WHEN I first met Bheki he was a bright young man with a winning smile and a vision for the future. When I was last with him, just a few months back, he was in a coffin. Just another tragic victim of knife crime, killed outside a Corringham primary
A THUG harassed and threatened to rape a woman from Grays, while hiding his identity. Troy White, 31, has now been jailed for more than a year-and-a-half. White admitted harassment with fear of violence at Basildon Crown Court last week. He
A DANCE teacher turned businesswoman has started running a toddler and mum dance group after being inspired by her own children. Brooke North, 36, from Grays, was inspired to establish Tiny Tappers, when her two daughters Nancie, eight, and Eadie
EVER since I became aware of things political, the Tories have claimed to be the party of law and order. That claim now has a very hollow ring. Last year a record number 21,000, offences relating to the use and or possession of knives resulted
READING about the failures of the pathology lab that serves Basildon Hospital, I am angry. Very angry indeed. How can a vital, publiclyfunded medical service, contracted out to a profitseeking corporate, refuse to reveal how many cervical smear
