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AT our first meeting since the Covid-19 lockdown we welcomed our Chairman Susan Yates who gave a well-illustrated talk on the History of Aveley. The village has a long history, dating back from the stone and bronze ages.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging Working Tax Credit (WTC) customers to check if they need to update their working hours if these have reduced as a result of coronavirus.

SEPARATE food waste collections could be introduced as Thurrock Council looks to overhaul of its refuse collection service.

DEMENTIA UK’s fundraising event Raise Your Game is back again for more rolls of the dice, whilst aiming for a record number of fundraisers for more life-changing support from dementia specialist Admiral Nurses. 

A NEW series of litter picks on the north bank of the Thames have been highlighted by local River Action Clean-Up Facilitator Steve Catchpole of the Thames21 River Action Group.

THE population of a men’s prison in Essex where inspections revealed declining standards and rising deaths will be cut by almost 10 per cent, the Justice Secretary...

AMAZON today announced it is hiring for 20,000 seasonal positions across its UK network of fulfilment centres, sortation centres and delivery stations during the festive season, including around 750 in Essex. Roles are available at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Tilbury and the delivery stations in Basildon, Romford and Harlow.   

LABOUR councillors for Grays Riverside and Grays Thurrock wards have announced they are to restart their regular advice surgeries, on the first Saturday of each month, starting on Saturday, 2 October.

THIS week’s road closures, as part of the A13 Road Widening Project.

TO mark 'Green Week' (which concludes today (25 September) members from Bulphan WI set up a stand at the Bulphan Community Café to raise awareness of all the recycling, reuse and repurpose projects they are involved in. 

ESSEX Police have issued a stark warning against abusing petrol station staff, as queues build at garages across the county for a second day in a row.

THE closure of some petrol stations has reignited a row over lorry driver shortages in the UK.

THURROCK'S newly appointed director of public health has revealed Covid-19 cases have fallen overall in Thurrock but there are rising numbers of cases in the over-60s and in schools.

MONDAY saw the Conservative Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Roger Hirst, visiting Chafford Hundred following complaints about ongoing anti-social behaviour and car crime across Chafford.