Emerson Park-First Of Five Village Greens Dedicated.
The community of Platford Green and Tyle Green, Emerson Park, celebrated the dedication of its new village green on Sunday 20 July.
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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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Fantastic Tool Marking Event Held By Havering Police.
Officers across the borough led by South Havering Neighbourhoods Inspector Mark Connolly, have been tackling tool theft and working hard to get tools forensically marked in the battle against crime.
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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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Community Joins Forces to Launch Rise Park Wombles Litter-Picking Initiative
A new community-led litter-picking group, the Rise Park Wombles, launched its first clean-up on July 5th, attracting 15 volunteers. They aim to improve local cleanliness monthly, welcoming more participants to join their efforts.
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Havering Among the Heaviest Boroughs in London: A Staggering 68% Are Overweight. Why Are So Many Havering Residents Obese?
Havering has one of the highest rates of obesity in the capital—and it’s not getting better. Data paints a worrying picture:
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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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VIDEO: Havering Police To Hold Free Tool Marking Event In A Bid To Crack Down On Tool Theft.
Havering Police are continuing their battle to crackdown on tool theft by hosting a free tool marking event on Thursday 17 July outside Roneo Corner B&Q, starting from 7am.
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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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Havering Council Urges Residents And Businesses To Plan Their Journeys As Gallows Corner To Shut Completely
Havering Council is urging residents and businesses to plan their journeys ahead of a full closure of Gallows Corner flyover and junction.
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Our Allotments Are Under Threat Like Never Before With the New Proposed Planning Bill. Is No Green Space Safe?
Allotments are under threat as never before. Throughout the country people are waking up to the possibility of growing their own fruit and vegetables to live a sustainable life and promote biodiversity.
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The New Planning Bill Is Coming For Our Green Spaces-But Could It Be Impacting Our Allotments Too?
What is important to note right now-is the vital contribution these allotments have on our community. Not only are they important green spaces, but they equally provide the community with home grown produce.
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Havering’s Speeding Hotspots: Which Roads Are Putting Lives at Risk?
Havering residents are increasingly alarmed by drivers racing through their streets—often at terrifying speeds. Recent studies and council reports have spotlighted a few particularly dangerous roads:
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Fantastic Havering Museum Singing And Dancing Into A New Era.
On Saturday 7 June, Havering Museum celebrated not one, but two anniversaries; the Museum celebrated 15 years of being open in the former Romford Brewery Sports and Social Club, High Street, Romford premises, and the Friends of Havering Museum celebrated 25 years.
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Special Report: “The Planning Bill Opens The Floodgates For Developers To Concrete Over Woodlands, Wetlands, And Wildlife-Rich Areas”-Will Havering Lose Its Greenbelt?
“This bill is nothing short of a bulldozer through Britain’s last remaining wild spaces. It dresses itself up as ‘progress,’ but what it really does is silence local voices and sacrifice nature on the altar of profit.”
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St Alban’s Baby And Toddler Group Celebrate Volunteers Week.
Volunteers’ Week returned last week after reaching its 40th anniversary last year. From 2 to 8 June 2025, St Alban’s Baby & Toddler CIC joined thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK.
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