WORKERS from Thurrock Council are among around 360,000 staff across the UK who are to be balloted by their union about industrial action over a pay dispute.
ESSEX Police leaders have outlined how the force aims to secure the trust and confidence of the wide range of diverse communities that we serve across the county.
FOLLOWING the recent decision by Thurrock Council to indefinitely suspend brown bin collections, without notice to residents, Shadow Portfolio Holder, Cllr Sara Muldowney wrote to the new Managing Director Commissioner, Dr Dave Smith to make an appeal on residents' behalf.
BROWN bins will be collected in the week beginning Monday 5 June. The council will then focus household waste collections on general waste and recycling because of issues it is facing with waste crew staffing numbers.
TWO former pub managers have given a voluntary interview to Essex Police after their collection of golly dolls was seized by the force reports the BBC.
SUPERMARKET chain Asda is considering whether to cut the pay of 7,000 staff in the south east of England to bring it in line with its other stores reports the BBC.
STEPHEN Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, paid a visit to Horndon School May Fayre on Saturday – a annual event organised by the Friends of Horndon School.
JEN Craft, Labour's candidate for Thurrock, has released data showing the huge numbers of local people stuck on mental health waiting lists, as calls grow for the Government to address their failed handling of mental health services across the country.
FROM June 1 Thurrock Council will no longer allow large vans such as Transits, Lutons, HGVS, flatbed lorries, tipper vans and mini-buses into the Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Buckingham Hill Road, Linford.
THURROCK’S 48th mayor made sure Thurrock’s unsung heroes were recognised during his “intense” year in office – raising £23,000 for charity along the way.
RESIDENTS in Bulphan and the surrounding area will get the chance this coming week to talk to officers of the compnay building a new solar farm in the adjacent green belt.
