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Police search for teenager missing from Stanford-le-Hope

CAN you help police find 16-year-old Billie-Jo Gunn? She’s gone missing from Stanford-le-Hope and we need to make sure she’s safe and well. Billie-Jo was...

Concerns for man missing from Grays

Update: He has been found HAVE you seen 31-year-old Bradley Clifford? He’s gone missing from #Grays and we need to make sure he’s safe and...

Ten voluntary groups from across county honoured with King’s Award

TEN voluntary groups from across the county who work in the community have been honoured with the Kings Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS). This...

Initiative to better support thousands of local people with frailty and dementia wins national award

HEALTH and care staff across mid and south Essex are celebrating today as transformational work to better identify and help people with frailty and...

Thurrock Youth Zone on course as Grays projects stall

THE varying progress of the Grays and Tilbury towns funds was laid bare at a specially convened council meeting reports the Local Democracy Reporter. At...

Thurrock Labour candidate accuses Jackie Doyle Price of speaking out too late on hospital closure

LABOUR'S Parliamentary Candidate for Thurrock, Jen Craft has slammed Conservative MP Jackie Doyle-Price for speaking out too late against plans to close Orsett Hospital. In...

Marks and Spencers officially open new store at Lakeside

IT'S time - after months of anticipation, Marks & Spencer has officially opened its amazing new store in the Lakeside shopping centre, Thurrock. The...

New government data reveals children waiting longer in care before being adopted

CHILDREN who are unable to live with their birth families and for whom an adoption decision has been made are remaining in the care...

The Precinct post office in Corringham set to re-open

The Precinct Post Office is to re-open under new management at the same location to restore service to the community once a full refurbishment...

Thames Freeport, Seoul and Barking and Dagenham Council sign agreement to launch smart homes hub

THAMES Freeport has agreed a ground breaking partnership with the Seoul DigitalFoundation, South Korea, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and ConnectedPlaces Catapult...

Complaints against Thurrock’s housing service on the rise 

COMPLAINTS against Thurrock’s housing service have risen to more than 600 in the last year reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The council, which has struggled...

First major gritting run of season as temperatures drop

GRITTERS went out over the weekend for the first significant operation of this autumn and winter season on motorways and major A-roads as temperatures...

Cervical cancer will be eliminated by 2040, the NHS in England is promising

CERVICAL cancer will be eliminated by 2040, the NHS in England is promising. NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard will say later that with improved rates...

Thurrock MP comments on NHS debate in House of Commons

THURROCK MP Jackie Doyle-Price rose on the floor of the House of Commons to comment on the sale of vapes. Ms Doyle Price said: "My...

Chafford Hundred man arrested over possession of nitrous oxide

OFFICERS arrested two people and seized a quantity of nitrous oxide cannisters – less than 24 hours after new legislation made the substance illegal...

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