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Letter to Editor: Who Do You Serve, Jen Craft? 

IN 2015 I wrote a column for this site asking who our previous MP, Jackie Doyle-Price served. We never received a direct answer but,...

Help shape the future of Westgate: residents and businesses invited to share their views

BASILDON town centre is evolving, and the council is inviting local residents and businesses to get involved by reviewing the latest proposals for the...

Thousands to get payouts over forced prepayment meter fitting

TENS of thousands of energy customers are set to receive payouts of up to £1,000 each, and could see debts written off, in response...

Number of HMO licences granted on the decline-says report

THE latest internal data from Searchland reveals that the number of HMO licences being granted by local planning authorities is on the decline, although there hasn’t...

New part-time teacher training course launched to lure career-changers into education

A BRAND-new, part-time teacher training course, aimed at luring into teaching those who already have a job or career, but who need more flexibility...

Nepalese community and civic dignitaries visit Gurkha Barracks

ON Thursday morning around seventy invited guests left Grays on a double decker bus for a day trip to see the largest Gurkha Baracks...

New radiotherapy machine giving advanced cancer treatment officially opens

HOSPITAL staff, patients and political leaders have marked the official opening of an advanced cancer treatment facility at Southend Hospital. A new type of LINAC...

Council gets rid of dreaded e-scooters – pulls out of trial deal

BASILDON Council has confirmed its decision to withdraw from the Department for Transport (DfT) and Essex County Council's e-scooter trial, bringing the initiative to...

Labour tell house builders to “get on and build or there will be be consequences”

DEPUTY prime minister Angela Rayner has told house builders to ‘get on and build’ as the Government introduces delivery timeframes for developers reports the...

Reform MP asks question on housing developments in Essex

REFORM UK James McMurdock rose omn th floor of the House of Commons to ask a question on housing developments. Mr McMurdock asked: "To ask...

Three new Deputy Lieutenants for the county of Essex

THREE new Deputy Lieutenants for the County of Essex have been appointed by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant, Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst. The role of the Deputy Lieutenant...

New Blackshot redevelopment proposals could mean no new buildings on any part of King George Playing fields

THURROCK Council is consulting on new proposals to redevelop the Blackshots Estate which could mean that no part of King George Playing Field is...

Reform slam “Tory-Labour collusion” at Thurrock’s annual council meeting

REFORM have expressed their disappointment at new make up of positions at Thurrock Council. Reform did not review any chairs. Perhaps most controversially, Independent Stanford West...

Thurrock in the UK’s Top 10 for fastest growth in residential parking permit revenues

NEW research reveals UK councils collected a staggering £360 million from parking permits during the last 5 years UK councils generated £359,939,225 from residential parking...

New Leader and Cabinet for Thurrock Council

COUNCILLOR Lynn Worrall has been elected as new Leader of Thurrock Cabinet and a new Cabinet appointed at this evening's Annual Council. Since May 2024...

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