http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/ Romford and Havering Post RSS Feed http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/london24/romfordandhaveringpost/assets/images/logo.gif http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/ http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED01%20Sep%202010%2016%3A04%3A53%3A410 YOUNG people in Havering can now request a next-day Chlamydia testing kit via text, health officials revealed. NHS Havering launched the service for 16 to 24-year-olds who can text C2IT to 88020. An automatic reply will ask for confirmation that the se http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED01%20Sep%202010%2015%3A23%3A57%3A673 STROKE care in Havering is among the very best in the country, a new report reveals. Queen s Hospital, in Rom Valley Way, Romford, new Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) is delivering was given the highest possible rating for the quality of the care it provi http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED31%20Aug%202010%2017%3A00%3A01%3A743 DANCE-LOVING youngsters are invited to bust a move or two at a free street dance class at Queen s Theatre, Hornchurch, next week. Participants can learn a fusion of street, hip hop and contemporary dance from the theatre s Q Dance group, led by professio http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED27%20Aug%202010%2012%3A37%3A48%3A480 PARAMEDICS are being pushed to the limit in Havering as alcohol-related 999 calls reach a record high, shock new figures reveal. There were 1,086 emergency calls where alcohol was judged to be a major factor last year – up nearly nine per-cent on the yea http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED27%20Aug%202010%2012%3A36%3A05%3A193 A HAROLD Hill councillor has vowed to set up an alternative to replace axed area committee meetings in a bid to restore people s faith in local democracy. Heaton Ward Cllr Keith Darvill wants to set up public meetings in Harold Hill, which will be held a http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED27%20Aug%202010%2012%3A32%3A26%3A077 ROMFORD MP Andrew Rosindell has whipped up controversy after allowing a local sex industry entrepreneur to hold an erotica party dinner at the House of Commons. The three-course meal in the Members Dining Room, on October 2, will be followed by a kinky http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED27%20Aug%202010%2012%3A34%3A48%3A910 SHOCKING new figures have exposed Havering Police as the sick man of the Met. One in every seven, or 56, of the borough s 389 officers was on restricted duties, sick leave or recuperative jobs. Romford s MP, Andrew Rosidnell, has demanded an investigatio http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED27%20Aug%202010%2012%3A31%3A33%3A667 AN ELDERLY couple died at their home after a blaze caused when an armchair caught light on their portable heater. An inquest into the death of John and Betty Conway from Ford Lane, Rainham at Walthamstow Coroner s Court heard that the pair died from carb http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED27%20Aug%202010%2012%3A30%3A51%3A120 A FIRST-TIME mum in labour who was sent home by A&E staff was later found blood-soaked and screaming by nurses in the hospital car park, it is claimed. Saira Choudhri, 31, says she was told to leave Queen s Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford, soon after a http://www.haveringpost.co.uk/content/essex/romfordpost/news/story.aspx?brand=RHWPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsrhwp&itemid=WeED20%20Aug%202010%2011%3A07%3A34%3A157 THE FUTURE of the Drapers Academy is looking bright after it was given the go-ahead by Education Secretary Michael Gove. The £27million school set to be created in Harold Hill is one of 44 academies across the country whose building works were saved on