STUDENTS at Ormiston Park Academy, which is sponsored by Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), had an exciting visit this week from some experts at the BBC, who taught them about storytelling.
CAMPAIGNERS fresh from a legal battle with the Department for Transport say that its Transport Decarbonisation Plan cannot be credible, unless it abandons the roads programme. The much delayed Plan is rumoured to be published this Wednesday 14th July, coinciding with the start of a new consultation on the UK's largest road scheme in a generation, the Lower Thames Crossing.
OVER the weekend a joint operation between Thurrock Council Environmental Enforcement Officers and Essex Police saw 24 drivers issued with fixed penalty notices and three drivers warned that their vehicles could be confiscated.
THURROCK Adult Community College (TACC) has begun its relocation from Richmond Road in Grays to a number of venues and community hubs across Thurrock...
AN initiative providing safe accommodation to care leavers and other vulnerable young people in Thurrock has been shortlisted as a finalist for Best Social Housing Initiative in The Municipal Journal (MJ) Local Government Achievement Awards 2021.
STUDENTS and seasonal staff working in East of England are being reminded by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to check that they are being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
AFTER a recent spate of antisocial behaviour, vandalism and theft from graves, Thurrock Labour have called on the Conservative run council to start locking cemeteries at night again. Chadwell cemetery has been particularly badly affected by thoughtless vandalism last weekend.
PROJECTS proposed to drive transformational regeneration in Grays and Tilbury gained support ahead of a possible £50 million government Town Fund announcement.
ON Monday 5 July at Basildon Magistrates’ Court, Sunny Ventures Limited of West Thurrock was found guilty of food hygiene offences resulting in a £12,000 fine and a £8,330 costs order.
