New way to report fraud

The Metropolitan Police Service have sent out the following message regarding fraud reporting – From 04 December 2025, the existing Action Fraud support will be replaced by our new Report Fraud service. If you previously received alert messaging from Action Fraud, this will change to advice on cyber

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Pinney Talfourd Christmas Card Competition

The festive season is a time to celebrate kindness, creativity, and community spirit. Each year, Pinney Talfourd partner with Corbets Tey School, which supports children with complex learning needs, to design their Christmas card. This year, the theme was ‘Animals at Christmas’, chosen in support of Pinney Talfourd’s

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Upminster Tithe Barn ‘Highly Commended’

With reference to our previous post about the Upminster Tithe Barn being nominated for the 2025 Wood Awards, we are delighted to hear that although it did not win, the Tithe Barn received the Highly Commended award in the Restoration and Reuse category, recognising that the ‘…project

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Thefts from vans

Even though we live in a relatively safe area, our local police teams often send out information on preventing crime. However, a resident of the Cathedral Estate contacted us direct to tell us about something that she saw from her own front window. ”Two days ago I

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