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Purfleet food wholesaler fined for selling palm oil contaminated with illegal dyes linked to cancer

AN African food import and distribution company, its company director and manager have been ordered to pay more than £13,000 between them after an...

Thurrock Ride 123- Pass Wide and Slow Awareness Ride

THE third annual Thurrock Ride 123- Pass Wide and Slow Awareness Ride 2024 took place on Sunday, 15 September to raise awareness about safety...

Thurrock residents get chance to have say on plans to combat flooding

A SERIES of events will take place across Thurrock later this month and into October, offering residents the opportunity to share their views on...

Ormiston Park Academy set to ban phones during school day

ORMISTON Academies Trust confirmed to the BBC it was phasing out access to smartphones for around 35,000 pupils at its 42 state schools across...

Thurrock police boss: “Thurrock is a “great place to live and work”

THURROCK District Commander Chief Inspector Tony Atkin says his top policing priorities are residents’ top concerns. That means anti-social behaviour, hate crime, burglary, robbery and...

Grays: Church feels ‘persecuted’ after appeal refused

A COUPLE who hoped to open a church in a disused shop in Grays say they feel “persecuted” after an appeal against refusal of planning...

Battle of Britain commemorations set to take place in Grays

A SERVICE of commemoration to honour the fallen of the Battle of Britain and veterans of the monumental effort that changed the course of...

Community heroes honoured at BBC Essex awards

THE father of a young artist, who raised £250,000 for a hospital before he died, has been honoured among other community heroes during a...

Over 11,000 illegal vapes seized from Thurrock shop

MORE than 9,000 illegal vapes were seized from a Thurrock shop last year, it has been revealed reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Michael Dineen, assistant...

Firefighters tackle Tilbury docks fire

FIREFIGHTERS spent more than two hours dousing a fire that broke out at a metal processing site at Tilbury docks last night (Thursday, 12...

£12m “treasure trove” waiting to be used on Thurrock community projects

THURROCK Council is sitting on a £12million "pot of gold" that could see more than £1million released for a swathe of community projects, it...

North Stifford man charged over Banksy theft

TWO men have been charged after a Banksy artwork was stolen from a central London art gallery, the Met Police has said reports the...

PFCC announces £1.5m of Local Safer Streets funding to improve community safety in Essex

£1.5m funding for community safety projects across the county has today been announced by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex. Details of the...

Officers promote knife amnesty in high harm hotspots in Grays

OFFICERS will be proactively engaging with residents in high harm hotspots across the county in the next 12 days to encourage them to surrender...

Grays Ath need help to settle into new home

A CALL has gone out to borough football fans to help on of the area's top team settle into its new home reports Thurrock...

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