Essex Police have confirmed that they are still in discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service over the e-mail. With campaigning for the local elections now a matter of weeks away, local Labour officials are keen to know where they stand.To compound matters, a Belhus resident has tabled a question at tomorrow nights council meeting. Deirdre Lodge of Stifford Road has asked "Does your administration have a clear policy regarding offensive and racial comments involving councillors?"
ON FRIDAY, South Basildon and East Thurrock MP Stephen Metcalfe had the pleasure of opening the new playground next to Orsett cricket club. Whilst there, we took the opportunity to catch up with Stephen on a number of issues including the academies and the alternative vote campaign.
This time it is in Orsett. Deputy leader Val Morris-Cook, Orsett councillors Diane and Mike Revell and chair of Veoila Mardyke Trust, Charlie Curtis as well as plenty of children came together to officially open the playground.
Hosted by Thurrock Disability Network and staffed by pupils from Beacon Hill School, the exhibition was an opportunity for disabled people to talk face to face both to council officers and local taxi and bus providers about their concerns. Trans-Vol, Thurrock’s community transport project, was well represented and Dave Meheghan, the manager, proudly displayed the latest addition to their fleet of vehicles. Wheelchair users also tried out a rear loading private hire car which took them for a spin.
YourThurrock blogger, Courtney Savage interviews Libyan-born Chafford Hundred student Sara Shaafi about the recent turmoil in Libya.
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Thurrock come out of the blocks strong and fast, playing some lovely hockey allover the field, the captain Steve Abbott opened the score line to make it 1-0 after a good passing move. Still applying the pressure Christian Jenkins struck home with a second but was disallowed due to not being in the D. The home side did look dangerous on the break and had some good chances but man of the match Tommy Ing, with some good defending, and Keith Mager in the Thurrock goal making some good saves, kept Thurrock in front. Just before half time Waltham Forest converted a good passing move to make it 1-1.
THEY have only been playing for a few years but the Year 9 Gateway team proved last week that the rugby revolution at the Tilbury school is well under way. Full report to follow but in the meantime enjoy a ten minute version of the comprehensive victory by the team.
We have to admit that when we started (Sept '08) we thought that there would be a plethora of portfolio videos from students across the borough. There hasn't been. So, it is always gratifying when we find a piece that illustrates that there is talent in the borough.
Last year YT reported that World of Sofas were the subject of unfair trading allegations, as they were alleged to be responsible for offering customers false promotion prices and incorrectly stating when special offers are due to finish. World of Sofas was founded in 2009. The founders of collapsed retail chain Land of Leather, Paul Briant, Steve Dowdall and Peter Ling, launched a new furniture retail business under the World of Sofas guise.
LYDIA was the guest singer at the Your Voice showcase at the Thameside Theatre last week. The show, a partnership between the Thurrock Music Services, the Thameside Theatre and YourThurrock.Com was a very entertaining evening. Lydia has already appeared on the West End stage in Billy Elliot and on Channel 5's Don't Stop Believing.
Activists will meet at the Moto services on the M2 at 8am and drive through the Dartford Crossing in convoy winding their way to Coryton. This will be the third attempt at a protest at the refinery. The other two protests had less than ten protestors marshalled by dozens of police officers.
The exhibition is on at the centre, in Centurion Way, every Sunday and Thursday from March 6 to 27, and will feature archive photographs and documents. The exhibition will showcase the career of Reginald Joseph Mitchell, who designed the iconic British aircraft.
At 5.25pm on Monday, February 21, a suspect approached the victim and demanded his mobile phone. He threw him across a car and punched him in the face, causing a black eye and a broken tooth. Nothing was stolen.
The resident said: "Click any link, watch them all, wonder at what it is like for residents to live among this lawlessness, mayhem and anarchy and ask yourselves whether after some ten years of this why the heads of our local authority and police chiefs get to sleep in peace nights, weekends and bank holidays while Thurrock remains the laughing stock of the boy racer community across the country, across the world on line".
