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  • Thurrock's play-off dreams dashed by borough rivals

    Thurrock 1, Tilbury 2 THURROCK’S play-off hopes were dashed at the hands of their borough rivals during a dramatic afternoon of non-league football. Fleet had to avoid defeat to secure the fourth and final play-off spot and hope that Chatham

  • Your Gazette: Meet the couple who run Grays Tuition Centre

    Usman Rahim and his wife Erima run the Grays Tuition Centre on London Road. The couple moved to Grays in 2012 from London to start the company, and have since had a little boy Humza, who is now four months old. The centre caters for over 150

  • intu Lakeside to host second student event

    LAKESIDE Shopping Centre is holding its second student event. Between 5pm and 10pm on Wednesday, April 30, students will be able to scoop up exclusive discounts from over 70 of intu Lakeside’s shops and restaurants, over 20 more than last October

  • The gateway to better schools... it's academic

    AFTER being dumped in the bottom three by Ofsted for two years running for the number of pupils getting a good or outstanding education, Thurrock is being forced to look closely at how it goes about teaching its youngsters. After an inspection

  • Essex Spartans are on top form at home

    AMERICAN FOOTBALL: Essex Spartans got their home season off to a perfect start with 69 unanswered points against Maidstone Pumas. Spartans, who play at Hannakins Farm, Billericay, opened the scoring on the very first drive. Craig Willis scored

  • South Essex anglers land huge skate

    SEA ANGLING: SOUTH Essex anglers Barry Edwards and Chris Warren travelled 515 miles up to a remote part of Scotland on the hunt for huge skate – and the trip did not disappoint. The pair went up to Oban in South West Scotland hoping to catch common