THE Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) has been rated ‘good’ at tackling serious organised crime, with a new report highlighting its “specialist capabilities and work pursuing some of the region’s most dangerous offenders”.
A FOCUS on preventing avoidable deaths from cardiovascular disease, obesity and smoking across parts of Essex will be at a level never seen in 30 years, health chiefs say reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
SUPERMARKET chain Asda is considering whether to cut the pay of 7,000 staff in the south east of England to bring it in line with its other stores reports the BBC.
NINE electricity apprentices who tested their teamwork during expeditions, have received Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Buckingham Palace.
The apprentices all work for UK...
JEN Craft, Labour's candidate for Thurrock, has released data showing the huge numbers of local people stuck on mental health waiting lists, as calls grow for the Government to address their failed handling of mental health services across the country.
FROM June 1 Thurrock Council will no longer allow large vans such as Transits, Lutons, HGVS, flatbed lorries, tipper vans and mini-buses into the Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Buckingham Hill Road, Linford.
THURROCK’S 48th mayor made sure Thurrock’s unsung heroes were recognised during his “intense” year in office – raising £23,000 for charity along the way.
LOCAL train operator c2c has re-opened the country-end footbridge at Upminster station after an extensive refurbishment project, giving customers better connectivity between platforms serving c2c as well as London Underground and Overground services.
THE UK's third largest ports group, Forth Ports, has outlined its commitment and the actions it is taking to achieve a Net Zero carbon operation by 2042. The company, which is Scotland's biggest port operator, also outlined an interim target of achieving carbon neutral emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2032, while creating an infrastructure platform to help accelerate the UK's path to a decarbonised economy.
THE Jack Petchey Foundation has launched the Jack Petchey Environmental Award Awards to recognise young people from London and Essex doing great things for the environment in Thurrock.
ONE of Essex’s largest and most popular family events will return to Horndon-on-the-Hill on June 25th & 26th.
Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast & Fayre – a traditional event that harks back to mediaeval times when King John granted the village permission to stage a ‘mighty feast’ in the Magna Carta - was revived back in the seventies and celebrates the 40th year since its revival this year.
RESIDENTS in Bulphan and the surrounding area will get the chance this coming week to talk to officers of the compnay building a new solar farm in the adjacent green belt.
