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  • Pavement parking is out of control - reader letter

    WE’RE all used to cars inconsiderately blocking pavements. During the course of a normal week I usually encounter the same two cars on my short walk to Aveley High Street. First up is the silver Ford fully parked on the pavement at the end

  • Lakeside will be gridlocked mess - reader letter

    SO, Lakeside is to be expanded again and of course the council say we the public must have our say, but will anybody listen? Why should this time be any different to all the other times we, the locals, have complained about the lack of infrastructure

  • Tributes to man after fatal boat crash in Cayman Islands

    A THURROCK man has died in a boat crash in the Cayman Islands. John Turner, 70, who had moved to the idyllic Caribbean location from his home in Grays, was one of three people onboard a boat when it collided with another vessel on Sunday night.

  • Crook ‘was stealing to care for 15-year-old daughter’

    A DESPERATE crook claimed he tried to steal tools in a bid to get money to help bring up his 15-year-old daughter. Dean Leeks, of Aveley, was spared immediate jail after admitting theft and handling stolen goods in Basildon. The 42-year-old was