LOCAL election nominations for councillors have officially closed and the names of all candidates standing for election in Thurrock on Thursday, 5 May have been released. Details of candidates running can be found on the Thurrock Council website at thurrock.gov.uk/elections. Polling cards have been delivered to eligible electors giving details of their polling station and how […]
THE Essex Violence and Vulnerability Partnership was today awarded over £5 million from the Home Office to continue its fight against drug driven violence, county lines and knife crime. to continue its fight against drug driven violence, county lines and knife crime.
ON the day after the latest deadline has passed for the completion of the shambolic A13 Widening, Labour’s Martin Kerin has slammed the Thurrock Conservatives’ incompetence.
THE first new waste collection vehicles, which are part of a £4.6 million investment in household waste collection in Thurrock, have arrived at Thurrock Councils waste depot.
“THIS shambles has confirmed what we have all known for a long time – if Thurrock Conservatives can’t manage the simple job of ordering enough desks for 49 councillors they can’t manage million pound projects, our money or our Council properly either.
ON the morning that the London Resort theme park DCO Preliminary Hearings were due to start, London Resort have, at the last minute, withdrawn their DCO application.
AS the new Civic Offices building is nearing completion, Thurrock Council would like to take the opportunity to correct some “misinformation” which has been published about the building and associated costs.
THE Government has today (29 March) announced a £2.5 million package to support disabled people travel more confidently on our transport network as it reopens after Covid.
THURROCK Council leader Cllr Rob Gledhill has once again been on the front foot and out and about with council teams.
LEADING Thurrock councillors have again rattled their sabres and condemned the actions of the DP World-controlled P&O Ferries company which has found itself under a barrage of criticism after sacking 800 workers in a bid to save money.
CONTRACTORS have been appointed and work is scheduled to start shortly on the much-delayed and over budget Stanford-le-Hope rail station.
LEADER of Thurrock Council, Cllr Rob Gledhill has welcomed recent police action to crackdown on nuisance motorcyclists last Sunday.
P&O’s settlement with its workers is believed to be the largest compensation package in the British Marine Sector claims P and O. 40 employees are receiving over £100,000Pay-outs are linked to the period of service and in some cases are over £170,000The total value of the financial settlement from P&O Ferries is £36,541,648575 of the […]
THURROCKI Council’s Cabinet met over this weekend to discuss the actions of P&O Ferries and their parent company DP World, and their involvement in the Thames Freeport. They condemned the appalling and entirely unjustifiable actions of P&O Ferries which has led to 800 employees losing their jobs.
THIS week Social Workers in Thurrock have been joined by elected members, senior managers to mark and celebrate World Social Work Day (Tuesday 15 March) through a series of seminars and events. Today, Thursday 17 March, Social Workers came together to launch Thurrock Social Work Academy with members, senior managers and guest speakers including: Lyn […]
NATIONAL Highways have announced another round of Lower Thames Crossing consultation just days after Thames Crossing Action Group, who represent those who are opposed to the proposed £8.2bn Lower Thames Crossing project (LTC), have called for the £24bn RIS2 road programme to be re-opened.
OLDER residents will soon benefit from affordable, fully accessible council homes following the completion of Thurrock Council’s Calcutta Road development.
PARENTS may be forced to teach their children at home because soaring fuel prices mean they can’t afford to drive them to school, warns an MP.
THURROCK council is spending £4million a year caring for just ten children with special needs, it has been revealed.
NEW research by Moneybarn has revealed which stretches of the motorway you’re most likely to get fined for speeding in Essex, with the A282 trunk road, Dartford-Thurrock Crossing the most likely spot.
COUNCILLORS have questioned the financial viability of a a £26million scheme to create 82 affordable homes in former council offices reports the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.
A JOINT operation to stamp out the illicit use of un-let council garages to store nuisance vehicles today saw a further 76 garages searched, this time in the South Ockendon and Aveley area.
THURROCK Council’s Customer Services has once again been recognised for their outstanding work in supporting residents, after recently being awarded the Customer Contact Association (CCA) Global Standard Version 7.
THURROCK Conservatives unveiled further details of exciting new plans to regenerate the borough’s Council stock during March’s cabinet meeting.