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Nearly 1m transactions from January to August 2022

TRANSACTION volumes topped nearly 1.5m in 2021 and strong demand has continued to drive a buoyant market in 2022 with 908,509 residential transactions up...

Three charged following firearms incident in Thurrock

POLICE were called to Weston Avenue, Thurrock, at around 2.45pm on Tuesday 13 September following a report of a man holding an item described as a firearm. 

Could take forty years for Thurrock Council to pay its debts back

IT could take 40 years for Thurrock Council to pay back its debts, with fears it will burden future generations with a “catastrophic situation”.

Letter to Editor: NSPCC look for child protection ambassadors

THE NSPCC is searching across Essex for volunteers who are passionate about child protection to join us in our fight for every childhood.

A13 road widening scheme will not be finished until next year

LONG-suffering motorists will have to wait until next year to put their foot down on the newly widened lanes on the A13, it has been revealed.

East of England ambulance service face strike vote

GMB members in the ambulance service have been forced to take a stand in order to protect patient care

Jobs boost as DP World opens fourth berth

DP WORLD today announces that work has started on site to build a new fourth berth at its London Gateway smart logistics hub.

Parents to be consulted over plans for other trusts to take over Gable Hall

THE consultant Chief Executive of Gable Hall school has written to parents of their latest plans for a consultation regarding the initial DfE proposals for a Trust to take over Gable Hall School.

Community garden space tackling social isolation launches in South Ockendon

AN underused open space in South Ockendon has been transformed into a community garden and food growing space benefiting isolated residents and families.

NHS publishes new HRT official statistics

NHS Business Services Authority has published official statistics on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as part of wider work to address supply chain shortages and taboos around the subject.

Essex Police launch National Hate Crime Awareness Week

AN Essex Police spokesperson said: “Throughout the next seven days, we’ll be raising awareness of different hate crime offences, how to report them and the organisations you can go to for support if you don’t want to talk to us straight away.

Thurrock foster carers suspended despite shortage

SEVEN Thurrock foster carers had to be suspended despite a national shortage because of insufficient standards of care, it has been revealed.

Crackdown on immigration crime launched following lorry deaths

A POLICE team launched in the wake of the deaths of 39 migrants found in the back of a lorry in 2019 is aiming to make sure such a tragedy is never repeated.

Government ‘considering plans to send childcare cash to parents’

PRIME Minister, Liz Truss is said to be considering a shake-up of the childcare subsidy system whereby parents, rather than nurseries, would be given government cash to spend as they see fit reports The Guardian.

Bin lorry fire highlights the dangers of flammable waste

THE importance of not disposing of flammable materials as part of household waste has been highlighted, after a fire broke out in the back...

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