Man found stabbed in street

A 44-YEAR-OLD woman has been charged with grievous bodily harm after a man was found collapsed in the street in the early hours of last Friday. Deborah Joyce, of Darlington Path, Harold Hill, appeared at Havering Magistrates Court on Saturday, November 2... » MORE

Twelve arrested in robbery blitz

A CHRISTMAS crackdown saw Scotland Yard s Flying Squad arresting 12 people in 24 hours as part of a London-wide effort to curb robberies over the festive period. The swoops came as part of Operation Quizzer to deter opportunist crooks hoping to cash in ov...

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Group's delight at TV cash windfall

A DISUSED patch of land in Rush Green is in line for a major facelift after a Romford community group hit the jackpot in a TV contest for good causes. Last Friday the Rush Green Regeneration Group (RGRC) found out live on ITV s London Tonight it had bagge...

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Hi-tech plan to cut binge drinking

GRAPHIC images, film clips and texts warning people about the dangers of alcohol abuse will be Bluetoothed to the mobile phones of revellers as part of a £30,000 Havering Council Christmas binge-drink blitz. A £2,000 portable transmitter will send out the...

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Thugs jailed for street attack

TWO drunken thugs who punched and kicked a defenceless man before trying to hit him over the head with a brick were jailed for six months each last Friday. Samuel Vialls, 33, of Dunedin Road, Rainham, and John Richardson, 26, from Dagenham, floored Maclli...

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Our rents are the lowest

HAVERING has the cheapest rent in London – but estate agents have warned the good times will soon be over as the credit crunch sinks in. Figures released by house share website Gumtree, this week revealed the average monthly rent in the borough is £879. E...

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Triumph for Muslim over mosque

A MUSLIM has won a long-fought battle with Havering Council and has been granted permission to continue using his bungalow as a mosque. A public inquiry has ruled that Kamal Siddiqui, 57, should be allowed to use the home in Lessington Road, Romford, for...

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Inspirational Lisa visits church

A CROWD of around 200 listened to the inspiring story of a former nursery teacher whose life changed forever when machete-wielding paranoid schizophrenic Horrett Campbell attacked her class. The congregation at Romford Evangelical Free Church, in Brentwoo...

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