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OFFICERS investigating a serious collision in Grays are asking for witnesses and footage.

A DAMNING report by MPs from the Transport Select Committee is calling on Government to reconsider expensive complex road projects, and road projects don’t come more expensive or complex than the proposed Lower Thames Crossing. 

A CALL for Thurrock Council to ask for an independent, government, inquiry into the financial crash of Thurrock - and other councils - has been voted down by Tory councillors.

A FAST-paced investigation from our officers, including our Organised Immigration Crime Team has resulted in a man being charged with offences in breaching immigration laws. 

COUNCILLOR Andrew Jefferies, Leader of Thurrock Council, and opposition shadow portfolio holder Cllr Valerie Morris-Cook joined crews as they collected food waste bins on Monday 24 July to see for themselves how the pilot is going.

AN extra 5,000 hospital beds will be available this winter to help the NHS in England to cope, health bosses say reports the BBC.

SMALL business confidence has slipped downward in the second quarter after a strong recovery at the start of the year, with FSB’s Small Business Index (SBI) headline confidence measure falling to -14.2 points in Q2 2023, down from -2.8 points in Q1.

AN online map has been launched for women and girls to highlight places where they feel safe or unsafe across Essex.

RIVERVIEW Charitable Trust in Purfleet has been awarded £24k from the 2023/24 Violence and Vulnerability community grant fund to run a street football after-school club for primary and secondary age pupils in Purfleet.

VOLVO Trucks has supplied an FM Electric 4x2 tractor unit to support Tesco’s commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2035.

EXTRA and modernised breast screening rooms have opened in the breast units across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, offering a calmer and more welcoming environment for patients, and means they will be seen more quickly.

IN 1999 businessman Jack Petchey set up the Jack Petchey Foundation to inspire and motivate young people across London and Essex to do their best and reach their full potential.

MORE than 27 million illicit cigarettes and 7,500kg of hand-rolling tobacco were seized under Operation CeCe in its first two years, HM Revenue and...

ANY hope that Thurrock will get the promised four state-of the art health centres have been dashed as it is confirmed there is no cash to build them all.

RETAIL trade union Usdaw has today (Friday 21 July) released the latest findings of their cost of living survey of over 6,000 key workers in retail and associated industries. It shows that while wages are failing to keep pace with stubbornly high inflation, the cost of living crisis continues to have a devastating impact on low-paid workers.