Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price has called for an end to the stigma surrounding sufferers of lung cancer following suggestions that sufferers face prejudice as they are assumed to be smokers. Her comments were made in a debate brought by lung cancer survivor James Brokenshire MP,...
Total grooming crimes in Essex have reached 181 since 2013/14 MORE than 6,000 grooming crimes have been recorded by police in England and Wales since April 2013, new Home Office figures show. There were a total of 2,996 grooming crimes recorded from April to December 2017,...
Basildon Council employees who have gone the extra mile to improve residents’ lives and make a difference in the borough were recognised at the 2018 Staff Awards. The Improving Lives Award, which is reserved solely for public nominations, was won by Cleansing Operative Josh Davis. He...
Residents are being encouraged to donate unwanted electrical items for refurbishment and reuse. Basildon Council, in partnership with Lighthouse Furniture Network, is collecting unwanted electrical items that are in good working order at its WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) reuse outlets. Larger items such as fridges,...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon & East Thurrock, has today announced the launch of a local Engineering Showcase in Basildon Town Centre (SS14 1EB) to take place on Saturday 14 July 2018 and invites the press and local engineering organisations to attend...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, visited Woodlands School last Friday (13th April 2018) to congratulate them on making it through to the South East regional finals of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge. Teams from St Cleres School in Stanford-le-Hope...
Grants totalling more than £8,000 will be handed out to community groups and organisations to help them deliver projects benefiting borough residents. Basildon Council has approved five applications in the final round of the 2017/18 Grants to Organisations Fund. Art with Heart CIC and Parents4Parents CIO will...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, welcomed today’s announcement from Environment Secretary Michael Gove that the UK will introduce a ban on ivory sales. The proposed ban will be the toughest in Europe and amongst the toughest in the world...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, welcomes today’s announcement from Essex Police of 150 new officers across the county– representing the single most significant local investment in deployable policing in a decade. 150 new visible officers have been confirmed today by...
A new cycle route and rapid charging points for electric cars will be among the measures proposed to improve air quality along the A127 between Basildon and Rochford, as part of the authorities’ response to the Government’s Air Quality Plan for nitrogen dioxide. Following a joint...
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