Jan 21, 2013 · THURROCK Council has launched a new voice activated artificial intelligence assistant which will help make it easier than ever for residents to get the...

A SPECIALIST education team is helping turn Thurrock children’s lives around reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Thurrock Virtual School has almost 300 children on its...

PURFLEET-on-Thames Christmas light switch on, with Thames Opera Company leading the carol singing, Arts Outburst holding lantern making classes from 2pm at Purfleet-on-Thames Community...

5 days ago · A NEW health centre improving the lives of people in Thurrock is a step closer to opening, with progress being shown to local elected representatives and stakeholders. When it opens this summer, Thurrock Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) will offer vital diagnostic services, including CT, MRI, ultrasound, heart scans, lung checks, blood tests and X-rays. It’s […]

A SPECIALIST education team is helping turn Thurrock children’s lives around reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Thurrock Virtual School has almost 300 children on its...

Jan 9, 2025 · CHARGES for a range of Thurrock Council service are set to increase by an average of 4.5 per cent from April reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Cabinet is set to agree changes to 978 fees and charges across 44 services, including on and off -street parking fees which will rise by just over 6 per […]

Dec 21, 2024 · MORE than 1,000 people in Thurrock will spend Christmas without a permanent home a charity has claimed as extra government funding for the borough is announced reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Housing charity Shelter suggests 354,000 people in England are homeless, a 14 per cent jump from this time last year. In Thurrock, Shelter estimates […]

Dec 3, 2024 · THE Boundary Commission has released its final recommendations for change to Thurrock’s electoral wards – and has acceded to local requests to include local place names including Belhus and Homesteads in ward titles. Tilbury will also retain its Riverside and St Chads place names reports Thurrock Nub News. Originally the local names were planned to […]

Dec 2, 2024 · THURROCK councillors have called a decision to delay the borough’s local plan a “developers’ charter” which leaves them powerless to prevent homes being built on green belt reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Thurrock’s local plan will determine where homes and businesses are needed for decades to come but it will not now be published until […]

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 […]