UP to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will be made available each year thanks to government action to streamline the testing process and tackle the worldwide lorry driver shortage.
THURROCK Council could introduce “car clubs” as part of its new parking strategy, with rental cars set to be offered to residents on a short-term basis.
COSTA Coffee today announces that all 14,500 of its store team members in UK company-owned stores will receive a 5% pay increases in recognition of their commitment and continued passion during the difficult times presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A MAN has been jailed for eight months and disqualified from driving for more than three years after crashing into trees on the A13 and badly injuring one of his passengers.
THURROCK Council is urging residents not to miss out on the opportunity to have their say on the latest Highways England’s Lower Thames Crossing consultation which comes to a close at midnight on Wednesday 8 September.
COMPLAINTS about social care provision in Thurrock have risen, a report has revealed, but the borough’s director of adult social care says that the issue needs to be kept in context and that there have been far more compliments than complaints.
THE cause of the carbon monoxide leak was found to be in a wire inside pipe insulation that had burned due to an electrical fault. The temperature in the pipe insulation was low so the wire did not cause a fire but was slowly decomposing creating carbon monoxide.
MORE than 8,700 chain stores closed in British High Streets, shopping centres and retail parks in the first six months of this year, research suggests.
FOLLOWING the success of the Port of Tilbury’s Recruitment day in June, a group of 12 apprentices have joined the port after a competitive interview process
HEALTH and social care staff at community healthcare group Provide are pioneering a new initiative which aims to improve the lives of children and adults in Essex with learning disabilities and autism.
A MAJOR industrial site close to the centre of Grays is up for sale and it is being proposed it could become host to as many as 1,000 new homes reports Thurrock Nub News.
