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  • Care service for adults ‘is improving’

    THURROCK Care at Home has been rated as good following a recent inspection, improving since it was told to shape up. Thurrock Care at Home is Thurrock Council’s in-house care service that provides personal care and support to vulnerable adults living

  • Extra funds needed for A13 project following series of errors

    Extra money is needed to finish the widening of the A13 following a series of errors that have caused the project to go over-budget, council documents have revealed. An update on work taking place between Stanford-le-Hope and the Orsett Cock roundabout

  • Badger concerns delay contested Grays homes plan

    FEARS badgers could be put at risk have caused a crucial planning decision on a controversial development to be delayed. The plan to build eight eco-friendly homes on land adjacent to Curling Lane, Helleborine and Meesons Lane in Grays was due to

  • Brand-spanking sports hall unveiled at school

    BRAND new sports facilities have been opened at a school. Students and staff at the Harris Academy, in Ockendon, opened the new state-of-the-art sports hall on Friday. Andre Nel, a former Essex and South African fast bowler, cut the ribbon at