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Havering Council have announced that the experimental traffic scheme in Minster Way, Hornchurch, which restricted turning in and out of the junction with Wingletye Lane, is to end. Their decision states ‘….that on investigation there have not been accidents at this location for the last 2 years,

Recently, some local residents who back onto railway lines have received a letter from Network Rail stating that they will be undertaking trackside vegetation and tree removal in the Upminster area between now and March 2022. Residents’ Association councillors contacted Network Rail to find out more about

The Happy Hedgehog Family Ltd, a local company who supply ethical cleaning products, have produced a free One-Stop Recycling Guide. Below, they explain how they came to produce the guide – At the Happy Hedgehog Family, it is our dream to be as waste-free as possible. We

With reference to our previous post concerning School Streets consultations for three schools in Cranham and Upminster, the consultations are now open until Sunday 07 November 2021. The following links will take you each individual consultation – Hall Mead Academy Engayne Primary School James Ogelthorpe Primary School

Havering Council have announced that they will be holding public consultations on new proposals to introduce School Streets in 14 of the borough’s schools, including Hall Mead Academy, Engayne Primary and James Ogelthorpe Primary in Cranham and Upminster. The schemes propose to close roads in the areas

Recently, we have been informed of a number of times in Upminster and Cranham where vehicles have been seen to have their number plates covered up when parking on yellow lines etc., in an attempt to avoid getting a parking ticket. This particularly appears to be the

This morning (Saturday 18 September 2021), Cranham Ward RA councillors Gillian Ford and John Tyler, were joined by Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association team member, Oscar Ford, and John’s daughter, Jessica, as we went litter picking in the woods in Cranham Brickfields. We were pleased to find

This morning (Monday 13 September 2021), Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association (UCRA) councillors John Tyler, Gillian Ford, Linda Van den Hende and Chris Wilkins, together with UCRA team member, Oscar Ford, put on our gardening gloves and undertook the pruning of overgrown bushes, weeds and low-growing tree

With reference to our previous post regarding complaints local councillors have received about aircraft using Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Havering Council have sent us details of a House of Commons briefing paper from 2017, which summarises the law in respect of helicopter and light aircraft noise, safety when