Thurrock Gazette - Grays, Purfleet, Tilbury, Orsett, Stanford, Lakeside and Thurrock borough news

Remembering the 1910 Belmont workhouse porridge riot

3:00pm Thursday 31st December 2009

Doing porridge is synonymous with imprisonment and the breakfast was one which actor Ronnie Barker’s character Fletcher regularly found revolting in the hit TV series of the same name.

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BUCKS: Wycombe's top cop praises Christmas card warning

12:16pm Friday 9th January 2009

A scheme in which police sent out warning Christmas cards to known trouble makers has been branded a success by Wycombe's top policeman.

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Mixed sex hospital wards still exist despite Labour pledges

11:48am Friday 9th January 2009

Seven London hospital trusts are still treating patients in mixed-sex wards, despite government’s decade old promises to stop the practice, according to research by the Conservative Party.

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BARNET: Anti-Semitic attacks fuelled by Gaza conflict

8:57am Friday 9th January 2009

The current crisis in the Middle East has led to violent reprisals against the Jewish community in the borough of Barnet.

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SUTTON: Police follow snowy footprints to apprehend bungling burglars

8:29am Friday 9th January 2009

Bungling burglars were quickly apprehended after cops followed a trail of footprints they unwittingly made in the newly laid snow.

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SUTTON: Carshalton College investigates 'staff sex romp'

8:25am Friday 9th January 2009

Two senior staff members have been suspended from a Sutton college following sex romp allegations.