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Lower Thames Crossing decision delayed to May 2025

A DECISION on whether to build a new road crossing under the Thames will not now be made until at least 23 May 2025. The...

Transport Safety Officers working for the council recognised at Community Safety Awards

THURROCK Council and its partners received a Certificate of Recognition at the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) awards. Transport Safety Officers (TSOs) working for a...

Community champion Loraine presented with Mayor’s Roll of Honour

ON Tuesday 1 October, Loraine Colemen, aged 68 from Grays, was presented with the Mayoral Roll of Honour in recognition of her work in...

Over 10,000 have boosted state pension with online payments

MORE than 10,000 payments worth £12.5 million have been made through the new digital service to boost people’s State Pension since it launched in...

Positive messages for Black History Month in Thurrock

LOCAL author Toyin Owoseje will be visiting Grays and Chadwell Libraries as part of a series of events to celebrate Black History Month. Toyin will...

East Thurrock MP slams delay over Lower Thames Crossing decision

AN MP has slammed the Government’s failure to make a decisive announcement over the future of the £9billion Lower Thames Crossing reports the Local...

Decision on future of Lower Thames Crossing delayed

THE government has delayed its decision on whether to go ahead with the controversial Lower Thames Crossing. Transport Minister Louise Haigh had been due to...

Plans for £19m Grays riverside transformation submitted

PLANS for a £19 million transformation of Grays waterfront have finally been submitted reports the Local Democracy Reporter. If approved the scheme, managed by the...

Winter fuel allowance ‘risk’ being monitored by Essex hospitals

HOSPITALS in Essex have begun monitoring the number of elderly patients needing treatment because of the cold in response to the cut to the...

Aveley councillors ask residents to help in plane survey following recent crashes

TWO Thurrock councillors are calling on their ward residents to help monitor flights from a local airfield. Cllrs Srikanth Panjala and Cathy Sisterson represent Aveley...

Thurrock Council set to turn garages into affordable homes

THURROCK Council is set to kick start a near £20 million scheme to develop garage sites across the borough, providing 46 new affordable homes. The...

Thurrock MP Jen Craft reacts to new data that shows Thurrock has highest number of patients per GP in England

AHEAD of the Royal Society of GPs conference starting today, the BBC have produced analysis to show that Thurrock has the highest number of...

Thurrock tops list of worst GP shortages

SHORTAGES of doctors mean the average GP in England has to care for 17% more patients than nine years ago, a BBC analysis shows. It...

James McMurdock MP concerned over quality of temporary housing provided to local family

JAMES McMurdock MP has raised serious concerns about the accommodation provided to a family with three children by Basildon Council. Following a visit by...

No way council can change bins collection system now says leader

THURROCK Council has rejected a call for garden waste bins to be collected weekly to prevent an "environmental catastrophe" The council introduced an £80...

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