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Dogs Trust Basildon urges dog owners to update microchip details on Check the Chip Day

AHEAD of Check the Chip Day on 15th August, Dogs Trust Basildon is calling on all dog owners to ensure their pets' microchip details...

Thurrock’s town hall will be going green as it looks back in time with special event for gardeners

THURROCK'S Town Hall, on High Street, Grays, will be opening up its doors to green-fingered residents later this monthy.  From Tuesday, 27 August to Thursday, 12 September' it will play...

c2c Appoints First Accessibility and Integrated Travel Manager

LOCAL rail operator Trenitalia c2c has appointed its first Accessibility and Integrated Travel Manager, to ensure that travel on the East London and South...

Quince Tree Day Nursery spread their positivity

THE children and teachers at Quince Tree Day Nursery in  South Ockendon have designed a new positivity display for their nursery. They have done this...

SEPHORA continues UK store expansion with a new Winter 2024 opening at Kent’s Bluewater Shopping Centre

SEPHORA UK is delighted to reveal another UK store opening in 2024, coming this winter to Kent’s Bluewater Shopping Centre, one of the UK’s...

Unique Music of the Spheres event featuring performers suspended in giant bubbles coming to Thurrock

A SPECTACULAR performance featuring aerial artists dancing to beautiful music while floating across a lake suspended inside giant inflated bubbles is coming to Thurrock. Start...

More than 80% of carers need additional financial support

RESEARCH by charity Carers First reveals that 81% of carers cited that they needed additional financial support, for example, through the benefit system. Brian Myciuk,...

Thurrock’s Big Lunches set to take place throughout August

THE first of this year's Community Big Lunches took place at Purfleet-on-Thames on Monday (29 July) on the green at Centurion Way. Among those taking...

Delays in food hygiene inspections a ‘serious public health issue’

CONSUMERS are being exposed to an increased risk of food poisoning because of delays in food hygiene inspections, a BBC investigation has found. Analysis shows...

Essex sailor leads team of non-professional crew on epic 40,000 mile race around the world

DAN Bodey, a 33-year-old sailor from Rayleigh, is back home after leading a team of non-professional sailors on a 40,000 nautical mile race around...

New true crime podcast looks at Essex Mental Health scandal

ESSEX-based TV producer and true crime podcast host Naomi Channell has spent the last sixmonths working with families, ex-patients and experts on a new...

University of Essex study to look at decline of mallard ducks

A TEAM of researchers is asking the public for help in solving the mystery of a decline in local duck populations reports the BBC. The...

Crowdfunder to help local history groups share knowledge and experience at Orsett Show after council cuts support

A CROWDFUNDING page has been laucnhed to help ensure that history plays its part in September's Orsett Show. The cost of the heritage marquee at...

Breaking the grass ceiling: Outdoor play in Essex being swapped for the great indoors

OVER 5 million parents in the UK say their children have no access to outdoor play or nature spaces within safe walking distance to...

Bluewater Shopping Centre awarded the coveted Green Flag Award

BLUEWATER Shopping Centre in Greenhithe is celebrating having received a prestigious Green Flag Award – an international quality mark for parks and green spaces –...

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