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STUDENTS and teachers from across Thurrock came together to learn about digital safety during the Walk Online Road Show. The annual event took place at...
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JEN Craft, Labour MP for Thurrock, has begun work as a member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee in Parliament, having recently...
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EARLIER this week (Wednesday 20 November), Cllr Victoria Holloway, Cabinet Member for Place and Environment, met with residents and local businesses to hear about...
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Oct 11, 2022 · THE Amazon fulfilment centre in Tilbury has donated £2,000 to a trust supporting special educational needs learning in Essex. Treetops Learning Community support students across...
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CONSERVATIVE Councillor and Thurrock Council’s Shadow Cabinet Member for Community Partnerships Cllr Qaisar Abbas organised the third Annual Interfaith Conference on 16th November 2024...
Organisations come together to bring crucial cost of living …
1 day ago · RESIDENTS in Thurrock benefited from a range of advice and support that could help with the cost of living at the first Thurrock Cares Roadshow held on Monday 25 November at Aveley Community Hub. Several referrals to access housing repairs, housing benefits, council tax support, debt relief and foodbank vouchers were made at the free […]
Thurrock councillors back plan for closer ties with Ukraine
12 hours ago · THURROCK Council members have backed a plan to partner with a region of Ukraine in a bid to show solidarity with the war-torn country reports the Local Democracy Reporter. As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, David Day, Conservative councillor for Orsett, won cross party support for a motion for Thurrock to partner with […]
Meetings across Thurrock will give residents opportunity to …
Jan 7, 2024 · THURROCK resdients are being invited to have a say on the draft local plan proposed by the borough council. The blueprint for the borough’s future has been more than eight years in the making and was revealed to councillors in the latter stages of 2023. In December councillors gave the green light for a consultation process to […]
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Introduction YourThurrock.Com is an on-line newspaper covering every aspect of life in the borough. Launched in Sept 2008, the site publishes over 3,000 stories a year and has filmed 7,000 news items in twelve years. Thurrock is a rich quarry of news but the borough is also at a fascinating crossroads in its history and […]
Thurrock residents set for another big council tax hike
Dec 19, 2023 · RESIDENTS in Thurrock look certain to face another big hike in council tax next year after Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove rubber-stamped an eight per cent increase – without the council having to ask for special permission. Cash-strapped Thurrock raised council by 7.9%last year to help plug the spending gap caused by its disastrous ‘borrow to invest’ […]