If you’re looking for something fun to do with children over the half term, Engayne Primary School are running their annual Scarecrow Trail from Sunday 25 October to Monday 02 November 2026. Each year around 40 families and businesses in the local area take part and build

With reference to our previous post concerning the unavailability of Havering Council’s website, the website is now available again (as of 4pm Thursday 22 October 2026), although the council advise that some online systems may still not work, including: Some of forms might not load correctly You

Havering Council have advised that their website, havering.gov.uk is currently unavailable (as of 6pm Wednesday 21 October 2026). This is likely to be linked to a worldwide website security alert – BBC News – Websites taken down worldwide . Havering Council released the following statement – ‘Our

Every week Havering Council publishes a lists of planning applications received within the previous seven days. To view the most recent list see the 13 – 20 October 2026 Weekly Planning List link. To view lists of earlier applications, see the Eight Week Planning Applications link.

The Friends of Clockhouse Gardens in St. Mary’s Lane, Upminster, will be holding a bulb planting morning on Sunday 25 October 2026, from 10am–12pm, and they would love local residents to come along and help. They will be planting bulbs ready to provide a colourful display next spring.

Upminster Rugby Football Club will be holding a Mini Festival at Upminster Hall Playing Fields, Hall Lane, Upminster, on Sunday 04 October 2026. The event is a junior rugby festival for children in the Under 7 to Under 12 age groups and will consist of a series

Havering and District National Trust Association meet at Ardleigh House, Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch RM11 2LG on the fourth Saturday of every month. Meetings start at 2pm. You do not have to be a member of the National Trust to attend, with non-members paying £3 per meeting,

Astrum Multi Academy Trust has launched a consultation for its plan to open Balgores Special Free School, a new purpose-built specialist school in Havering for children and young people with complex learning needs. The school, which plans to open in Gidea Park in September 2027, will cater

Transport for London (TfL) are looking for young people aged 16-25 to join their Youth Panel. Applicants should be passionate about making transport in London work better for young people and want to help shape decisions that affect your community and ensure young people’s voices are heard?

We have been informed that an appeal against the refusal of planning permission, has been submitted to the national Planning Inspectorate regarding a planning application (P0995.23) at Baldwins Farm, Bramble Road, Upminster. This relates to an application by the landowners to create a facility of 16 various