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New data reveals the local authorities working the most overtime

THE study, conducted by the online calculator tool The Calculator Site, examined each local authority’s mean number of annual paid overtime hours per person...

Hospital consultants narrowly reject pay offer, but BMA invites Government to improve deal

HOSPITAL consultants in England narrowly reject pay offer, but BMA invites Government to improve the deal.​The BMA is asking the Government to discuss how...

Nominate a star for the ‘Making Every Day Count’ Awards!

HAVENS Hospices is asking the local community to nominate a colleague or volunteer for their annual ‘Havens Hospices Star Awards’. The charity, which cares for...

Ormiston Park Academy students awarded for completing transformational life-skills programme

FIVE students at Ormiston Park Academy, part of Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), have received accolades for their exceptional work during a life-skills-building programme. Known as...

Chance to comment on Thurrock’s council boundaries

RESIDENTS in Thurrock are getting the chance to comment on the size and make up of wards on the borough council after a review...

Number of XL bullies seized by police spiked over past two years

FIGURES show the number of XL Bullies seized by Essex Police has only spiked in the past two years as owners prepare for new...

Thurrock Council debt hits £8k per resident

THURROCK Council’s £1.4 billion debt is the equivalent of £8,000 per resident – the fourth highest in the country – analysis of Government figures...

Police appeal to trace two men after serious public order offence in Chafford Hundred

ESSEX Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate two men, in connection with an investigation into a serious public order offence in...

Thurrock Court Players set to perform Allo Allo!

GOOD Moaning! Thurrock Courts Players return to the Thameside Theatre this February with another hit TV comedy – the stage version of Allo Allo. Enjoy...

Schroders Greencoat to acquire c.£700m Toucan Energy portfolio – the largest operational solar portfolio traded in the UK

TOUCAN Energy’s solar portfolio, consisting of 53 operating solar farms in the UK, will be majority acquired by private markets funds managed by Schroders...

Thurrock households face 5.55 per cent increase on police precept bill

HOUSEHOLDS can expect to see the average amount of council tax they pay for the police service in Essex increase by almost £13. reports...

DAF open up new workshop in Grays

DAF dealer group Harris Daf has opened a new, purpose-built five-bay workshop and ATF service at its principal site in Grays. The workshop will bolster...

Record number of nurses and midwives working in NHS

THERE are more nurses and midwives working in the NHS than ever before according to new figures published today. NHS England data for November shows...

Small businesses in East of England report collapse in confidence as economic woes remain

SMALL businesses in the East of England reported a collapse in confidence, according to a report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), during...

Labour select candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in this May’s election.

ADAM Fox has been selected to stand as Labour’s Police and Crime Commissioner candidate for Essex in this May’s election. Adam Fox was previously Deputy...

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