Havering Council reverses decision to cancel Hanukkah candle lighting after controversy

Havering Council has u-turned on its decision not to light Hanukkah candles over concerns it could “inflame tensions”.

Officials at the east London town hall had said it would be “unwise” for the traditional menorah, a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday, to be installed outside Havering Town Hall in Romford.