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William Edwards girls visit Impulse Leisure after initiative to encourage them to take up sport

IMPULSE Leisure recently welcomed 159 William Edwards pupils to The Civic Hall in Grays to take part in a Girls PE Curriculum Day.  The aim...

Huge Brentwood logistics hub as big as 14 football pitches set to be agreed

PLANS for a huge complex of warehouses supporting thousands of jobs are set to be agreed by Brentwood Borough Council. Brentwood Enterprise Park is planned...

Green light for £200m distribution centre at Lakeside

PART of a retail park close to Lakeside Shopping Centre is set to be demolished under plans to create 700 jobs at a new £200million...

Stanford-le-Hope Primary School receives prestigious Artsmark Award

PUPILS and staff at Stanford-le-Hope Primary School are celebrating after receiving a prestigious Silver Artsmark Award. Artsmark a creative quality standard for schools, accredited by...

Thurrock councillors reject rise in allowance in the face of debt mountain 

THURROCK councillors have voted against giving themselves a four per cent increase in allowances reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service. An independent panel had previouslly...

Scope calls on broadcasters to shift the dial on disability representation

NEW figures expose a lack of Black, Asian or minority ethnic disabled people on our screens.16 per cent of the British public don't recall...

Councillor says elderly are being failed by new e-mail appointments 

ELDERLY residents in Thurrock are being forced to make GP appointments online a councillor has revealed reports th eLocal Democracy Reporting Service. Speaking at a...

Teenager charged with theft, assault by beating and using threatening words at Lakeside

OFFICERS investigating a robbery at a shopping centre store in Thurrock have secured charges against a second person. At around 5pm on Sunday 24 September,...

Chelmsford Prison safeguarding damned after inmate killed himself six days after arriving

SAFEGUARDING measures to prevent suicide at HMP Chelmsford – described as one the country’s “most violent local prisons” – have been slated after an...

Mears Group supports community initiatives in Thurrock 

MEARS Group has supported three community projects in Thurrock as part of the company's ongoing commitment to giving back to the local communities it...

Police issue warning over e-scooter use at Christmas

AS part of their drink drive campaign, police are urging the public to take a taxi, not an e-scooter. In the last few years, the...

Government backs Karen Carney’s blueprint to raise standards in domestic women’s football

CULTURE Secretary Lucy Frazer has today accepted the recommendations from Karen Carney MBE’s review into the future of domestic women’s football, and has challenged...

Football: Aveley lose after blowing two goal lead

AVELEY suffered a bitter defeat after leading by two goals. The Millers faced Farnborough in the Vanarama National League South on Saturday (2 December)...

National Grid’s eyes in the sky: how helicopters are helping keep Britain’s electricity flowing

National Grid’s eyes in the sky: how helicopters are helping keep Britain’s electricity flowing You might see a National Grid helicopter flying next to a...

Cash-strapped Christmas – British frontline workers worse off than European peers, despite clocking up more hours

BRITS are feeling the pinch more than their overseas counterparts, with 56% saying their wages barely cover living expenses compared to 39% of Germans,...

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