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MORE than 20 tonnes of manure caught fire in Corringham. The blaze broke out shortly after 3pm on Tuesday. The incident commander reported that the muck heap, located in a field just off Springhouse Road was around 50 per cent alight when two

THE number of people killed or seriously injured in traffic accidents in Thurrock fell significantly in the first half of this year, according to police figures. In the first six months of 2014, 19 road users were killed or seriously injured on

RYLAN Clark is to take his place alongside Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin and the Brontë sisters – in the National Portrait Gallery. Transvestite potter Grayson Perry, who won the ever-controversial Turner Prize in 2003, has made the 2012 X-Factor

UKIP leader Robert Ray has pleaded not guilty to driving while more than twice over the drink drive limit. The 65-year-old appeared in the dock at Basildon Magistrates’ Court for the first time on Tuesday after he was unable to attend a hearing

TRANSPORT for London are consulting on a number of options for new river crossings in East London. And Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price has welcomed a look at those options and contributed to the department's consultation. Any new crossings have