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Havering Council is asking residents and businesses for their thoughts on how to improve Romford Town Centre and surrounding area. After a pause, Havering Council now wants to restart the conversation with the community about refreshing the Masterplan and adopting it as a piece of formal planning guidance.

The NHS website has a useful Pharmacy Finder search that allows people to input their location and see the opening times of nearby pharmacies. The entries also include seasonal changes, such as opening times for the forthcoming Easter Weekend. To use this service, visit nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy .

Churches Together in Upminster, Cranham and North Ockendon warmly invite everyone to their Easter services – for all family and friends. Good Friday Procession of Witness from four locations at 10am – please join the most convenient for you Upminster Methodist Church Upminster Baptist Church Clockhouse Gardens

Havering Council have confirmed that as part of their new waste and recycling collection contract, there will be no changes to waste and recycling collection days for the Easter 2024 period.

Havering Council have clarified their 30-minute free parking policy, following confusion among some users. They have confirmed that drivers are allowed only one free parking period per vehicle, per day, in controlled parking areas around the borough. For instance, if you have a free 30-minute period in

Havering Libraries have started to resume normal lending and returns policies, suspended for the last four years (since the start of COVID). Anyone who has had library books on loan for a lengthy period of time, that have previously been auto-renewed, is likely to be contacted in

Havering Astronomical Society will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday 20 March 2024, from 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. Professor Floor van Leeuwen, of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, will present ‘Star clusters and stellar evolution: The Gaia DR3 data’. Their next Young Astronomers

Havering Concert Orchestra will be holding A Family Concert from 3-4pm on Sunday 17 March 2024 in the New Windmill Hall, St. Mary’s Lane, Upminster. This Spring afternoon Family Concert is a relaxed concert for the whole family. It will be ideal as a first concert for

Transport for London (TfL) have begun a trial today (08 March 2024) where Tube and rail fares on pay as you go with contactless and Oyster will be off-peak all day on Fridays. The trial will run initially until 31 May. Peak pay as you go fares normally