As interested as everybody was in how Grays Beach was getting on, nobody really wanted to do anything to help it. The official line from any administration, councillor or officer would be, 'Grays Beach is Thurrock's flagship park', which is true, it just isn't treated as such. In the summer of 2009 vandalism at the park reached a new high, the galleon was set on fire and half of it had to be demolished. Unfortunately, rather than be demolished straight away it had a few weeks of tape around it in the middle of the kids' summer holidays.
TRP has worked hard in the Tilbury community and delivered a number of very successful collaborative projects including the Two Forts Way, the Tilbury Summer Festival and the Christmas Lights and Fair, all of which were home-grown projects. In addition, the Last Night of the Proms in partnership with the Tilbury Band and the Natural Meadow project in partnership with Tilbury Power Station and the National Grid have demonstrated that TRP willingness to work in partnership with like-minded organisations to tackle the problems of economic, social and environmental issues.
Thurrock plunge back into the relegation zone as they are hit for six at the Melbourne Stadium in Chelmsford. A disappointed Greg Lincoln declined to be interviewed or comment after the game. He now needs to motivate his squad when Dover and BBC Football Focus come to visit Ship Lane on Monday for there next league match.
Moments later, after another scramble, Michael Filetti cleared Steve Sheehan header off the line but when the same player got a header from a Joe Keith corner on 16 minutes there was no escape as the ball bounced into the net for the opener.
Katie will sign merchandise and meet those who purchase items from her KP Baby and KP Equestrian clothing ranges - which will be on sale in the centre on the day. The two lines include baby girls’ clothing and casual tracksuits, hoodies and t-shirts for adults.
As the tolls make some £47 million profit each year that shouldn’t be a difficult amount to find so we hope we want to see this work commence early in 2011 so that the congestion which causes such delays for motorists and costs businesses an estimated £21 million a year can be removed.
Crews using specialist cutting equipment are attempting to free a woman trapped in her vehicle following a road traffic collision at the Chadwell St Mary crossroads.
Firefighters were called to a chip pan on fire in West Road, South Ockendon. A 63 year-old woman suffered from burns and smoke inhalation. Fire crews administered first aid to the casualty.
Winegate dominated the local news and also made the national headlines after three Conservative councillors' behaviour at a civic function, in the Mayor's car and then in a Corringham pub was called into question. It lead to the Deputy Mayor, Eddie Hardiman resigning as Deputy Mayor and the two others, Danny Nicklen and James Halden being castigated. Neither one resigned as a councillor.
There was the tragic death of Purfleet youngster Lenny Scamp who died from a brain tumour. In many ways the story was of how the Purfleet community gathered together. We discovered that Terry Venables had plans for a sports development in Aveley. We filmed Siya Twani at Gable Hall school as part of Black History month. He was truly inspirational and in a different way, so was Stan Earle at Stan's gym.
The panto opened with fantastic reviews and is a real family treat for the whole family. If you have not seen it yet, there is still time as it runs until Sunday, 9 January 2011. The lovely people at the Thameside Theatre are having a special Back to School performance on Monday (3 January) at 1.30pm where all tickets are £10 each. Phone the Box Office now to book your tickets as once they are gone, they are gone!
2010 has been a year of challenge on a number of levels, but also a year of making headway. I’ve been taken deeper in some directions, while others have been cut off. The challenge of church unity remains my underpinning vision.
WITH December, wiped out, the fixtures secretaries for the five teams in the borough have been busy recalibrating the next two months worth of fixtures. 2011 kicks off with East Thurrock v Waltham Forest on New Years Day. There follows another 39 games for the five teams in the borough and of course that is dependent on the weather not kicking in again.
Firefighters were called to a boiler on fire in a two storey mid terrace house in Russell Road, Tilbury last night (Thursday). The fire was on the first floor.
