Mr Perrin’s blog: A Word in Your Ear
THE Editors of “Your Thurrock” “NUB News” and “Thurrock Gazette are probably well aware that I have, often raised the issue of the parking of cars and other vehicles on pavements and grass verges.
This is a blog I wrote some 18 months 2 years ago:-
Mud, mud, inglorious mud, there’s nothing quite like it for boiling my blood.
The cause of my anger is the vandalisation of grass verges, and other grassed areas, as a result of inconsiderate drivers parking their vehicles on them.
Over the years I have repeatedly asked the Council to protect grassed areas by means of barriers. I have suggested that drivers who, despite previous warnings, repeatedly offend should have their vehicle removed from the grassed area, “clamped and charged to have the clamp removed.
Workout buddies - a couple keeping off the pounds with a tough new fitness regime EFFORTS to encourage more residents to keep fit and shed those pounds will be ramped up – while keeping children out of trouble. Thurrock Council rubber-stamped plans to promote and push strong messaging around exercise – as top councillors pledged to put sports first. Community leaders say getting more youngsters into sports gets them off the streets and keeps them on the straight and narrow. Councillor Joycelyn Redsell, who represents Little Thurrock Blackshots, said: “The youth in the borough need sports and especially at this time and when we come out of coronavirus, they will need it even more.
Plans are underway to keep Thurrock youth active
By Local Democracy Reporter
PLANS to keep Thurrock residents and young people active will be ramped up this year, and even more so in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Last night, Thurrock Council’s Cabinet discussed the Active Places Strategy said it aimed to help the borough to put sports first, as part of the local plan to provide improved sporting opportunities.
Councillor Joycelyn Redsell, who represents Little Thurrock Blackshots, said: “The youth in the borough need sports and especially at this time and when we come out of coronavirus, they will need it even more.