THE father of a fallen Thurrock war hero spoke this week of the pride he feels for his son, after British troops left Afghanistan after 13 years. Lance Corporal Nicky Mason, a paratrooper from Aveley, was one of the 453 servicemen and women who
PLANS to get the ball rolling on work to widen the A13 are set to get Thurrock Council's backing next week. The road will be widened from two lanes in each direction to three lanes between the Orsett Cock and Manorway roundabouts. The Government
THE Orsett Cock roundabout has re-opened after an earlier collision had caused police to close it. The key roundabout links the A13 with the A128 for Orsett and Horndon-on-the-Hill, Stanford Road for Grays and Brentwood Road for Chadwell St Mary
A LITTLE Thurrock pub has been named CAMRA'S Pub of the Year for South West Essex. Traitors Gate in Broadway received the honour last night, when CAMRA - short for Campaign for Real Ale - popped by the popular drinking-hole to hand owner Ben Deverell
IT’S been quite a week for Breast Cancer Campaign fundraisers in Thurrock. Just days after releasing their first single – a reworked version of Tina Turner’s hit Simply the Best, tweaked to Simply the Breast – three women from the Thurrock organisation
TWO people were arrested following a complex investigation into an alleged £370,000 social care fraud which targeted four local authorities. Thurrock Council led the operation - which also involved officers from the Metropolitan Police, Essex Police
PLANS to build two 250 foot tall wind turbines on green belt land in Ockendon are being opposed by residents. A petition with almost 50 signatures from residents living in Hamble Lane and Eriff Drive South Ockendon has been passed to the council
