Hornchurch pensioner has blue badge appeal turned down three times despite undergoing quadruple bypass and having metal rods in his legs.

The daughter of a Hornchurch pensioner is baffled as to why Havering Council have knocked back her father’s appeal for a blue badge three times despite him having numerous health concerns that stop him from walking well.

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Silence-A powerful new play at the Queen’s Theatre.

A young couple played by the wonderfully engaging Tia Dutt and Aaron Gill, defy a colonialist history built on destructive division by seeking to combine their individual heritages. They end up questioning the very narrative that people with different Indian religious backgrounds really do differ beyond the arbitrary fault lines brutally and artificially carved by British imperialism, resulting in violent religious conflict.

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St Andrew’s Ward Councillors unveil restored Hornchurch War Memorial.

The three St Andrew’s ward Councillors yesterday Thursday 11 April, proudly unveiled the restored Hornchurch War Memorial. Councillors Paul Middleton,Gerry O’ Sullivan and Bryan Vincent were joined by Carole Barratt the Chair of Hornchurch British Legion in front of the new memorial.

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‘It’s the children and seeing their happy faces that really makes my day’-Community says goodbye to beloved lollipop man.

“I don’t care what the council say, I will keep doing my job even if I’m not paid. I don’t do it for the council, I do it for the children and their parents. It’s seeing the children and their happy smiling faces that makes my day.

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‘The 39 Steps at the Queen’s Theatre is bursting at the seams with dad jokes, puns and manual flapping of coats and hats.’

The 39 Steps performed at Queen’s Theatre is an absolute riot; a nostalgic romp that’s ripe with puns and lashings of physical humour, each element captures the imagination for a spellbinding performance of action and accidental adventure.

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Historic moment as Queen’s Theatre wins four Off Stage Awards.

Sunday 26 February was another historic moment in Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s (QTH) history as the Theatre was nominated for nine Off Stage Awards, and took home an extraordinary four of them at the 14th Annual Off West End Awards, held in front of over 850 guests at Woolwich Works.

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My Beautiful Launderette- an intricate, passionate, funny and thought-provoking play at the Queen’s Theatre.

This is a very special stage production of My Beautiful Laundrette, not least because it features Gordan Warnecke – the original actor who played our young protagonist, Omar, in the 1985 Film – as Omar’s physically ailing, but relentlessly wise Papa.

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