A BUDDING artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist has just had a successful exhibition of his work - and he's only five years old. Sam Partridge, of Southend Road, Corringham, went to an exhibition of a relative's work a few months ago and immediately
PLANS to convert a disused leisure centre into a block of flats have been thrown out by Thurrock Council. Developers, Crowndex Ltd, want to convert Dominoes Snooker and Leisure Centre, on the High Street, Grays, into 43 flats, three ground-floor restaurants
East Thurrock co-manager Lee Patterson struggled to hide his frustration after seeing his side bow out of the potentially money-spinning FA Trophy in a nine goal thriller at Bromley. "We go to the top side of our league and score three goals and still
Flackwell Heath 1 Aveley 2 Aveley continued on their recent improvement and moved to fifth in the Ryman Division One North after this win over the league's bottom club at Wilks Park. However, they had to overcome a nervous last few minutes when
Tilbury 0, Horsham 1 TILBURY put up a valiant display against Ryman Premier League Horsham in Saturday's FA Trophy clash, though the match rarely reached any heights of passion. In fact, for the first 20 minutes it was rather a lack-lustre affair
Bromley 6, East Thurrock United 3 DESPITE making the perfect start, East Thurrock bowed out of the FA Trophy against fellow Ryman Premier League Bromley on Saturday. Danny Harris got Rocks off to a blinder when he shocked the lead leaders in the
GRAYS midfielder Glenn Poole has confessed to feeling like a great weight has been lifted from his shoulders after he bagged his first goals of the season during Saturday's 6-0 win over St Albans. Poole, who finished last season as the club's top scorer
St Albans 0. Grays Athletic 6 GRAYS returned to form in style on Saturday by handing out a thrashing to Conference new boys St Albans. The storm clouds had been hovering over Frank Gray's men after a dismal run of just one win in nine games.
Thurrock 1, Havant and Waterlooville 1 ONE of the worst refereeing decision this reporter has seen in more than 30 years of covering, playing and managing football denied Thurrock a good chance of taking all three points from this hard-fought Conference
