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  • Football tournament for knife awareness

    Thurrock Community Policing Team hosted a football tournament for young people while raising awareness of a knife crime charity. On Saturday officers from Thurrock Community Policing Team hosted a ‘Kick Off @ 3’ football tournament for boys and

  • 'Killer should not get his freedom' - Editor's Comment

    Next year is the year Danielle Jones’s killer uncle Stuart Campbell could be released from prison. Yet, still, all these years on, Danielle’s family have not been able to lay her to rest or say goodbye properly. They still haven’t been able to get

  • Lakeside launches summer fashion campaign

    A popular shopping centre has launched a summer fashion campaign. Lakeside Shopping Centre launched its SS19 campaign led by reality TV star Shelby Tribble. The TOWIE star is amongst other Essex influencers, Amy Coombes, Georgia Clements and

  • School announced plans for new teaching block

    A SCHOOL has revealed plans for a two storey expansion, after concern over school places. Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Mayflower Road, Chafford Hundred plans to construct a two story modular building to provide additional teaching space for

  • Man charged in connection with incidents with weapons

    A man has been charged with two counts of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, possession of a knife and threatening a person with an offensive weapon following incidents in Tilbury. Kurtis Randall, 28, of Leicester Road, Tilbury, has been remanded

  • New half-term activities for Thurrock's parks

    A HOST of events are taking place in parks during the May half-term. Following the successful ‘Active Parks’ Easter programme, which saw more than 300 people participate borough parks will host free morning and afternoon sessions from May 28 to

  • School reunion for students who left in 1973

    A SCHOOL reunion is set to take place. Former pupils who were in the fifth year, and left in June 1973, have arranged a reunion and are hoping for as many classmates as possible to attend. The reunion is set to take place on June 8 this year.

  • £500 donation to support foodbank group

    An estate agents foundation handed a foodbank a cheque for hundreds of pound. The Griffin Foundation gave Thurrock Food £500. Representatives met for the cheques handover. A spokesman for Thurrock Foodbank said: "Thank you to The Griffin

  • Bike without brakes seized from 13-year-old

    Officers seized a bike without brakes from a 13-year-old. Members of the Grays LPT B2B team were out looking for nusiance bikes. A spokesman said: "This was seized from a 13 yr old being ridden on the road. "Bike is an accident waiting