WHO knows...it could be all change in Thurrock when the public head to the polls next month. When the elections take place on May 2, a total of 17 councillors will be elected, potentially tipping the balance of who controls the council. For
IT has been been spoken about for many years. And next week it could at last get the go-ahead. I’m talking about the regeneration of Purfleet. Well, in fact, it’s more like the recreation of Purfleet. It is claimed it will “set the benchmark
I am a firm believer that people who work hard and do the right thing should be able to keep more of what they earn. The money that Government collects in taxes is needed to provide the best public services for all of us. But they do need to be
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Grays. The 38-year-old from Tilbury was arrested today, Saturday 20 April, on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody for questioning. It follows the death of a 35-year-old
Good samaritans rushed into action to save a dog after it almost drowned in a lake. Louise Barry, 38, from Stanford-le-Hope took her Springer Spaniel Sanchez to the lake near the Thameside Nature Reserve, Mucking Wharf Road, Stanford-le-Hope, yesterday
Police are no longer looking for a teen who was wanted in connection with an incident in West Thurrock. A 17-year-old boy from Chelmsford - who cannot be named for legal reasons - was arrested on Thursday 18 April. He was charged last night
A company has been fined after a farm worker’s arm was pulled into potato grading machine. A 34 year-old agency worker was seriously injured when he fell onto the cleaning rollers of a potato grading machine at a C H Cole & Sons (Mill House) farm
