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Plans to build homes for young people and disabled adults on garages sites

The existing disused garages in Mawney Close

Planning

Daniel Gayne

Plans have been put forward to demolish 60 disused council-owned garages to make space for new accommodation for both young people and adults with disabilities.

Men from Bow, Tower Hamlets and Newham jailed alongside Essex men for gun running

London Live News

Men from Newham and Bow among seven jailed in organised crime crackdown

Cash Boyle

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Isla Caton died aged seven on January 25, 2022.

Obituary

Mother's tribute to Isla, whose 'love will last a lifetime'

Daniel Gayne

Bobby and Gary Ternent

London Live News

Father and son found guilty of Dagenham car park murder of John Avers

Andrew Brookes

Donald Lardner with wife Beryl.

Obituary

'A kind, gentle man': Tributes to retired printworker and beloved father

Daniel Gayne

Havering boundary proposals

Have a say: Bookings open for consultation on electoral boundary changes

Daniel Gayne

Sophia Yuferev, who was found dead in Hornchurch

Investigations | Exclusive

Mother's agony after daughter laid dead in Hornchurch flat for six weeks

Charles Thomson

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Romford M&S employee celebrates 50 years' service

Chantelle Billson

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Local residents campaigning against proposed housing development on the Dovers Farm Estate village g

Planning

Fears over future development on Rainham green space despite assurances

Daniel Gayne

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London's East End in the 60's

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Gallery: Hidden photos reveal London's East End in the 1960s

Sally Patterson

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Protesters outside Crow Metals in Romford

Environment News

Romford metal firm wants to 'rebuild trust' after residents stage protest

Charles Thomson

memorial woodland

Parking restricted at country park as work starts on Covid memorial

Chantelle Billson

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Anthony Henry, headteacher at Redden Court School

Mental Health

Harold Wood academy given emotional wellbeing and mental health award

Daniel Gayne

Our writer was told her mother was bed blocking. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

London Live News

Covid patients numbers declining in east London hospitals

Andrew Brookes

File photo dated 29/10/21 of a care home resident holding hands with her daughter. The Government ha

Coronavirus

Care home visitor limits to be lifted next week

Owen Sennitt

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Romford MP Andrew Rosindell.

Andrew Rosindell

Scrap 'ludicrous' mandatory vaccination policy, says Rosindell

Sally Patterson

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A man wearing a face mask on Oxford Street, London, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that coron

Coronavirus

Face coverings no longer mandatory indoors as England returns to Plan A

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Claire and May

Travel agents welcome lifting of testing rules for holidaymakers

Chantelle Billson

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Deputy mayor steps in to mark first Covid-19 memorial tree in Havering

Chantelle Billson

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'Use it or lose it': More sign-ups needed to save food delivery service

Chantelle Billson

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Barkingside Magistrates Court. Picture: Ken Mears

London Live News

Care provider taken to court by council in waste disposal dispute

Andrew Brookes

Great Mental Health Day 2022 is on January 28

Mental Health

Get involved in London's first Great Mental Health Day

André Langlois

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Havering’s Holocaust Memorial Service at Coronation Gardens in Romford.
Picture by Ellie Hoskins

Gallery

More than 150 people attend 'heartfelt' Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony

Chantelle Billson

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Gina

Romford tree protest cancelled after campaign success

Chantelle Billson

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Upminster and Cranham Residents Group councillor Ron Ower

There With You This Winter

Councillor issues warning on impact of inflation and tax hikes

Daniel Gayne

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Isla Caton died aged seven on January 25, 2022.

Obituary

Mother's tribute to Isla, whose 'love will last a lifetime'

Daniel Gayne

Liz's party

Romford M&S employee celebrates 50 years' service

Chantelle Billson

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Sophia Yuferev, who was found dead in Hornchurch

Investigations | Exclusive

Mother's agony after daughter laid dead in Hornchurch flat for six weeks

Charles Thomson

memorial woodland

Parking restricted at country park as work starts on Covid memorial

Chantelle Billson

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New app to convert former Mothercare into an Aldi

Aldi given nod to open at former Mothercare branch in Romford

Chantelle Billson

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Elm Park Avenue, where the restaurant is based.

Havering Council

Restaurant rejects licensing advice over late opening application

Daniel Gayne

Delivery driver in SBL-branded high-viz squatting to urinate.

Hornchurch mother's outrage at delivery drivers urinating on her house

Daniel Gayne

BHRUT staff and their supporters held a demonstration outside Queen's Hospital in opposition to mandatory vaccination.

NHS

NHS staff protest mandatory vaccinations outside Queen's Hospital

Daniel Gayne

News

Father and son found guilty of Dagenham car park murder of John Avers

Bobby and Gary Ternent

London Live News

Andrew Brookes

A father and son from Barking have been convicted of murdering businessman John Avers after repeatedly running him over in a Dagenham supermarket car park.

The existing disused garages in Mawney Close

Planning

Plans to build homes for young people and disabled adults on garages sites

Daniel Gayne

Men from Bow, Tower Hamlets and Newham jailed alongside Essex men for gun running

London Live News

Men from Newham and Bow among seven jailed in organised crime crackdown

Cash Boyle

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Havering boundary proposals

Have a say: Bookings open for consultation on electoral boundary changes

Daniel Gayne

Donald Lardner with wife Beryl.

Obituary

'A kind, gentle man': Tributes to retired printworker and beloved father

Daniel Gayne

Things to do

Restaurant given green light for alcohol licence with conditions

Elm Park Avenue, where the restaurant is based.

Food and Drink

Daniel Gayne

The restaurant was granted a licence for a more limited time period than it initially applied, having ignored an officer’s advice to reduce the hours requested.

More than 100 people attended the service in Coronation Gardens, Romford for Holocaust Memorial Day

Havering to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022

Chantelle Billson

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London has countless vegan options to choose from this Veganuary

London Live News

Nine of London's best vegan restaurants to try this Veganuary

Sally Patterson

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Hornchurch high street

Taco Bell asks permission to open at ex-Thomas Cook site in Hornchurch

Chantelle Billson

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eco boat hackney

London Live News

All aboard: Seven quirky houseboats to try this year in London

Sally Patterson

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Sport

Hornchurch boss Stimson hopes to end January on a high

Tom Wraight scored for Hornchurch against Worthing and Horsham

Lee Power

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Hornchurch boss Mark Stimson is hoping to end January on a high note this weekend.

Paul McCallum netted for Dagenham & Redbridge at Weymouth

Match Report

Dagenham & Redbridge rally to win at Weymouth

Lee Power

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Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo has a shot blocked by West Ham's Craig Dawson

Dawson determined to see West Ham bounce back

Lee Power

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Dagenham & Redbridge captain Angelo Balanta is looking forward to the club's Celebrate Diversity Day

Balanta wants to put on a show at Daggers Celebrate Diversity Day

Lee Power

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West Ham United's Declan Rice during the Premier League match at Old Trafford

West Ham 'gutted' by Old Trafford defeat says captain Rice

Lee Power

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Lifestyle

Gallery: Hidden photos reveal London's East End in the 1960s

London's East End in the 60's

London Live News | Gallery

Sally Patterson

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An East End photographer has released a new book capturing the "gritty reality" of life in the 1960s.

Sir Winston Churchill during the Second World War, circa 1940.

Churchill's former weekend getaway in Brentwood set for £27m redevelopment

Daniel Gayne

The beginning of the working day on blue Monday. Cup of tea, alarm clock and a note with the text Bl

Personal Finance | Promotion

OPINION: How to maintain New Year's resolutions

Peter Sharkey

Chapel Court resident Reece Lipman

Legal

Chapel Court leaseholders unconvinced by government's cladding promises

Daniel Gayne

Lucky holiday home winners Mark and Janet Vinnicombe, pictured with Justin Ettridge of Richardson's

Meet the couple who won holidays by the sea for a year

Jo Malone