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  • Council working on finances in post lockdown economy

    Like councils across the United Kingdom, Thurrock Council's Cabinet has discussed the future financial challenges ahead as it begins to plan to shape budgets for a post-lockdown world. Modelling completed by the council indicates there is a budget

  • Proposals to tackle youth violence and vulnerability

    Thurrock Council's Cabinet has approved plans to take a public health approach to tackling the issue of youth and gang violence in the borough. The approach will see this type of violence – most usually associated with gang crime and county-line

  • Down Memory Lane - Orsett village lock up

    This week’s Down Memory Lane visits Orsett. The photo, taken in the 1960s, shows as small wooden building on the corner of Pound Lane. The building is the Village lock-up, its barred windows long since boarded up. It was built in the 1700s as a