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THE UK’s biggest electricity distributor is urging Essex homeowners planning DIY jobs in and around the home to stay safe and be aware of the potential dangers.

A CREMATORIUM and natural burials could be on the cards for Thurrock.

A NEW Wi-Fi printing service has launched that lets residents print documents from their personal device and collect them at their local library.

THE leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, has offered a “cast-iron guarantee” the party will put up a candidate against every Conservative in the next general election, ruling out a 2019-style deal even if the Tories back some of his policies reports The Guardian.

COUNCILLORS Martin Kerin, Tony Fish and Jane Pothecary have rejected plans for new development on Badgers Dene, citing concerns around biodiversity, lack of parking, flooding and a lack of affordable housing.

A THURROCK drug dealer has spent Christmas behind bars thanks to work from specialist officers from our Serious and Organised Crime Unit.

IT IS the time of year when thoughts turn to new year’s resolutions and what we’d like to achieve over the coming months. Volunteering in the local community is a great way to make a difference in 2023 and Macmillan Cancer Support is looking for people to join its Macmillan Buddy Service.

POST-Christmas returns for the first working day of the year were up over 25% on the same day last year, says the delivery expert ParcelHero. It says around £1.5bn worth of items are now winging their way back to retailers, mainly because they missed Christmas delivery. The usual Christmas delays were compounded by the impact of strikes in the traditional mail service, heavy snow and Covid chaos in China.

ESSEX Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has launched the first specialist Neuromodulation service in the east of England.

MANY tributes have been paid today (Monday, 2 January) to local licensee John Veriker following the announcement of his death.

THURROCK Council is freezing some jobs to stem a £1.4million deficit in its housing revenue account, despite a 7 per cent increase in rents this year.

A GRAYS schoolboy has once again been honoured as part of a special awards show celebrating the courage of children diagnosed with cancer – after a year in which his cancer returned.

THE British Parking Association (BPA) has launched the next phase of its ‘selfish parking’ campaign to highlight why it’s not ok to misuse a disabled parking space or blue badge.

MILLIONS of people across England can now save money and ‘Get Around for £2’, thanks to £60 million government funding to cap single bus fares until the end of March.

SOME A&E departments are in a “complete state of crisis”, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said, as it highlighted the extreme pressures facing the NHS this winter reports the BBC.