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PEOPLE working in or attending a new medical centre will be expected to leave their cars at home.

THE team from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Tilbury is taking part in Amazon's global campaign to address growing education inequalities[1] as a result of COVID-19. 

MCDONALDS says it has run out of milkshakes at its restaurants in England, Scotland and Wales reports the BBC.

A FEW weeks ago, Essex Police published a press release proudly announced a new raft of officers passing out from their Chelmsford Headquarters.

THURROCK Swimming Club (TSC) has been awarded a grant from Sport England to help tackle inequalities within sport.  TSC has played a major role...

GREENER, longer goods vehicles could become a permanent fixture on Britain’s roads as early as next year, the Government has announced.  

TWO students and a member of staff at Ormiston Park Academy, which is sponsored by Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), have won awards from the Trust for their continued excellence.

ICONIC Canadian restaurant brand, Tim Hortons® is making a name for itself in Essex, announcing the arrival of not one, but two new drive-thru restaurants this winter. The brand famed for its signature coffee and delicious donuts will open in Thurrock, with a venue in Braintree hot on its heels - taking the total number of sites within the county to three following the successful launch of Harlow in May.

pledge to give higher benefits to 2.3million of Britain’s worst-paid workers under the party’s plans to replace Universal Credit reports The Mirror.

LOBBY groups for the retail and transport industries have jointly written to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng warning the impact on supply chains is getting worse reports the BBC.

A MAN who hit two people with his car following an argument outside a pub in Orsett has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

ANTIBODY tests are to be widely offered to the UK public for the first time in a new programme that aims to find out more about how much natural protection people have after getting coronavirus reports the BBC.

MEMBERS and visitors were absolutely delighted to be back at the village hall for their August meeting, the first inside the hall since March 2020, they even burst into applause after the rousing rendition of Jerusalem at the end of the meeting, they had been entertained by Revd. Dr Nicholas Henderson’s talk on two of the Tudor queens.

RESIDENTS, particularly in communities like Orsett, Horndon on the Hill, Chadwell St Mary and Stanford-le-Hope, and are set for another weekend of disruption as the A13 will be closed in both directions between the Manorway and the Orsett Cock roundabout from 9pm this evening (Friday, 20 August).

A STATEMENT from Bishop Guli and the Diocesan Refugee Coordinator, the Revd Canon Gareth Jones: