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Where homes sell fastest: London area now 'most desirable' with homes selling in just 44 days

The top three boroughs for speedy sales are in the north-east corner of London

Evening Standard

The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it?

Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help

The Guardian - UK

London council confirms closure of three libraries in bid to stave off bankruptcy

Havering Council said the libraries would be closed to save money

Evening Standard

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Council tax increases confirmed as seven London boroughs apply for emergency funding to stave off bankruptcy

Lambeth, Newham, Havering, Croydon, Enfield, Barnet and Haringey have all applied for emergency funding

Evening Standard

London council on the brink of bankruptcy to house homeless in empty office blocks

Havering Council will house homeless families in converted offices to save millions of pounds

Evening Standard

London boroughs on verge of going bust make council tax pledge

Havering and Croydon have pledged not to increase council tax by more than 5% despite the budget crisis facing the boroughs

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting hails head of London hospitals 'busting' through waiting list backlogs as he unveils NHS reforms

The Health Secretary cited the work being done by Matthew Trainer in turning around Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust

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Havering Council facing legal action over fires at toxic landfill site in Rainham

Local residents have complained of breathing problems and coughing fits due to constantly smouldering fires

Evening Standard

Copycat suspected as ostrich street artwork in Havering confirmed as 'not a Banksy'

Work that appeared on an empty billboard in Gidea Park, Romford, bears similarities to recent creations in London by the anonymous artist

Evening Standard

NHS to review north-east London maternity services as it faces pressure from high birth rates

Women are also having more complicated pregnancies and births, leading to a growing demand for hospital services

Evening Standard

Proposals for 'Europe's largest data centre' in Havering opposed by residents 'on almost every level'

Straddling the boundary of Havering and Thurrock, the centre would include 40 hectares of data centre space

Evening Standard

East London borough plans to axe nearly half their libraries to save £300,000

Critics have said closing libraries in the borough should be a ‘last resort’

Evening Standard

Street Light Dimming Raises Concerns Over Safety Amidst Cost-Cutting Measures

Havering London Borough Council has indicated that it had to reduce the brightness of 4,000 lights along its main roads.

International Business Times UK

Violent patients face ban as east London NHS staff wear bodycams to combat rise in assaults

Violence against staff at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has more than doubled in three years

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London council on brink of bankruptcy to dim streetlighting and cancel Christmas decorations

Havering Council has proposed a raft of cost cutting measures alongside a 5% council tax rise

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London council 'bankrupt in six weeks' without Government bailout

Havering council has applied for a £54 million loan from the Government so it can balance its budget

Evening Standard

London house prices mapped: how much has the value of your home changed in 2023?

Data from Hamptons and the ONS shows where house prices have risen —and fallen— this year. How did your borough fare?

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Havering Council on 'brink of bankruptcy' after being 'shortchanged' by Government

Council leader Roy Morgon warns that an increase in funding is a 'mere drop in the ocean'

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OPINION - Message to politicians and activists: Stop being reductive on Israel-Gaza, it's not what the British public wants

Havering Council’s decision to cancel celebrations for the upcoming festival of Hanukkah — and then rapidly u-turn — is a good example of how not to navigate community relations in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

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OPINION - Havering council's attempt to cancel Hanukkah sent a truly chilling message

The sky was rarely darker than on a moonless night in Theresienstadt. Of the 140,000 Czech Jews imprisoned in the concentration camp-ghetto in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a quarter died of disease or starvation. The rest were carted away, murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps in the East. Yet even in…

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Havering Council reverses decision to cancel Hanukkah candle lighting after controversy

The council has made a hasty u-turn

Evening Standard

Havering Council under fire after deciding not to light Hanukkah candles

The decision is branded 'miserable' by the head of the Antisemitism Policy Trust

The Independent UK

‘We are capitulating to terrorism’: Anger as Hanukkah celebration scrapped over vandalism fears

‘We cannot allow antisemitism to win in Britain’ Andrew Rosindell said after Havering Council’s decision

Evening Standard

London council will not light Hanukkah candles over fears of ‘inflaming’ tensions

Havering Council in east London has said it would be “unwise” for the traditional menorah to be installed outside Havering Town Hall in Romford

The Independent UK

Council will not light Hanukkah candles over fears of ‘inflaming’ tensions

Havering Council in east London has said it would be “unwise” for the traditional menorah to be installed outside Havering Town Hall in Romford.

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