Children As Young As 10 Caught Up In London’s Growing Knife Crime Crisis
Children across London are getting younger when it comes to carrying and using knives, with shocking new figures revealing just
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Havering SEND Parents Calls for Families to Make Their Voices Heard on Schools White Paper.
Samantha Jobber -SEND Parent and Advocate writes in the Havering Daily. As a parent to four children with Special Educational
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Government’s Schools White Paper Lacks Clarity And Legal Protection Havering Campaigner Hits Out.
The UK Government’s schools white paper has raised concerns among parents and educators about whether children with complex needs will receive the support they require.
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No Remorse, No Justice: Should Child Murderers Be Tried as Adults?
Frequently, those who take a life with a knife are themselves children and show very little remorse. This raises a difficult but pressing question: should some young offenders be tried as adults and face harsher sentences?
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Hornchurch Hosts Exciting Children’s Pottery Exhibition
The exhibition was organised by sculptor and pottery instructor, Lindsay Matthews, for children from as young as 6 all the way to 14 years old.
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The Hidden Poverty Crisis in Havering: Are We Turning a Blind Eye?
In Havering, it’s easy to assume poverty is someone else’s problem. But beneath the surface lies a stark reality: thousands of residents—children, pensioners, and working adults—are quietly struggling to make ends meet.
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Where Can Our Children Go? A Call For More Youth Activities In Havering.
As parents across Havering head to work over the Easter holidays, countless children are being left to their own devices—literally and figuratively—with little to no access to meaningful activities or safe spaces.
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Spread A Smile-Charity That Brings Joy To Sick Children Announces Partnership With Queen’s Hospital.
Spread a Smile, has announced a new partnership, with Queen’s Hospital in Romford, part of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Havering Emotional Support Team Support Local Children In School.
The Havering Emotional Support Team (HEST) supports children and young people who may be experiencing mild to moderate emotional wellbeing difficulties in educational settings as part of the Whole School Approach.
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Record number of children under 5 admitted to Queen’s Hospital with breathing difficulties.
In 2023, the latest figures available, 2142 children under five were admitted to Queen’s Hospital with respiratory difficulties. Across 22 London hospitals surveyed, more than 15,000 children were admitted with serious breathing difficulties. .
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Knife crime is out of control-12 year old children found guilty of stabbing to death 19 year.
Bereaved parents have been begging and pleading for help to stop knife crime. Nobody has listened and here we are, with two 12 year old children found guilty of killing a 19 year old.
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Data reveals a staggering 68% of Havering adults are obese.
The data shows that one in five children aged between four and five years old are obese or overweight, as are two in five aged between ten and eleven.
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‘You are out of touch with our children’s rights and safety’-Parents hit back at Councillors over travel rights for children with disabilities.
Human rights go beyond politics and Labour counsellors Pat Brown and Franky Walker – along with Havering Conservatives, including Cllr Judith Holt, Cllr David Taylor and Havering Conservatives leader and London Assembly member, Cllr Keith Prince – spoke up for children with disabilities and their carers,
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‘The Tory government has failed our children’-Margaret Mullane.
There is no more important indicator of the state of a country than the wellbeing of its children. The Tory Government has failed our children.
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Parents battle to stop vital travel cuts for SEND children in Havering.
Parents sent a detailed complaint template to question the legal integrity and validity of the original HRA motion; it appeared premeditated to push through with a proposal based on a consultation report that – according to the Cabinet’s own admission – had not yet been read.
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East London man jailed for 11 sexual offences against children.
Saner Muharrem, 25 was sentenced on Friday, 12 January to five and a half years imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court after he was previously convicted of 11 offences following a two-week trial. The offences included inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sexual activity with a child.
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Parents urge council to not cut travel funding for SEND pupils, but will Havering Councillors listen?
‘Our children can’t fight these proposals themselves, so we are relying on you to do the right thing because they do not deserve this.’
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Romford Councillor volunteers at Great Ormond Street Hospital Christmas party.
St Edwards Ward Councillor Nisha Patel has helped raise over £3,000 for children’s charities and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Councillor
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EXCLUSIVE:’These cuts are targeting people who cannot fight their corner, our disabled children and young people are already disadvantaged.’
Hornchurch mother starts petition in a desperate bid to save transport for disabled children and young people in Havering. Ruth
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‘We need renewed action on tackling homelessness in 2023’ -Nearly 78,000 London children are homeless.
Shocking figures have revealed almost 78,000 London children are homeless and set to spend Christmas in temporary accommodation, according to
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