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Recorder readers catch out NHS 'compo cheat'

A MAN who claimed blunders by medics left him permanently disabled was caught out after tip-offs from Recorder readers. Michael Spence, 30, launched a compensation claim against Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust – which manages Qu... » MORE

Hammers' parking shame

A GROUP of West Ham players have sparked fury after they were ordered to move their cars which were clogging up disabled parking bays at a leisure centre. The players were caught parking in the disabled parking bays at the David Lloyd Health and Fitness C...
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You ate all the pies

WE VE all heard the chant Who ate all the pies? and it looks like we might just have the answer. Romford residents scoffed their way through more of the snacks than almost any other town in the UK, according to latest sales figures. And only people in L...
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Not guilty? That will be £700,000 please

A PENSIONER who claimed £500,000 in cash stashed around his toilet cistern was expensive sound insulation has been ordered to forfeit more than £700,000 in total. Peter Wells, 70, also told police £81,000 discovered in a holdall in the passenger seat of...
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Orphan seeks family info

DavidA WILTSHIRE war orphan s four-year quest to find the family he has never met has led him all the way to Havering. Up to his eyes in birth certificates, death records, archives and personal notes, David Bailey, 73, is tantalisingly close to uncovering the...
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Man wanted over dad killing held by Spanish police

Rocky with son Rocky JnrONE of Britain s most wanted men, being hunted in connection with the brutal murder of a Gidea Park father in front of his children, has been arrested. The four-year pursuit of James Tomkins, 61, ended this week with his capture in Marbella by Spanish po...
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'Treating us like fools over pool'

FURIOUS families say health and safety mad estate managers have thrown cold water on their children s fun by closing a play area and banning an inflatable swimming pool. Residents on the St Helen s Estate, Rainham, say Homes in Havering (HiH) have left...
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Lab technician is jailed for drugging schoolgirl

A SCHOOL lab technician from Romford who drugged a 17-year-old pupil unconscious by tricking her into wearing a mask soaked with chloroform has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Jared Shreeve, 41, convinced Sayeda Rahman there had been an oil spill in...
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