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Together Create – FREE Visual Arts Sessions for all ages!

TOGETHER Create – FREE Visual Arts Sessions for all ages! Looking for a welcoming space to get creative? Together Create offers relaxed, supportive visual arts sessions...

Beresfords celebrates national and branch-level success at the 2025 AllAgents awards

ESSEX property group, Beresfords, has been recognised at the national AllAgents Awards 2025, one of the UK property sector’s most respected benchmarks for customer...

ACL Essex offers mental health training to combat winter blues

ACL Essex is supporting its communities with mental health courses to help boost wellbeing.  The learning provider is promoting free mental health courses, available to...

DP World London Gateway container volumes up more than 50% to set new annual record

DP WORLD has set a new handling record at London Gateway, surpassing three million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) in 2025, thanks to the newly...

Notley High School and Sixth Form become first Essex school to achieve Bronze RSHE Recognition Award

NOTLEY High School and Sixth Form has become the first educational establishment in Essex to be awarded the Bronze RSHE Recognition Award by Essex...

Thurrock to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 with memorial service and library reading events

THURROCK Council will mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 with a public memorial service and a special shared reading session, giving residents the opportunity to...

Top employers to attend Apprenticeship and Jobs Fair

RESIDENTS can speak to some of the UK’s leading employers and training providers at an upcoming Apprenticeship and Jobs Fair. The free event, which is...

From personal loss to shared hope inspires community hope

WHEN Martin Rooke, a Thurrock resident and Essex Freemason, lost his wife Becky, everything that mattered narrowed to one small person: his daughter Rachael,...

Serving Met police officer mum facing eviction from Chafford Hundred

A POLICE officer and mother of four says she faces homelessness next week after being unable to find affordable housing in Thurrock. Metropolitan Police officer...

Prison staff sentenced for relationship with prisoner

A 48-year-old prison tutor has been sentenced for an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner at HMP Chelmsford. Melissa Murphy, formerly Melissa O'Brien, of Dorset Close...

Grays: Shoplifter admits 11 thefts from town centre

A SHOPLIFTER is to be sentenced next month after admitting stealing from shops in Grays town centre on 11 occasions. Charlie Birch, 28, was arrested...

Essex Build Expo returns in 2026 – driving growth in Essex’s £5.6 billon construction sector

THE Essex Construction Alliance, part of the Essex Growth Agency, has announced the return of the hugely successful Essex Build Expo, as the county...

Busiest ever year at London Stansted as passenger numbers top 30m

LONDON Stansted had its busiest ever year in 2025 as passenger numbers passed the 30m milestone for the first time in the airport’s history. A...

New urgent mental health care unit set to be built in grounds of two hospitals

TWO new Mental Health Urgent Care Units (MHUCUs) are being created in Essex, marking a significant milestone in improving care for people in crisis. Developed...

James McMurdock MP demands answers after dramatic Thurrock Council votes to block local elections 

JAMES McMurdock MP has called for urgent clarification following a tense and controversial emergency meeting of Thurrock Council that resulted in a motion to...

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