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Athletics See all

Harrow Lodge staged its first 5km parkrun, with more than 100 entrants

Harrow Lodge event up and running

Parkrun makes it Havering debut

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Hornchurch's Harrow Lodge Park will stage a weekly 5km run in 2013

Hornchurch to host Park Run

New weekly 5km race at Harrow Lodge

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Havering Mayesbrook's Bobbie Westwood, Clare Rudgley, Tracy O'Neill, Mo Lear and Derek Earney prepare for the Chelmsford 10k

Kidd leads Havering 10k runners

Nine club members compete at Chelmsford

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Havering Mayesbrook fielded a large squad in the senior women's race at Colchester

Havering Mayesbrook show depth

Good results in cross-country action

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Coopers pupils impressed at the regional cross country event

School Sport: Cross-country cheer for Coopers

Upminster pupils book national final spot

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Upminster's Alan Ison is running the Royal Parks half-marathon

Upminster duo in half-marathon test

Cricketers raising money for charity

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Newham & Essex Beagles Lee Merrien runs in the marathon

London 2012: GB runners find it tough in red hot marathon

Great Britain marathon runners Lee Merrien and Scott Overall finished down the field as the African predictably dominated the Olympic marathon this morning in front of huge crowds around London.

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Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu wipes away a tear as she receives her silver medal in the 400m final at the Olympic Stadium, London. Mike Egerton/PA Wire

London 2012: I have to be happy with silver says Ohuruogu

Home heartache as defending 400m champion loses crown

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Lauren Deadman

Deadmen helps Havering Mayesbrook survive in Division Two of Women’s League

Deadman returns from illness to help Mayesbrook keep their place in UK Women’s League Division Two

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Robbie Clarricoats and Georgie Taylor represented England Schools at Ashford

Clarricoats and Taylor win international bronze

Havering Mayesbrook duo pick up bronze medals while on international duty at Ashford.

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Campion won the Year 7 age group at District Champs

School Sport: Campion athletes show class

Hornchurch pupils prove best in Havering

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Georgie Taylor was crowned National Schools discus champion

Super haul for Havering athletes

Five medals at English Schools event

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Havering celebrate Youth Games success in the Quad Kids athletics

Havering claim athletics gold

Youngsters shine at Youth Games

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Newham & Essex Beagles Chris Tomlinso (Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Tomlinson targetting third Games

Long jumper’s recovery on track

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Romford Pictures See all

Katie Wright, from Brentwood, with Lola.

Romford Pictures: Doggies delight at the St Francis Hospice Woofs and Wellies walk in Hainault Forest

It was a happy tail for hundreds of canines and their owners who raised thousands in a sponsored dog walk for St Francis Hospice.

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Club News See all

Havering Classic Car Club. Hillman Minx.

Club News: Havering Classic Car Club

The club was started in April 2012. I wrote an article in the monthly Hornchurch Resident Association Magazine (Focus), asking owners of classic car to come forward.

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Nostalgia See all

The Recorder, May 22, 1953

Nostalgia: Havering in history in May 1953, 1973 and 1993

This week in history - 60, 40 and 20 years ago.

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Grab a new wardrobe for you, a loved one and maybe even your best friend with £3,000 to spend at H&M.

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Around the Web See all

Lucas Rosselli, one, from London, inspects a model landscape of London made from 2,186 sugar cubes. Picture: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire

Sweet! London skyline made out of sugar cubes

It might look sweet, but a sugar cube recreation of London’s skyline is not for eating.

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