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Ockendon Road closure

*** (UPDATE 19 July 24) We have been informed that the closure will be from 8am – 5.30pm daily, and NOT 24 hours a day *** We have been advised that the Ockendon Road will be closed again, from 21 July to 04 August 2024, this time

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Fleet Close Village Green dedication

The formal ceremony, designating Fleet Close Green in Cranham as a Village Green, took place on Saturday 13 July 2024. A sizeable number of local residents came along and heard from councillors, including the Leader of Havering Council, that the area was the first of several in

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Mini golf planning appeal rejected

With reference to our previous post in February 2024, which gave details of the developers of the former Hall Lane mini golf site’s appeal against Havering Planning Department’s refusal of an application for an extra house and other alterations to the approved plans, it has been announced

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Havering Astronomical Society July meetings

Havering Astronomical Society will be holding the following meetings in July 2024 – Wednesday 17 July, 7.15 for 7.30pm – Dr Lee Macdonald, historian of science, will present a talk entitled ‘Refugees, star clusters and relativity: astronomy at Greenwich Observatory during the First World War’. Young Astronomers

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Queen’s Hospital car park closure

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) have announced that the multi-storey car park at Queen’s Hospital in Romford will be closed for essential maintenance work from Saturday 20 July to Saturday 10 August 2024. After that, further works on the car park will continue

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