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The Latest Breaking News from Havering Council

Staff sickness costs cash-strapped east London council £5m per year amid budget crisis

More than half of council workers took sick leave last year

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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

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

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East London charity faces closure unless it finds new home

Smile London and Essex - a charity that supports thousands of low-income families - is hoping to raise £20,000 in the next week to rent a new premises

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Lollipop man, 89, made redundant from lifeline job by east London council after 24 years

Grandad said he would work for free to continue job which gets him up in the morning

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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

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East London residents near toxic landfill site could face 'months of fires'

Residents have complained the site has caused nosebleeds, breathing problems, and coughing fits, a London Assembly member has said.

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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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Illegal skin lightening products worth £21,000 seized from Romford shop

Some of the illegal items contained mercury which is known to have extremely harmful side effects

Evening Standard

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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Havering Council reverses decision to cancel Hanukkah candle lighting after controversy

The council has made a hasty u-turn

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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

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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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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’

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Wennington resident fears ‘another accident’ year on from fire

Homes and other properties in the village went up in flames during the record-breaking heatwave last July.

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East Londoners brave toxic cloud emanating from dumpfire to host Coronation parties

‘What choice do we have? We need to raise these funds. We can’t put our lives on hold’

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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’

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Toxic Launders Lane fires making residents ‘prisoners in their own homes’

Locals are anxiously awaiting air quality tests

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Medieval Henry III sheep law could hinder City of London’s market relocation plans

A Royal Charter was put in force by Henry III in 1247 banning rivals from opening near Romford Market ‘within a day’s sheep drive’ - a distance of 6.6 miles

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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

Evening Standard

Havering becomes latest London borough to formally refuse Ulez expansion

Havering Council has become the latest authority to refuse to co-operate with Transport for London (TfL) on the planned expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez).

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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

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