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  • Dinghy event will be lure for borough sailors

    SAILING: Saturday’s Dauntless Boatyard-sponsored Brass Monkey Trophy - which is run annually from Leigh-on-Sea Sailing Club - starts at 2pm on January 8, with the high tide at 3.03pm. It is expected that some Thurrock-based sailors will be on the start

  • CVS Chief Executive suspended and since resigned from post

    A LEADING figure in Thurrock’s voluntary sector has been suspended and since resigned from her post. Naya Naqvi, chief executive of Thurrock Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) for the last four years was suspended from her post in November amid allegations

  • Flood misery for Tilbury residents

    FOUR residents in Tilbury had a very wet start to the new year after a blocked drain flooded their homes. The residents of Arkwright Road could only watch in disgust as filthy sewerage water seeped into their front rooms, and was soon two inches deep

  • Lincoln quits as Thurrock manager

    GREG Lincoln has quit as manager of relegation-threatened Thurrock. The 30-year-old handed in his notice at the Ship Lane club yesterday evening. Assistant manager Grant Gordon will be in charge of the team until the end of the season

  • Insiders say Roy's out as Town boss

    CHAMPIONSHIP: Ipswich boss Roy Keane looks set to lose his job after less than two years in charge at Portman Road. Ipswich have called a press conference for 11am where it is expected the Town boss’s departure will be announced. If the rumours are

  • Busy times at Thameside and Civic

    MUSIC and theatre is packing out the new year schedule at the Thameside Theatre and Civic Hall in Grays. With this year’s successful pantomime Robin Hood and the Babes in Wood wrapping up on Sunday, the first musical event in the Grays calendar kicks

  • Mum's new website for horse fans

    A HORSE lover from Chadwell St Mary is launching her own equestrian themed website. Mother-of-one, Sarah Ozorio, 21, of Ruskin Road, has been riding horses since she was ten and when she had her 18-month-old son, Conor, she wanted to be able to work,