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	Delight as flats plan is rejected THERE was a loud round of applause from the public gallery after councillors threw out controversial plans for a social housing development on the site of a former care home. The regulatory services committee voted unanimously to reject plans to build 43... » MORE

Top cop defies orders for cull

OUTGOING Borough Commander Steve Wisbey has defied police chiefs by refusing to get rid of 21 officers. Supt Wisbey, who leaves his post in about two weeks, was told by the Metropolitan Police Management Board that Havering had 21 too many officers for i... » MORE

Gunman fails to have prison term cut

A man from Romford caught by police with a loaded handgun while driving his car has failed in an appeal against a nine-year jail term. The Criminal Appeal Court heard that Danny Walker, 27, of Alan Gardens, had a Colt .45 while driving his VW Golf in Tham... » MORE

Icelandic investment 'still wrong'

HAVERING Council was not negligent but still wrong to have invested money in a collapsing Icelandic bank, according to a cursory retraction by a government spending watchdog - designed to save the public purse. The Audit Commission this week agreed to... » MORE

Fete fun a hit with families

HUNDREDS of pupils willingly turning up to school on a Saturday? It can only be the school fete season. Youngsters from Gidea Park Primary were joined by friends and family for an afternoon spent merrymaking at the school s annual fun day. Fine weather he... » MORE

On the run for tragic Kay

STUDENTS and staff raised more than £3,000 for charity by running in memory of a school stalwart who died of cancer. Fifty three workers and four pupils at King s Wood School, Romford, took part in the Five K Race for Life at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, in... » MORE

Council slammed over flat debacle

HAVERING Council was condemned by a Government watchdog this week after renting out an uninhabitable flat with no heating, no hot water, and major gas leaks. The Local Government Ombudsman lambasted the council for maladministration causing injustice... » MORE

Vandals strike at nursery play area

SUMMER play had to be cancelled at a Rise Park pre-school after heartless vandals left its play area strewn with glass. Beer-swilling yobs invaded the outdoor area at Lawns Pre-School, based at the Havering Road Methodist Church, last Wednesday afternoon.... » MORE

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