Make a date with Thurrock Neighbourhood Watch and help keep local communities safer
THE efforts of the volunteers who run and fundraise for Thurrock Neighbourhood Watch have been praised by the county’s police commissioner and his deputy.
The organisation, which continues to expand across the borough by introducing new local watch schemes has once again produced a free calendar which is now available for distribution.
It was produced thanks to support for a third consecutive year by Lycamobile UK Ltd and contains useful community information designed to help local residents feel safer in their communities.
Thurrock Neighbourhood watch is currently celebrating its 31st year of helping local people and its members hope the 5,000 copies of the calendar now available to local residents will continue to help make a difference.
A selfless, third-year university student will receive a medal from the Queen after being recognised for her years of tireless voluntary work. Courtney-Lee Collins, who lives in Aveley and is a law student at Anglia Ruskin University, has been awarded a British Empire Medal for her continued work for a variety of charitable groups and organisations. The 21-year-old has raised substantial amounts of money for charities including Follow Your Dreams, Essex Air Ambulance, the Salvation Army, Clic Sargent, Abbie’s Army, Treetops School and Endometriosis UK. She has donated more than three and a half tonnes of food to Thurrock food bank and donated hundreds of items to hospitals, care homes and charities in the area.
Christmas 2020 will be remembered as the year we camped on the sofa to watch festive films in between video-calling loved ones from our homes. However, for some families in Thurrock, this year’s frustrations are set to continue with new figures revealing crippling broadband speeds in some neighbourhoods. Across the local authority, broadband speeds range from a superfast 533.4 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.8 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com. It means families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to speak to relatives and friends could be faced with annoying freezes, cut-outs and sound delays. Meanwhile, those downloading Christmas movie classics could be left waiting up to 120 hours, compared to just one minute 20 seconds in neighbourhoods with the fastest speeds.
Christmas 2020 will be remembered as the year we camped on the sofa to watch festive films in between video-calling loved ones from our homes. However, for some families in Thurrock, this year’s frustrations are set to continue with new figures revealing crippling broadband speeds in some neighbourhoods. Across the local authority, broadband speeds range from a superfast 533.4 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.8 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com. It means families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to speak to relatives and friends could be faced with annoying freezes, cut-outs and sound delays. Meanwhile, those downloading Christmas movie classics could be left waiting up to 120 hours, compared to just one minute 20 seconds in neighbourhoods with the fastest speeds.
Christmas 2020 will be remembered as the year we camped on the sofa to watch festive films in between video-calling loved ones from our homes. However, for some families in Thurrock, this year’s frustrations are set to continue with new figures revealing crippling broadband speeds in some neighbourhoods. Across the local authority, broadband speeds range from a superfast 533.4 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.8 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com. It means families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to speak to relatives and friends could be faced with annoying freezes, cut-outs and sound delays. Meanwhile, those downloading Christmas movie classics could be left waiting up to 120 hours, compared to just one minute 20 seconds in neighbourhoods with the fastest speeds.