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Thurrock Council payback from failed solar farm deal is £510 million

THURROCK Council has announced it has received just over £510m in payments following the sale of Toucan Energy Holdings, the group of companies it...

Branch Out funding helps connect people with their local natural environment

WITH just one week to go Essex & Suffolk Water is encouraging customers involved with environmental projects and community groups to apply for Branch...

Delayed plans for new Stanford-le-Hope Station face more hurdles

A CATALOGUE of failures over plans for a new £29million train station mean there is no chance it will be built anytime soon, despite part...

Police appeal after jet ski stolen in Grays

POLICE are appealing for the public’s help following the theft of a jet ski in Grays. Officers were called to an address on Wingfield Drive...

Six crews attend fire in Fobbing

SIX crews have worked to extinguish a workshop fire in Thurrock this evening.  When crews arrived they reported that the workshop, which measured approximately 15m...

Thurrock Council slammed by government Ombudsman for trapping disabled woman in her home by failing to manage bins collection

THE Local Government Ombudsman has damned Thurrock Council for repeatedly trapping a borough disabled woman in her home by not collecting her bins properly. The...

Police appeal as teenage girl missing from Grays

CAN you help find Faith Johnson who’s missing from Grays? Faith was last seen late afternoon on Tuesday 20 February outside the Lakeside shopping centre...

Teenager charged after drugs search in Grays

A TEENAGER has been charged with multiple drugs offences after a warrant was executed in Grays. Officers from the Operational support Group and Raptor Serious...

The Body Shop set to appoint administrators in UK

THE Body Shop’s UK business is set to appoint administrators this week, in a move likely to result in shop closures and job losses...

Police continue to take tough action across Thurrock

OFFICERS arrested 13 people in one day as they targeted anti-social behaviour (ASB) and weapon offences this weekend. The arrests were made by police across...

Tea party at Asda hosted by community group

ASDA'S Tilbury store was the latest venue for a Re-engage tea party. The locally-based charity which supports local and vulnerable people once again were hosted...

Essex Police issue statement re heroin batch with synthetic opioid

A MESSAGE from Essex Police “Drugs are illegal for a reason – they are dangerous and can cause real harm to those who use them. We...

Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England

MINISTERS have confirmed plans to ban the use of mobile phones in English schools, releasing guidance for headteachers which some unions said included practices...

Firefighters called to pizza oven fire in Chadwell St Mary

ESSEX Firefighters extinguished a fire which had spread in a garden from a brick built pizza oven.  Crews from Orsett and Grays were called to...

Two men arrested over aggravated burglary in Grays

TWO people have been arrested and stolen goods worth £1,000 has been recovered as part of a burglary investigation.  Police were alerted to an aggravated...

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