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Stanford-le-Hope restaurants bid to extend onto street refused on appeal

THE owners of an Indian restaurant who wanted to build an extension on to the street have had an appeal dismissed reports the Local...

Thurrock MP meets new neighbourhood policing team for the borough

TODAY (4 June), Jen Craft MP visited Grays Police Station to mark the launch of Thurrock’s new Neighbourhood Policing Team. Mrs Craft, Member of Parliament...

Train firms must stop criminalising ‘innocent errors’, report says

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is recommending improvements to how the rail industry handlesrevenue protection, making it more consistent, fairer and effective...

Serious Fraud Office opens investigation into alleged multi-million-pound council fraud

THE Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today issued a series of Section 2 notices compelling financial institutions to provide information on its newly opened...

Thurrock MP welcomes Serious Fraud Office investigation into Thurrock Council’s bankruptcy

THURROCK MP Jen Craft has responded to the news that the Serious Fraud Office have launched an investigation in Thurrock Council's bankruptcy. Jen Craft MP,...

c2c appoints King’s Trust graduates after successful programme

LOCAL rail operator Trenitalia c2c has appointed four new members of permanent staff, following their successful completion of the c2c/King's Trust 'Get into Railways'...

Government “protects thousands of miles of bus services from being scrapped”

THOUSANDS of bus passengers who rely on vital routes to get to work, school or the doctors’ will be protected from sudden and uninformed...

Thurrock Council welcomes Serious Fraud Office investigation

THE council welcomes the news that the Serious Fraud Office has confirmed it is investigating allegations of fraud committed against Thurrock Council arising from...

Celebrating our Unsung Heroes: National Volunteers Week 2025

AS we mark National Volunteers Week from June 2nd to 8th 2025, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC), Roger Hirst proudly celebrates the incredible...

Green light for Grays home to provide assisted living accommodation 

THURROCK Council has given the go ahead for a home in Grays to be used as assisted living accommodation for young people in care. A...

New report backs expansion of cadet forces across Britain

A NEW report recommends the expansion of cadets forces across schools in Britain. Permission to Expand sets out the case for scaling up the Combined...

National Patient Participation Week – Lived Experience Ambassadors speak about the difference they are making at EPUT

WORKING with patients as equal partners is crucial to ensuring services provided by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) meet their needs. Around 300 people with...

A single pathology service for mid and south Essex is confirmed from October 2026

MID and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has signed a 15-year contract with SYNLAB, one of UK’s leading laboratory diagnostics providers, for the delivery...

Helping shops in Thurrock get ready for the single-use vape ban

THURROCK Council’s Trading Standards Officers have visited 179 local shops to give them advice on how to get ready for the single-use vape ban,...

Thurrock celebrates Volunteers’ Week

THURROCK Council is marking national Volunteers’ Week (2 June to 8 June) by celebrating the invaluable contributions volunteers make to our community every single...

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