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A THURROCK Council election candidate has conceded he has been left embarrassed by his own party’s election material – which hailed him as ‘a Covid hero’.
Luke Spillman, who was a high profile UKIP member and founder member and eventual leader of the Thurrock Independents Group on the council, is standing in the elections on Thursday, 6 May in Ockendon.
He is currently a councillor in Aveley & Uplands ward, which he won with a 562 majority in May 2016 when he was a UKIP candidate. Following the referendum vote and subsequent collapse of the UKIP party, in January 2018 Cllr Spillman and a number of his UKIP colleagues formed the Independent group. In May 2018 Cllr Spillman became the Independent Group leader and he was a staunch critic during that leadership of many of the ruling Conservative group policies.
Warm tributes as Thurrock war veteran Albert England passes away
THE death in the early hours of Sunday morning has been announced of one of Thurrock’s most respected war veterans – the much-loved and admired Albert England reports Thurrock Nub News.
Albert, 95, died in Basildon & Thurrock Hospital, and sadly, because of Covid, his wife Wyn was not able to be with him – a sad end to a loving partnership that produced four sons and a multitude of grandchildren, great grandchildren and even a great-great grandchild Albie – a fitting name synonymous with his heroic great, great grandfather!
Albert’s death was not Covid connected.
Former UKIP councillor plans to carry on as a Tory yourthurrock.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yourthurrock.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.