News for the community, by the community.
Havering ’90 Joggers (H90j) are a friendly local running club for adults from age 18 upwards who meet at 7:30pm every Tuesday and Thursday at Two Gables (Upminster Rugby Club), The Pavilion, Hall lane in Upminster.
The Palms Hotel in Hornchurch is hosting a Pan Asian New Year’s Eve celebration on December 31, 2024, featuring dinner, dance, and entertainment. Guests will enjoy a vibrant atmosphere, live DJ, and fireworks. Early booking is recommended as tickets are expected to sell out. For details, contact the hotel or visit their website.
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The Palms Hotel in Hornchurch donated £500 to the Mayor of Havering’s charities, Havering MIND and H.A.D., splitting the amount equally. Directors Abdul Shahul and Gurpinder Reel expressed commitment to community support, with the Mayor praising their generosity. The donation showcases collaborative efforts to aid local individuals in need.
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The Palms Hotel in Havering celebrated its soft launch recently with a ribbon-cutting by Mayor Gerry O’Sullivan. This stylish venue, blending heritage and modernity, offers Indo-fusion cuisine and aims to redefine local hospitality for guests.
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Havering and all London boroughs will lose their school based officers as they are moved to join local policing teams.
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A Havering resident’s campaign to improve firework safety triggered a debate in parliament this week, backed by Hornchurch & Upminster MP, Julia Lopez.
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In an email to Julia Lopez, the Member of Parliament for Hornchurch & Upminster, TfL have confirmed that the service will be withdrawn from the middle of January. The last day which the route will run is Friday 17 January.
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This week, the push-pull line has been renamed the Liberty Line. I think we should be proud of this name, regardless of whether we think it was money well spent or not (it probably wasn’t).
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A campaign for a Post Office banking hub in the Hornchurch and Upminster constituency, which includes Harold Hill and Harold Wood, has taken its first small step forward according to the area’s MP, Julia Lopez.
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Residents in Rainham and across the borough have been urged to email Havering Council to object the planning application for a quarry expansion in Rainham.
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Travelodge, the UK’s first budget hotel chain, which operates over 600 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain, has announced that it has exchanged contracts for a new hotel in Upminster.
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A special fair was held on Friday 11 October in Hornchurch for older people in Havering. The event was organised by the Hornchurch and Upminster MP Julia Lopez and saw many organisations attend that help to support our elderly residents in the borough.
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“We’re a residents’ association and we’re linked in with our members, so we know what’s important to them. We are only accountable to residents, not some higher authority.” Really? This is not what is happening over the proposal for a gigantic data centre to be built on green belt farmland in North Ockendon. Their interests and welfare have certainly not been put first by this council.
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Our community is being left vulnerable as officers are pulled into central London to deal with the upheavals of central London. This is unacceptable and unfair to the residents of our community-Andrew Rosindell MP.
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Lady Ville Lodge Care Home are a very small family run care home in north ockendon in the Upminster lanes. The home has around 40 residents altogether of various stages of age related illness, mobility and dementia.
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The community of Hornchurch and Upminster remain a priority. My officers will not tolerate any criminal behaviour or anti-social behaviour within in any form” .
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On Friday 11 October Julia Lopez is hosting her second Older People’s Fair at Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch.
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Officers and London’s Air Ambulance attended. The man, who is aged in his early 30s, was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
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Hornchurch & Upminster MP, Julia Lopez, has called for the return of the Maternity Continuity of Care model so local mums-to-be get better support in pregnancy.
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The Hornchurch and Upminster MP Julia Lopez is calling on the government to reverse its plan to remove the Winter Fuel Payments to around 17,000 pensioners in her constituency.
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