FOLLOWING a government announcement on plans to increase sponsorship fees for overseas social care staff by 120%, Lausa Biragi, Founder of You & I...

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...

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...

THE Bluewater shopping experience is about to get a whole lot sweeter! On Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 10:00am, HARIBO UK will open the...

Jan 31, 2025 · 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

CREATIVE developers and studios can bid for new cash from a multi-million pound government funded scheme to turn their new video game ideas into market leaders – and potentially score a hit such as Grand Theft Auto or Tomb Raider.

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 […]