A MUM and her son are among nearly 300 people killed in the Sri Lankan Easter massacre. Anita Nicholson, 42, and her son Alex, 11, from Grays, were having breakfast on the second-floor restaurant of the Shangi-La hotel when the attackers struck.
A FAMILY who became the focus of a TV documentary for keeping a horse in their garage said the show has gone down a storm with neighbours. Johnny and Andrea Beaney made headlines when featuring in the Channel 5 programme “Gypsies Next Door” on Thursday
A violent thug has been jailed for ten years for stabbing a teenager in a prolonged and unprovoked attack. The victim, a 19-year-old man, was in Handel Crescent, Tilbury, with friends on September 8 last year when a car pulled up with Charlie Earey
A car has been abandoned on a level crossing causing train delays. The vehicle is on the crossing between East Tilbury and Stanford le Hope. Train operator c2c took to Twitter about the delays. A spokesman said: "Services on the Tilbury
Residents can now have 24-hour care at home, after a provider extended its service. Bluebird Care in Thurrock and Castle Point is expanding its live-in care service, where staff live with customers in their own homes, for anything from two weeks
reply to last week’s letter by Mr Ron Grimshaw, where he complains about Westminster not upholding the referendum result. For many we feel aggrieved that such an important decision about leaving the EU was based on false information. That is the
Plans to convert a former butchers into a dog clinic were withdrawn after an outcry from residents. Proposals for the works at Williams Butchers, Crammavill Street, Stifford Clays were met with objects and a petition. The plans were for a dog
