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Last chance to nominate in this year's Education Awards

11 May 2022
Parents, colleagues and young people have through to this weekend to make a nomination for the 2022 Thurrock Education Awards.
The awards are an opportunity to recognise excellence in the borough's early years, school and post-16 education, including teachers, support staff, teams, head teachers, governors and trusts that have gone the extra mile.

Fly-tipper's vehicle seized

6 May 2022
Thurrock Council Environmental Enforcement teams have seized a pick-up truck belonging to a known fly-tipper.
The vehicle was twice spotted in March using Hobart Road in Tilbury to dump waste illegally. The owner now must provide registration and insurance details, and proof of ownership, to learn whether they can reclaim the vehicle or if it will stay in storage – at their cost – while investigations take place to bring a prosecution against them.

Thurrock 2022 local election results announced

6 May 2022
The results of Thurrock Council’s elections have been announced.
Elections took place in 16 of the borough's 20 wards yesterday (Thursday 5 May).
Following the count these are the results:
30 Conservative – held 7, gained 2, lost 2
14 Labour – held 4, gained 2, lost 3
2 Independent – gained 1
3 Thurrock Independents – no change
The full list of results is available at thurrock.gov.uk/elections

Major milestone on horizon with new A13 lanes to open

29 April 2022
At 5am on Monday 2 May, work to widen the A13 will reach a major milestone as the newly-created third lane will open to traffic in both directions between the Stanford-le-Hope and Orsett junctions.
This is a key step towards finalising the work, which is part of the A13 Road Widening Project. On completion there will be an additional lane in both directions between Stanford-le-Hope and Orsett, 4 new bridges and improvements at the Orsett Roundabout to help manage traffic flow.

Find out about Fostering for Thurrock during Foster Care Fortnight

28 April 2022
Do you know someone who could care for a child and Foster for Thurrock? If you, or your family, have thought about a vocation helping children, some or all of the time, then fostering could be for you.
Foster Care Fortnight 2022 will take place from Monday 9 May through to Sunday 22 May. It is the UK's biggest foster care awareness raising campaign, organised by the Fostering Network. This year's theme is Fostering Communities.
Thurrock Fostering are holding a number of online and in-person events during this time, giving you the chance to:

Extra capacity to help get waste collections back on track

27 April 2022
Extra capacity has been added to Thurrock Council’s household waste service to catch-up missed collections and help the service get back on track as quickly as possible. This follows disruption caused by oil protests and operational issues.
To further support the service to catch-up, waste collections will take place this Saturday and again on Bank Holiday Monday. Residents should leave uncollected bins out on Saturday and take their bins out for collection on the usual day next week, even on Monday 2 May.

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