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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

Havering Volunteer Centre will be launching the long awaited Havering Local Lottery on 03 July 2024. This means that charities and community groups will be able to utilise the system to support income generation in order to deliver their services. In the meantime, they are looking for

Recently, the results of two appeals against the refusal of planning permission in our area, have been published. 1A Howard Road, Upminster (Original planning ref. P1087.23 – Demolition of existing commercial unit and construction of a flatted block to comprise 1×1 bedroom flat, 2×2 bedroom flats and

On Saturday 15 of June 2024 there is a very special concert being held at Cranham Community Centre, 115 Marlborough Gardens. RM14 1JW. The concert is to raise funds for The Brain Tumour Charity – The Judy D’cruz Fund. These concerts have been held twice a year

One of our residents has asked us to highlight the extended list of items that can be put into the orange recycling sacks, plus information regarding glass recycling banks. ‘Glass recycling banks are currently still in situ but are due to be removed by the end of

Havering Council staff are currently undertaking the feathering of street trees across the borough – removing new shoots growing from the bases of trees. This is a big task and the council encourage residents to feather trees near to their homes if they would like to. They

For those who might need access to a publicly available toilet while they are out, there is an app available called Toilet Finder, which has been downloaded over 1 million times to date (May 2024). To download Toilet Finder for Android phones from the Google Play store

Moto, the UK’s largest operator of Motorway Service Areas, is consulting on proposals for a new Service Area on the M25 north of J28 (Brentwood). The two sites, either side of the motorway, would largely be outside of Havering, although access to the anti-clockwise area would pass

Havering Council has formally agreed to adopt five new village green spaces at much-loved sites across the borough. This includes Fleet Close Play Site, which will remain undeveloped and protected for all future generations. The dedication will take place on Saturday 13 July 2024 at 10am. We