Witness appeal after vicious assault in Ockendon
POLICE have appealed for information after a man suffered serious injuries in an assault at South Ockendon. The victim was walking alone along Afton Drive, near the junction with Daiglen Drive at about...
View ArticleSchool prom stretch limo driver charged
POLICE officers working with council officials checked a number of private hire vehicle in Basildon and Thurrock districts on Friday, July 12, to confirm their compliance with legislation. A total of...
View ArticleSurvey wants to hear of positive impact of PCSO’s
THURROCK Diversity Network is carrying out a survey as an Independent Community Organisation. They are interested in obtaining, gathering and hearing your views of Police Community Support Officers...
View ArticleAveley taxi driver hit with £1,000 bill after appeal thrown out
MAGISTRATES in Basildon ordered an Aveley taxi driver to pay over £1,000 costs to Thurrock Council after having his appeal thrown out. Robert Knight, 52, of Lowlands Road, had appealed against the...
View ArticleCome and quiz the Police Boss
THE NEXT Police and Crime Commissioner public meeting discussing crime and policing issues, will take place in Grays on Tuesday July 23, 2013, starting at 5:30pm. Nick Alston aims to hold a public...
View ArticleMen charged over assaults in Grays
TWO men have been charged in connection with an incident which happened in the car park of a supermarket in Grays in May. Rhys Grant, 18, of Star Lane, London E16, has been charged with one count of...
View ArticleMan acquitted over “Ice-cream war” at Grays Beach Park
AN OCKENDON man has been acquitted of grievous bodily harm in relation to an attack in Grays Beach Park last year. Daniel Trigg (24), Danbury Crescent, South Ockendon, was charged after an incident in...
View ArticleJodie serves a great cream tea for Little Havens
A CHARITY Cream Tea Party has raised £950 for Little Havens Hospice which cares for seriously ill children and their families. The party was organised by Jodie Gray, 25 from Romford Road in Aveley, and...
View ArticleTeen stabbed in the neck at house party in South Ockendon
POLICE are appealing for information following a stabbing outside a house party in South Ockendon. The 19-year-old victim received a small stab wound to his neck following the incident in South Road....
View ArticleIt is a fair cop as police boss holds summit in Thurrock
FOR THOSE OF us who have been attending similar seminars for nigh on thirty years, they are usually highly defensive or somewhat self-congratulatory affairs. But last night’s (Tuesday) the Police and...
View ArticlePolice get their Talons into criminals
Essex Police have to date (6pm) arrested nine people during a day-long blitz against criminals in Essex, including six people on suspicion of burglary. Operation Talon started at 8am today (Thursday,...
View ArticleMan found dead in his car in Grays
THE BODY of a local man was found dead in a car in Grays. Essex Ambulance Service were called at 6.30pm on Sunday evening after a report of a man in a seriously ill condition in a car in Dell Road,...
View ArticleCorringham teacher fined for noise pollution
A CORRINGHAM teacher has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling over £750 for playing music too loudly. Michelle Ottley, a 42-year-old junior school teacher of Woodmanhurst Road, Corringham,...
View ArticleWhite Apple I-Pad stolen from PC World
POLICE are appealing for help in tracing two men after a white Apple iPad was stolen from PC World at the Lakeside Retail Park. Alarm wires securing the tablet were cut just before 7.45pm on July 9....
View ArticleInformation sought after GBH at Tilbury social club
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an assault which left the victim with serious facial injuries. The 52-year-old victim had been at Tilbury Dock Sports and Social Club, in Dock Road, to...
View ArticleOckendon youth in custody following allegation of assault on football steward...
A SOUTH OCKENDON teenager is in police custody today (Tuesday) after an allegation of an assault upon a football steward at Aveley last night. The alleged incident is said to have taken place during...
View ArticleElderly lady who died in Orsett car park named
A WOMAN who died after an incident in Orsett last month has been named as Joyce Lewis who was aged 80 and from the Grays area. Mrs Lewis received serious injuries when she was in collision with a green...
View ArticleThree teens wanted over knife robbery
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) detectives are appealing for information after three 16-year-old boys were threatened with a knife to hand over money in Essex. Investigators have released CCTV images of...
View ArticleWoman punched in face during street robbery in Tilbury
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a robbery in Tilbury where a woman was punched. The 46-year-old victim was walking along Adelaide Road, towards the junction with Hobart Road, at about...
View ArticleCyclist in collision in Tank Hill Road, Purfleet
A WOMAN has been airlifted to hospital following a road traffic collision in Purfleet. YT understands that the collision between a car and cyclist, occurred around 3.30pm. The A1306 Arterial Road in...
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