and is sure to make a positive difference and impact to the local area as it buzzes with student life.
A THURROCK Council has been accused of making indecent photographs of and sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13. Ian Rayment, of Lower Crescent, Linford, Essex, gave no indication of plea at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court today reports the Barking and Dagenham Post.
INTU Lakeside was transformed into a student haven last Wednesday as the shopping centre hosted its first ever student night. Between 6pm and 10pm, over 4,000 students made the most of this rare opportunity to scoop up exclusive discounts from intu Lakeside’s shops and restaurants.
TWO surgeons from Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge have told how they were dropped onto a crane in order to operate on a man who had his leg trapped.
The dramatic six hour incident happened on Monday.
THE suspect appeared unsteady on his feet when he entered the Coop Food Store just before 8pm on Thursday September 19. He selected cans of beer from a shelf, dropped the pack, picked it up again then left the shop making no attempt to pay. Anyone who can identify the man in the picture should contact the investigating officer, Pc Jack Tyson, at Grays neighbourhood crime team on 101 or email him at [email protected]
The council’s trading standards team is offering this test which will be carried out of charge. Drop off points have been set up across the borough to make this service available to as many people as possible. If you have an electric blanket you would like tested, place it in large bag with your name, address, and telephone number written clearly and attached to the bag securely.
STEPHEN Metcalfe, local MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, joined staff and supporters of St Luke’s Hospice last week to help break new ground for the forthcoming development. Together with Gerry Peaty, Chairman of St Luke’s Trustee Board, Mr Metcalfe picked up a shovel to mark the beginning of the building of a new vibrant Day Therapy, Assessment and Support Centre which will enable the Hospice to take a significant step forward in helping more people and enable them to offer a greater variety of services in the future.
THE STAR OF this years Thameside panto, Natalie Cassidy is set to return to East Enders.
Natalie, who plays Sonia returns in January to the role she played for (on and off) for 14 years. Natalie recently spoke to YT at the launch of the Thameside panto and although she spoke of her love for East Enders, gave no hint that she would be returning to the award-winning soap.
A-LEVEL student Dannie Slade returned from a magnificent trip to the USA where she spent a week visiting prestigious US universities and experiencing life as an American student. As part of the Sutton Trust US Programme, Dannie spent the week residing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The programme provides international opportunities for talented young people from low income families.
YOUR THURROCK has just passed one million page views in 2013 alone. In 2012 we reached the million page view figure on December 30th so we are delighted to have reached that figure by October 15th. Here are a few stats.
TWO teenagers are due to appear in court later this month (October) after having been charged with motoring offences. Police were contacted at 11:30pm on Wednesday, July 17 following reports that a car had been stolen from outside a residential property on Thors Oak in Stanford-le-Hope.
WE welcome Stanford novelist, Helen Harrod, to our happy group of YourThurrock bloggers.
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BEN Wiley, partner in Strutt & Parker’s national industrial agency said; “Supply in Thurrock has been diminishing since 2008/9 and we are now at the point where there is very limited supply as units have been taken up gradually over the past five years. This has strengthened the position of landlords who are now able to demand higher rents then we have previously seen.”
