Local News

Police investigating an incident in a Grays pub in May have made a belated appeal for information after a woman suffered life-changing injuries. It happened on Saturday, 23 May in the car park of the Bull pub on Dock Road. A grey Ford Ranger pick up was involved in a collision with a 29-year-old woman in the car park in Dock Road before the vehicle left the scene.

A Reform candidate in an upcoming Thurrock by-election has come under fire over racist, misogynistic and offensive social media posts. Jason Mitchell, standing in the Grays Riverside by-election, has been slammed online and by the Thurrock Labour group after the historic Facebook posts – seen by the Local Democracy Service – emerged.

HE Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) has been spared from a fresh round of Government spending cuts after ministers confirmed the controversial and much-delayed £11 billion road scheme remains on track - even the source of an £8 billion cost shortfall remains unknown.

Despite assurances that things have improved and officers have been able to complete accounting reviews for the past year – Thurrock Council's accounts – going back to 2021 – have still not been signed off by external auditors.

ONE of Thurrock's two remaining Labour councillors, Aaron Green, has written to council Leader Cllr Richard Bingley setting out concerns and seeking clarity on the direction of the new Reform UK administration.

ELECTIONS for Thurrock's 49 councillors are now back on - after the Labour government announced a U-turn on its plans to cancel them. It seems likely that it will be 'all-out elections' for 49 seats, which ws the original proposal for Thurrock under guidance from its commissioners.