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- Ukip leader Nigel Farage is giving a talk to over 1,000 people tonight at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, alongside Thurrock parliamentary candidate Tim Aker.
- Earlier today Mr Farage visited South Ockendon to speak to traders and residents, then spoke exclusively to the Gazette at the Ship Inn in Aveley.
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