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It’s like living in a Chernobyl fall out zone. Enough talk, time for action now.”
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Today, Wednesday 11 June at the Houses of Parliament, Havering campaigner Ruth Kettle-Frisby will join, politicians, trade unions and legal representatives who are coming together with a single purpose: to place the ticking time bomb of contaminated land and water centre-stage and address the urgent task of drawing up legislation to make UK environmental protections fit for purpose.
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Despite the gloomy and unseasonable weather, summer is technically here — and with it, the all-too-familiar nightmare for Rainham residents: the return of the Launders Lane fires.
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Fed-up Wennington locals are demanding urgent action over groups of scrambler bike riders tearing up local fields every Sunday afternoon, disturbing wildlife, residents, and even risking fire beneath pylons.
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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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Tomorrow at The Royal Courts of Justice a legal proceeding will start against Havering Council asking them to remake their decision that designates Arnolds Field/Launders Lane as not contaminated land.
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Margaret told the Havering Daily: “Residents in the Upminster Road North area and parts of Rainham village have suffered years of distress and damage to health from the ongoing fires at the Launders Lane site. I gave a firm pledge before being elected to do everything I can to get a resolution to this crisis and try to get redress for the suffering caused
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It was reported last August that Havering Council had issued a statutory nuisance abatement notice and that a community protection warning has been given to DMC (Essex) Limited, the landowner of Arnold Field on Launders Lane.
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Residents have been told that there is no issue to local water, but its not been tested so how do they know that?”
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We just want Havering to recognise it’s a public emergency and retract its decision not to designate land as contaminated.”
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As the summer heat intensifies, so do the fires burning on Arnolds field. For five days now, a fire has been burning non stop, meaning that despite having the hottest days of the summer so far, residents living near the infamous site, cannot open their windows.
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Mr Holland has asked Councillor Ray Morgon to outline the next steps to prevent another summer of fires at Launders Lane.
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“While I appreciate that this issue primarily lies with Havering Council, I’m worried the financial position of that Council will mean that this issue continues to be ignored.”
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Launders Lane Crisis group host meeting to reveal content of soil samples and way forward. Margaret Mullane, Labour PPC for Dagenham
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The handling of the fires on Launders Lane and their impact on the local community in Rainham has been one
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Local Democracy reporter Josh Mellor writes: Havering Council faced questions from angry Rainham residents about their response to recent fires.
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As people across Havering wake up and drink their coffee, residents in Rainham are wearing masks inside their own homes
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Families having to wear masks inside their homes and children not being able to play out doors due to the
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Labour Prospective Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham hits back at Havering Conservative Leader over Launders Lane.
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Margaret Mullane, Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham, commented following a packed meeting of concerned Rainham residents at the Rainham
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