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Thurrock Council is helping residents take a step towards quitting smoking by sharing the free and flexible support that is available.

Wednesday 12 March marks National No Smoking Day, an annual campaign encouraging smokers to quit smoking for good.

Quitting smoking has significant health benefits, reducing the risk of smoke-related diseases such as lung disease, heart disease, and respiratory infections. It also improves both physical and mental well-being.

This week International Women’s Day was marked in Thurrock, including events held at the council’s Civic Offices, highlighting this year’s theme #AccelerateAction

On Tuesday 4 March, Thameside Theatre was lit up in white and purple to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day.

Subscriptions for the 2025/26 brown bin garden waste collections are now open. Signing up now means that subscribers can make sure they get the most out of the service.

The service has been extended to operate all year round, with no pause in winter, and prices have been frozen at 2024 levels for the upcoming year.

By subscribing now residents can guarantee that garden waste collections will continue uninterrupted from April and make sure they get a full year’s worth of collections.

Libraries across Thurrock brought stories to life yesterday (Thursday 6 March) as they celebrated World Book Day with a range of fun, book-themed activities.

Foster carers from across Thurrock came together for a special celebration to recognise the role they play in supporting some of the borough's most vulnerable children.

Carers from Thurrock Council were invited down to Ye Olde Plough House in Bulphan on Friday 28 February for the council's annual Foster Carer Celebration Event and Award ceremony.

George Hare, Thurrock's Member of Youth Parliament, joined other Youth Parliament members from across the country for a special youth session at the House of Commons.

George took the chance to speak from the Dispatch Box during a debate about the importance of public transport for young people, which was presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Judith Cummins MP.

The fourth Commissioners’ report detailing Thurrock Council’s progress on its improvement and recovery journey has today been published by the Government.

Thurrock Council has served an Urgent Works Notice on the owner of the State Cinema telling them to make important repairs to the roof of the historic building.

The Notice will mean that unless the owner completes repairs that will make the roof and building watertight within three months the council will step in to carry out the work and then recover the costs from the owner.

Results announced today (Monday 3 March), revealed that 76% of students will be able to attend their first choice of school, with 90% of children being allocated one of their top three preferences.

There were a total of 2,436 applications for secondary school places for September 2025.

The list of the most popular books that were borrowed from libraries in Thurrock in 2024 has been revealed.

Thurrock's libraries have been helping to ensure that more of the borough's young people have access to the joys of reading, with all of the books in the top ten targeted at children and young people.

The most-borrowed book was Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, first released in 2007 and the fourth best-selling book series of all-time.