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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,...

East of England business confidence climbs in July

BUSINESS confidence in the East of England climbed 26 points during July to 61%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial...

Look out for motorbike riders so everyone can stay safe on our roads this summer

LOOK out for motorbike riders so everyone can stay safe on our roads this summer: latest advice from Essex Police’s Roads Policing Unit. Over the...

Stage Four cancer patient brings national Basketball tournament to Essex

FORMER professional basketball player and stage four cancer patient Will Wise is bringing a national sporting tournament to Essex. Will, a towering 6ft 9ins with...

Councillors call for Lower Thames Crossing scheme to be scrapped

THURROCK councillors have called on the Government to rethink the whole Lower Thames Crossing scheme reports the Local Democracy Reporter Campaigners are hoping the...

Thurrock Council secures protection for vulnerable housing tenants after violent male sentenced

A VIOLENT man who subjected his partner to domestic abuse and terrorised residents in sheltered housing has been jailed for 5 months. David Watts, 60, from...

Beam me up! Final bridge at M25 Junction 28 is now installed

THE National Highways team upgrading junction 28 of the M25 in Essex has successfully installed the final set of bridge beams as part of...

Thurrock Conservatives call on the government to stop the reintroduction of housing targets.

THE leader of Thurrock Conservatives Councillor Andrew Jefferies has blasted the Labour Government’s announcement this week that it will force local councils to build...

Quarter of Thurrock children in care placed outside the borough

MORE than a quarter of Thurrock children in care have to be placed outside the borough because of a shortage of foster carers, it...

Residents asked to have their say on Grays Riverside plans

THURROCK Council is inviting residents to have their say on exciting plans to improve access to the Grays Riverside area. Proposals, created by the Grays...

Basildon Council boss ramps up calls to become unitary authority

BASILDON Council’s Labour leader is once again calling for his borough to have full control over council tax and services to improve the area...

Dispersal order in place for Southend seafront following information about potential event

A DISPERSAL order is being put in place for Southend seafront this afternoon following information about a potential event there. The order, which gives officers...

Hospital Olympics is going for gold for patients

IT may not exactly be the Paris Olympics, but a hospital is hosting its very own Games for patients. Taking place over nine days at...

Seven day infant feeding service now available in Thurrock

PARENTS and caregivers in Thurrock can access feeding support for their baby seven-days-a-week. Expert infant feeding advice is now available from Monday to Sunday, 9am...

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...

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