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

Crime blitz is waste of time – residents

5:30am Wednesday 25th May 2011

A FOUR-month blitz to cut crime and improve life for residents has been branded a waste of time.

Parking Southernhay layby is spoiling our trade, say Basildon cabbies

5:40am Friday 15th April 2011

TAXI drivers say enough is still not being done to stop motorists blocking off a layby they use to pick up customers using a supermarket.

Threat to council funding from new homes incentive

10:10am Tuesday 21st December 2010

BASIC funding could be cut for councils in Essex if they refuse to accept money to build new homes, it has been claimed.

Dartford Crossing tolls to rise to £2.50

4:52pm Wednesday 20th October 2010

TOLLS at the Dartford Crossing are set to rise to £2.50 per journey from 2012.

• Comments(72)
• Have your say »

Names released of two found dead in suspected chemical suicide

4:00pm Tuesday 21st September 2010

A man and a woman were found dead in a car today in a suspected incident involving the deadly chemical hydrogen sulphide.

• Comments(6)
• Have your say »

Passengers feared terror attack on Stansted flight

9:51am Tuesday 21st September 2010

PASSENGERS on a flight to Stansted feared they were being targeted by terrorists when their plane filled up with smoke.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

Bid to keep axe from falling on vital A12 patrol

4:00pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

THE chairman of Essex Police Authority has called for a unique patrol on one of the country’s worst roads to be saved.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

Tube strike hits Essex commuters

11:51am Tuesday 7th September 2010

COMMUTERS faced travel misery as a strike by rail workers caused major disruption to London Underground services.

• Comments(35)
• Have your say »

Is Essex County Council’s ambitious IT project on hold?

9:00am Thursday 26th August 2010

MYSTERY surrounds the future of a scheme designed to save millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money.

• Comments(6)
• Have your say »

Thousands at Chelmsford V Festival

2:58pm Saturday 21st August 2010

ESSEX'S biggest festival, V, brought thousands of music fans to Chelmsford for the weekend.

• Comments(7)
• Have your say »

Passengers fume over rail fare rise

2:40pm Wednesday 18th August 2010

RAIL commuters face the prospect of at least a 5.8 per cent price rise in season tickets in the new year following yesterday’s inflation figures.

• Comments(20)
• Have your say »

Dad fined for driving with toddler on lap

11:39am Tuesday 27th July 2010

A DAD caught driving with a toddler on his lap has been slapped with a £60 fine. The motorist was snared by traffic cops in South Woodham Ferrers with the child perched dangerously on his lap sat behind the wheel. The youngster was also not wearing a seatbelt.

• Comments(26)
• Have your say »

Care home satisfied with £1million payout

9:00am Tuesday 27th July 2010

A CARE homes firm which has had to pay out nearly £1million to staff following a pay dispute said it was satisfied with the compromise agreement Excelcare agreed to pay £983,000 to 115 care workers as a tribunal loomed over claims by unions Unison and GMB they were unfairly sacked.

County has high number of kids who need support

9:40am Monday 26th July 2010

ESSEX has one of the highest numbers of pupils with special educational needs in the country with boys almost three times more likely to have behavioural problems than girls, new figures show.

• Comments(2)
• Have your say »

More Night Service»