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Work begins at Orsett Heath Academy on highly anticipated new secondary school

WORK is well underway on a new state-of-the-art building for Orsett Heath Academy, part of South West Essex Community Education Trust (SWECET), which is expected to open in September 2024.

Appeal for teenager missing from Tilbury

CAN you help find Michael Amoah, 16, who is missing from Tilbury? 

Former Grays student is taking the America fashion world by storm

AN ART student who grew up in Thurrock but moved to the USA to Georgia is taking the fashion world by storm. Bryony Umfreville has...

Increased charges for Thameside Theatre could doom it councillors fear 

PLANS to increase fees and charges for those using Thurrock’s Thameside Theatre have been branded “a death by a thousand cuts”.reports the Local Democracy Reporter.

On the border: Councillors claim that Mayor of London’s plans for broadening the clean air zone will “attack” elderly people and key workers

ULEZ signage will be banned from Essex County Council-owned land when Sadiq Khan’s planned expansion of the scheme rolls out to the county’s borders next month reports the Local Democracy Reporter.

Thurrock students recognised at Jack Petchey Awards

OVER SEVENTY incredible young people from Thurrock received their prestigious Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Awards presented at a live event at Queens Theatre.

Police search for man missing from South Ockendon

STATEMENT from Essex Police: "We are appealing for the public's help to find 36-year-old Steven Brownlie, who is missing from South Ockendon. 

Boundary commission says Thurrock has not asked for speeding up of boundary review

FOLLOWING enquiries from Thurrock Nub News, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England has confirmed that it has no immediate plans to make changes to wards in Thurrock.

Thousands of tax credits customers renew via HMRC app

ALMOST 28,000 customers have used the HMRC app to renew their annual tax credits claim, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can reveal.

Grays Athletic hand in petition with thousands of signatures as planning decision looms

OFFICIALS from Grays Athletic Football Club, together with two young players from its junior ranks, have handed in a petition containing signatures in support of their bid to take over the former Thurrock FC ground at Ship Lane, Aveley reports Thurrock Nub News.

Grays lorry deaths: Marius Draghici jailed for more than 12 years

A PEOPLE trafficker has been jailed for 12 years and seven months over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who died in a lorry container reports then BBC.

Thurrock Council remembers Srebrenica

THURROCK Council is commemorating the anniversary of the tragic events of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, which saw more than 8,000 people killed and countless acts of barbarity committed against women, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes to escape what the United Nations had called this worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War.

Industrial action: Junior doctors’ strike update

THE NHS in mid and south Essex will be working hard to keep people safe during the planned strikes, while delivering the best care possible. The next planned industrial action is from junior doctors, with strikes planned from Thursday 13 July to Tuesday 18 July 2023.

Collaboration secures new advanced technical skills training matchmaking organisation

A COLLABORATION between DP World, Ford Motor Company, London Southend Airport and the Association of South Essex Local Authorities (ASELA) has secured the first higher education collaborator for a new advanced technical skills training matchmaking organisation.

South Ockendon Police Station set to go up for sale

THE former police station at South Ockendon is to go up for sale as part of Essex Police delivering their Estate Strategy and the...

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