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A Market and Artisan Craft Fair will be held from 10am – 4pm on Saturday 11 November 2023 in St. Laurence Church Hall, Corbets Tey Road, Upminster. This is an event for all the family. Come along and support your local crafts people, with over 20 stalls both

Havering Council’s Cabinet will be holding their next meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday 08 November 2023. One of the main items under discussion is a report on proposals for the 2024-25 budget in our borough. With the council’s finances so badly stretched, they are likely to have

Havering Council have asked the Leader of the council, Cllr Ray Morgan, to agree to apply for £650,000 of funding from National Highways, to make repairs and improvements to Upminster’s historic tithe barn. The funding is part of money allocated by the Department of Transport for projects

The Metropolitan Police’s Christmas Tree Appeal enables people to donate presents online for children in the care system across London. All 32 boroughs in London take part in the appeal. To donate to this worthy appeal go to www.metchristmastreeappeal.org/donate .

Congratulations go to Hall Mead School, who have retained their Outstanding rating, following a recent Ofsted inspection. Headteacher, Miss Ducker, says “As I am sure you can appreciate, after a long ten years’ wait, there has been an incredible amount of hard work behind the scenes invested

The Department for Health and Social Care has launched a fund to help fund public accessible defibrillators. Applications are now open for the £1 million Defibrillator Community Automated External Defibrillators (AED) fund. This will provide 2,000 new public access defibrillators for communities across England. Anyone can apply

The Arts Society, Havering’s November 2023 Talk will be – Walter Sickert: an artist of modern life, by Matthew Sturgis Walter Sickert (1860-1942) holds a special position in British Art as the creative link between two different ages. The pupil of both Whistler and Degas, Sickert went on

Havering & District National Trust Association meet at Ardleigh House, Hornchurch RM11 2LG on the 4th Saturday of each month at 2.30pm. The programme of forthcoming events for the next two months is below – they hope it will encourage you to come along and maybe join

Come along to the Coopers Coborn School Annual Fireworks Display on Saturday 11th November 2023. Gates open at 5.00 p.m. with the display due to start at 6.30 p.m. Pop up craft fayre, BBQ/Bar and Music throughout the evening. Limited free parking available on site. Advanced ticket sales