The Latest Breaking News from Havering

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.

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,…

A woman managed to walk away from the crash

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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