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Tilbury bridge featuring Windrush artwork closes

A BRIDGE with artwork to honour Windrush passengers who walked across it when they arrived in the UK in 1948 has been closed until...

New Norwich to Tilbury pylon scheme proposals launched

NEW proposals have revealed that the impact on the Norfolk countryside of a controversial pylon scheme will be significantly worse than in Suffolk reports...

Independents and Green Party hope to make gains in May’s elections

INDEPENDENT and Green Party candidates are hoping to make their mark at the ballot box in Thurrock Council's elections next month. The South West Essex...

Deadline approaching to register vote in local elections

WITH only one week left to register to vote for the local elections in England and Wales, the Electoral Commission is reminding voters that...

JW Suckling tanker strikes off after Unite secures ‘excellent’ deal

STRIKES by JW Suckling tanker drivers in London, Essex, Middlesex and Grangemouth have been cancelled after a significantly improved deal was secured by Unite,...

Former Ockendon police station set to become gym

A FORMER police station which was put up for sale with a £1million price tag last year could be converted into a gym reports...

Staff move on site to help move Blackshots residents

THURROCK housing staff are set to move onto the Blackshots estate as plans to move residents out ahead of demolition pick up speed. The damp and...

NHS consultation on community-based health services closes 

THE consultation into community hospital services in mid and south Essex has now closed. Over 5,000 local people, staff and stakeholders provided detailed and constructive...

East Thurrock MP hopes Grand National will boost local charity

EAST Thurrock MP Stephen Metcalfe will be keeping a close watch on the Weekend's Grand National in the hope of boosting one of his...

More emergency areas on M25 and other motorways in the South East to be installed

MORE than 50 new emergency areas are set to be installed on the M25 and surrounding motorways in the South East as part of...

Shadow Secretary of State for Energy, Ed Miliband visits Port of Tilbury

THE SHADOW secretary of state for energy, Ed Miliband today pledged that Labour’s mission to ‘Switch on Great British Energy’ would help bring...

Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle Price still has councillor, expelled from the Tory party last year, listed as member of staff

A BROMLEY councillor who was expelled from the Conservative Party last year after he appeared to suggest a rape victim was a sex worker...

Revealed: the East of England roads being resurfaced thanks to reallocated HS2 funding says government

A PROGRAMME of pothole repairs and road resurfacing projects for the East of England, made possible by the first tranche of £609 million in...

Eighteen new apartments approved for Grays site

A SITE which once contained a single home will have 18 new apartments built on it after gaining planning consent for extra homes. Thurrock Council...

Children living near Sure Start centres did better at GCSEs, study suggests

CHILDREN from low-income families who grew up near a Sure Start centre did better than their peers at GCSEs, says the Institute for Fiscal...

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