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West Thurrock

Jen Craft standing inside a kitchen, which is blurred in the background, and smiling. She has long fair hair and is wearing a purple top.

MP criticises 'patronising' mental health care

Jen Craft is among MPs calling for urgent improvements to community-based care plans.

A cat by a window.

Cats abandoned due to cost of neutering - charity

Animal rescuers say there is an increase in the number of cats not being neutered and them dumped.

A lifelike animatronic dinosaur looks towards the camera whilst standing in a field at an outdoor event.

Mission to replace dinosaurs after 'brutal' theft

The two stolen machines cost between £5000 and £10,000 each.

Large green and grey model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex looking straight at the camera with its mouth open and teeth visible. He is standing on grass alongside adults and children at an event. A blue gazebo with yellow writing "Lions Club of New Milton" is visible to the right. Another light-coloured gazebo can be seen to the left. A young child in a pink T-shirt with a cartoon mouse on the front is looking at the dinosaur.

Two of our dinosaurs are missing - head ranger

The owner of the animatronic dinosaurs says he is "heartbroken" at their theft.

A close-up view of a vape product as someone exhales after using it. White mist can be seen around the vape and the person's mouth.

Illegal vapes 'sold from car boot' left boy ill

Almost 45,000 illegal vapes have been seized by officers in Thurrock in the last three years.

Two rows of pylons are pictured against a moderately cloudy sky.

Norfolk to Essex overhead pylon plan moves forward

The energy regulator gives an advance in funding for the controversial scheme.

A wide view of the site of Industrial Chemicals Ltd. The photograph is taken at night and shows the outline of a cloud which formed over a number of buildings because of the hydrochloric acid leak. There is a metal tower with red lights on it to the right of the picture.

Chemicals firm fined £2.5m over leaked acids

Schools were advised to close when a hydrogen chloride gas cloud billowed into the skies.

A close-up of a wheel of a sports car.

Dispersal order in place over car meet concerns

There are reports of more than 60 vehicles gathering, police say.

Two rows of pylons are pictured against a moderately cloudy sky.

Consultation on pylon plan opens in county

It will run for a month with National Grid urging people to give feedback.