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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

Evening Standard

‘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

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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

Evening Standard

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

Man and woman charged over Havering baby death

A man and woman have been charged in connection with the death of a baby in Havering.

Evening Standard

Havering Council considering a ‘North/South Tram’ concept to improve transport links

The authority said it was also considering other forms of light rail, or possibly a ‘rapid bus’

Evening Standard

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‘Devastating’ Wennington wildfire probably started in a back garden, says report

A large grass fire in the village in Havering, east London, ripped through 17 houses during scorching temperatures in July last year

Evening Standard

20mph Islington and Hackney at top of ‘healthy streets’ table

The ‘car-dominated’ boroughs of Havering, Bexley and Hillingdon landed bottom of the list

Evening Standard

Launders Lane: Soil analysis to determine source of underground fire ‘burning on and off for 20 years’ in east London

The leader of Havering council has said scientists will be conducting a soil analysis of an illegal dumping site that has been spewing out potentially toxic smoke over east London.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: London is feeling the full force of this NHS crisis

London’s Accident & Emergency departments are in crisis. New figures reveal that February saw 22,000 people wait longer than 12 hours to be seen in the capital’s hospitals, representing more than one in 10 of those attending, according to the NHS. One London trust, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals,…

Evening Standard

Pilot ‘lucky to be alive’ after being cut free from wreckage of aircraft crash in Upminster

A woman managed to walk away from the crash

Evening Standard

Revealed: Several fire-destroyed Wennington homes were uninsured

Havering Council’s chief executive said the authority ‘will continue to do all we can to help’

Evening Standard

East London residents fear dangerous toxins spewing from ‘decade-long’ landfill fires

People living close to the former landfill site in Rainham are demanding action to end the near-constant fires, reports Barney Davis

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London sees highest and lowest council tax rises in England as five more boroughs hike bills above £2k

Havering, Sutton, Waltham Forest, Croydon and Bexley are expected to see average annual bills rise above £2,000 for the first time when local authority budgets are finalised in March

Evening Standard

Havering becomes latest London borough to formally refuse Ulez expansion

The council said many of its residents are worried about the plan pushing up their cost of living

Evening Standard

‘Gun nut’ who manufactured his own firearms in Havering home is jailed

Raymond Frederick Nugent, 73, cut cardboard templates before pressing metal to create the weapons, and even designed his own firing mechanisms

The Independent UK

Burglar who grabbed house keys through cat flap jailed for three years

Daniel Meade, 43, of Upper Rainham Road, Havering, used the keys to unlock the back door of an address in Dagenham.

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Deer spotted roaming London streets as locals worried they're 'starving' after drought

Residents of Havering in East London are concerned that the deer had only strayed so far from their natural habitat because they desperately need food

Daily Mirror

Chilling footage shows moments before man is repeatedly stabbed outside busy pub

The 23-year-old victim suffered several stab wounds in the attack which happened at the Fatling Hornchurch pub in Havering, east London, in the early hours of Saturday

Daily Mirror

Hard-up families face postcode lottery to feed children amid cost of living crisis

Families in Havering, London, will get £90 for each child, but in Nottinghamshire the figure dips to £50 paid as food vouchers, while parents in Kent get £50 – down from £90 last year

The Independent UK

Mother of three’s home ‘gone within minutes’ as fire ripped through village

Claire Taylor’s family was one of around 90 forced to evacuate in Havering as tinder-dry conditions saw fires break out across several areas.

Evening Standard

Hina Bashir: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in Havering

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was discovered in Havering.

Evening Standard

London elections 2022: Havering remains with no overall majority

Londoners went to the polls in local elections on May 5. Joe Talora has the lowdown on the vote in Enfield

Daily Mirror

Mum who initially thought she had vertigo learns gas leak made her dizzy

Debbie Williams from Havering, East London, had been taking medication to manage the vertigo but was stunned when a boiler engineer told her there had been a dangerous leak that could have killed her

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