The Conservative candidate, Ben Gadsby appears to be a confident, quite self contained young man. His interview is less than two minutes long but he gives clear, considered answers. He lives in the area and clearly has the area's concerns at heart. What is encouraging for the Tories is that they have young candidates such as Ben and Shane Hebb who have a political philosophy. That can only be good for the future.
For Thurrock and Aveley, vital relegation battles at home this weekend while East Thurrock have a tough battle against Brentwood in order to edge nearer to the championship.
One man was trapped by his injuries and crews used two sets of specialist cutting equipment to release him by 10:55hrs, the casualty was placed in the care of the ambulance service. He was taken to hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries.
The Thurrock Business Association (TBA) annual general meeting and quarterly meeting was held at Orsett Hall this week. President for the last two years Richard Bowyer of Stamford Fabrications Ltd presented new president Georgina Clark of Petroplus with her badge of office.
Many famous people have travelled through Tilbury including Mark Twain on “SS Minneaeopolis” in 1907. He was given a ticker tape welcome by the stevedores who he referred to as “the men that build civilization and without them no civilization can be built”.
Fifth of children in Thurrock live in poverty; Total number of children living in poverty may be as high as 8220; 6/20 wards account for half children living in poverty; 55% of children in Tilbury Riverside live in poverty and only 50% of workforce qualified to at least NVQ Level 2
The competition has captured the imagination of over 40 schools across the East of England, with around 4,800 Year 7 pupils battling it out to spell the highest number of words in French, German or Spanish. Stanley Stefanowski from Chafford Hundred School came third in the German section while Steven Veizi from Gateway Academy came fourth in the Spanish section.
A safety arch was deployed at Chafford Hundred railway station footbridge to detect people travelling to the retail area to commit crime. More than 230 people passed through the safety arch, and no weapons were found. Chief Insp Paul Moor, Thurrock district commander, said: "Safety arches are an effective way for us to deal with people travelling to the area with the intention of committing crime.
At last nights (Wednesday) meeting of the Thurrock council cabinet, the cabinet recommended a number of new strategies based on the review including targeting special areas, more work in schools and naming and shaming offenders.
Shaw Primary School is the first school to be invited to the Workshop as the Royal Opera House Education team in Thurrock runs a pilot scheme to develop organised tours for schools, groups and organisations. The Workshop is home to the scenic painters, carpenters and metalworkers making the sets and scenery for productions at Covent Garden.
The CAB said: "This report highlights a number of case studies that demonstrate questionable practices in respect of enforcement action, including use of
bailiffs in preference to other methods of enforcement, such as attachment to earnings and direct deductions, threatened use of bankruptcy proceedings and letters notifying clients that committal proceedings will be pursued in the event of non payment.
THE POLITICAL war between the local education authority (LEA) and the government over academy schools has entered the next level as the government rejected the LEA's plans for Thameside Infants and Juniors to amalgamate as a community school.
Mr Metcalfe said: "Under Labour immigration was out of control. The Coalition Government is taking action to bring down the level of immigration by addressing all visa routes. The cap on economic migration will limit the number of people UK employers will be able to bring from outside the EU to work in skilled professions. This will reduce the numbers entering via this route by a quarter compared to Labour’s last year in office.
Dagenham loanee Alex Osbourn opened the scoring in the 35th minute before left back Danny Bunce slotted home a penalty to make it 5-0 at half time.
The second half belonged to Alex Osbourn. The 17-year-old scored in the 47th, 50th, 58th and 90th to cap an enjoyable night in front of their fans.
Firefighters were called to a fire in a cleaning room at the Debenhams store at Lakeside. The fire was contained to the cleaning room and crews wore two sets of breathing apparatus and used dry powder to quickly extinguish the fire by 10:31hrs.
