Local counselling experts Theresa Hughes and Julie York have provided a number of interesting and informative articles for us over the last couple of months. We are grateful to them for giving us their thoughts once again, this time on managing loneliness. At the time of writing,
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The Competitions and Mergers Authority (CMA) have recently received a large number of complaints, as some companies sought to use lockdown as an excuse to ignore consumer rights and/or charge rip-off prices for goods and services. Whilst most people understand the difficult time that businesses have experienced
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The national Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, has previously proclaimed that “Communities defeat terrorism”. As part of the drive for everyday people to be the eyes and ears of this and become ‘CT Citizens’, counter terrorism training is now available to
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The Herbert Protocol is a national scheme introduced by police forces across the country, that encourages carers, family and friends of people living with dementia, to put together useful information on a form, that will assist the police if that person goes missing. Further information and a
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At last night’s Annual Meeting of Havering Council, Councillor John Mylod was elected as the new Mayor for Havering. The Chair and Deputy of each council committee were also elected for the year 2020/21. Details of these and other appointments can be found on the Annual Meeting
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Those of us who live near to the Cathedral Estate in Upminster have recently been treated to some wonderful knitted tributes to the NHS, on the local postbox and a gate post in Winchester Avenue. We normally see them in time for the Thursday evening clap. There
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Today (14 May) is national Stroke Awareness Day. To support the campaign we have published a summary of the NHS advice below. For full details see the NHS website. A stroke is a serious life-threatening medical condition that happens when the blood supply to part of the
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The Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association are once again grateful to Counselling Experts Theresa Hughes and Julie York, who continue to share their thoughts on how to manage during these challenging times. In this article, they raise the difficult issue of domestic abuse – the hidden pandemic.
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The Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a suspicious email reporting service to allow people to report e-mails that they believe are bogus or phishing scams. To report a suspicious e-mail simply forward it to report@phishing.gov.uk . Once the NCSC have received your e-mail they will
Read more →The Government has created a new ‘Skills Toolkit’ offering free online courses on Digital Skills and Numeracy Skills, to help boost job prospects for those undertaking the training. The website can be accessed via this link.
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