Councillors Introduce ‘Go Green’ Information Hubs Across All Libraries.

‘Go Green’ information hubs are now available in all libraries in the borough. The ‘Go Green’ hubs feature books for all ages about climate change, nature and the environment; the resources hope to inspire visitors on topics including biodiversity, gardening and wildlife

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How Much Of Havering’s Greenbelt Will Be Bulldozed Under The New Planning Bill? Are More And More Flats This Way?

How much of Havering’s greenbelt will be bulldozed in a bid to build more and more flats? The Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill threatens to dramatically weaken protections for green and blue spaces across England – including Havering.

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Local Residents Build Positive Resolutions With Network Rail.

Having fought hard for over three years to save our trees along the Liberty Line – our little ‘push and pull’ railway line that runs from Romford to Upminster via Emerson Park and back – positive resolutions are finally being nurtured between residents and Network Rail.

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Havering Has The Lowest Level Of Protected Cycle Track In London As Borough Slips Lower In The Healthy Streets Scorecard.

Romford Labour has repeatedly raised concerns about the borough’s over-reliance on cars, lack of safe active travel options, and missed opportunities for cleaner, more inclusive infrastructure. The numbers now confirm it

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East Area Police Officers Take Part In County Lines Intensification Week Resulting In The Removal Of Guns, Samurai Swords And Drugs Worth Thousands.

Officers across Havering, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge joined in the Met wide County Lines Intensification Week that has seen them remove guns, ammunition and drugs worth over £180,000.

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Revealed: Shocking Facts-“From Green To Gone.” Havering Faces Concrete Takeover Under new London Plan.

Greenbelt Grab Alert! Havering could lose thousands of acres of green space under the new London Plan. With housing targets soaring by 60%, is this the end of our countryside as we know it?

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Concrete, Cash and Chaos: Havering’s Green Spaces Under Siege.

Havering residents are growing increasingly alarmed as the borough’s greenbelt land comes under mounting threat from overdevelopment. What was once cherished countryside and vital habitat for local wildlife is now in danger of being lost to bulldozers, warehouses, data centres, and housing estates. The very essence of Havering – its proud green identity – is being traded away.

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Health Champions To Bring Soup And Socials To Havering Residents.

Havering-based health champion and leading nutritionist Sharon Adkins and Clare Kelly from the Social Enterprise Happilife CIC have joined forces to deliver community wellbeing sessions through their “Soup & Social” initiative. Thanks to funding from The National Lottery, this partnership between Happilife CIC and SA Nutrition aims to bring practical, engaging health education directly into the heart of the borough in a friendly welcoming setting to community groups across Havering.

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Havering Raises Armed Forces Flag In Preparation For Special Parade.

Havering veterans, joined the Member of Parliament for Romford-Andrew Rosindell, Havering’s Mayor, Councillor Sue Ospreay, local councillors and pupils from Hylands Primary School in Hornchurch as it raised the Armed Forces Flag in honour of all those who served and are still serving.

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“In voting for the Assisted Dying Bill, MPs have betrayed both their ignorance and indifference to the extreme vulnerability of disabled people across the UK”-Havering SEND Campaigner Hits Out.

Disabled people are routinely dehumanised as drains on public resources, and their basic needs routinely couched in burdensome terms. 

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