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  Public Inquiry will now resume on 13th & 14th July at Romford Town Hall

 

 

 

Residents' Group Budget 2009/10

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PHYSIOTHERAPY
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Collier Row & Mawneys RA Website
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Complaint Letter

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Havering Children's Centres

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Greenfingers Garden Services

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If business is slow at the moment having your own website could help. The cost could be as little as £100.

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European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) only last for five years

To get or renew a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)?

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Local Work for 25 years

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Alpha Books

We stock a vast selection of new and pre-owned books. Come and see us to pick up the lastest books or to search for that old favourite that is no longer in print. We stock all types of books. We also offer a book exchange service.

We also stock DVDs including classic films.

We are situated in the Romford Shopping Hall.


UPMINSTER RFC U'11s SOUTH AFRICA 2008

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News, Views & Events

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Bedfords Park Visitor Centre


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ABSEIL YMCA FOR CHARITY

The Havering East Rotary Club will once again be holding the annual YMCA abseiling charity event on Saturday 5th Sept and Sunday 6th Sept at the YMCA building, Roneo Corner, Romford.

Full Story


VISIT TO WISLEY GARDENS

The Squirrels Heath Garden Club has arranged a visit to the famous flagship garden of the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, on Saturday 1 st August.

Wisley was originally a private garden owned by a businessman scientist and inventor who liked to collect and experiment with plants but in 1904 the School of Horticulture was looking for a garden outside the grimy streets of London and Wisley became theirs.

Full Story


HAMPDEN LODGE FLATS REFUSED

Following a vigorous campaign by the Collier Row & Mawneys Residents' Association, the meeting of the Council Planning Committee (25.6.09) refused permission for the former care home to become 43 flats.

Full Story


BAY CITY ROLLERS FOR HAVERING SHOW

The annual Havering Show and Planet Havering will take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (Sunday 30 August and Monday 31 August) with acts including 5 Star and the Bay City Rollers.

Full Story


SCRAP DARTFORD TOLL
WRITE TO YOUR MP!

If you are in agreement that the Dartford Toll should be axed and vehicles allowed to move freely over the crossing without paying a ‘congestion charge', then please write to your MP and ask for their commitment to scrap the ‘toll'.

Full Story


BEWARE COUNCIL TAX SCAM

There are always some unscrupulous people around employing all sorts of scams to extract money from unsuspecting residents. The latest scam involves someone purporting to be from the council informing residents about overpayments of council tax and that a refund may be due. They then go on to ask for bank, card and other personal details.

Full Story


GUIDED FLOWER WALK
AT BEDFORDS PARK

A guided flower walk will be taking place at Bedfords Park on Sunday 28th June from 2pm - 4pm .  

The renown local b otanist, Mary Smith, will be leading a n informative and inspiring flower walk through the Park showing looking at the wildflowers of the Park.   The walk is being run by the Friends of Bedfords Park and the Essex Wildlife Trust and places should be booked at the Centre 01708- 748646 (Maximum of 20 places only so book early).

Full Story


AREA CTTEE TO DISCUSS TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN UPMINSTER

The next Area Committee will be held in Upminster Junior school on 30th June at 7.30pm.

Bob Morgan, the Assistant Director of Adult Social Care, will be giving a talk about new initiatives in the area and arrangements for a speaker from the NHS to talk about new stroke services is being pursued

Full Story


ORANGE RECYCLING BAGS TO BE COLLECTED SEPARATELY

A recycling collection trial that resulted in more than four times the usual amount of orange sacks and cardboard being collected is to be rolled out across the whole borough.

The trial began in November and enabled 25,000 residents to recycle more waste in parts of Elm Park, Upminster, Cranham, Hornchurch and Rainham.

Full Story


HORNCHURCH RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN ST ANDREW'S BY-ELECTION

The Residents' Association scored a landslide victory in securing the vacant St Andrew's ward seat on Thursday, 4 th June.

John Wood, of the Hornchurch Residents' Association, was returned with 1,413 votes, 522 ahead of the second placed Tory candidate.

CLLR VAN DEN HENDE AND THE EPIC PERUVIAN TREK!

Cllr Linda Van Den Hende (Upminster, RA) tackled the rough terrain of the Peruvian mountains in a charity trek which covered 42kms in 4 days. The epic challenge earned £3,200 for the National Deaf Children's Society.

WELCOME TO WAITROSE

Waitrose of Upminster opened its doors on Thursday 28 th May to much acclaim from local shoppers. The new mayor of Havering, Cllr Roger Ramsey, was a guest of honour for the opening.

Full Story


NO TO SCHOOL MERGERS

The Council Cabinet (27.5.09) has agreed not to proceed with two school mergers. Following a period of consultation, proposals to merge Whybridge Infant and Junior, South Hornchurch (pictured), and similarly Brookside Infant and Junior, Harold Hill, were dropped with the plans being taken no further.

For Whybridge, 59.5% of parents/carers opposed the merger with 71% of staff against.

For Brookside , 88.9% of parents/carers opposed the merger with 75% of staff against.

28.5.09


THE GREAT DARTFORD TOLL ‘QUEUING' LOG

Promoted by Cllr Clarence Barrett, Havering Residents' Association (May 2009)

How long have you been delayed in at the Dartford Toll? Further to our 10,000 petition to the Prime Minister to scrap this unfair, environmentally damaging and unnecessary ‘toll' (the government call it a ‘congestion charge'!), we are looking for your accounts of how long you have been stuck at the Crossing waiting to pay the toll and to find out the ‘record' time.

HAVERING VETERANS TO JOIN THE BOROUGH'S PARADE FOR ARMED FORCES DAY


On Saturday 27 June, Havering will join the nation in honouring Britain's armed forces past, present and future on Armed Forces Day.

The event will consist of a parade through Romford Town Centre, beginning at South Street and taking in the Market before finishing at the Town Hall. The parade will be led by a 12-piece band the Invicta Rifles.

Full Story


MAKE YOUR EURO VOTE COUNT ON
4TH JUNE

Havering Council is encouraging residents to use their vote in the elections to the European Parliament. The list of candidates for the Election has now been published.

The London region, which includes Havering, will elect eight members to the European Parliament. 


Click here to read more


HERITAGE IN HAVERING BOOKLET LAUNCHED

Havering's history and wealth of interesting historical buildings is celebrated with the publication of a new Heritage in Havering booklet. There are featured buildings and locations all over the borough - just right for a day out during the Summer months. The printed version is available from Council libraries, or you can view and download it from this or the council website.

Full Story


RETIREMENT VILLAGE IN CRANHAM?

THE RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD ON 21st MAY (7.30pm) AT MOOR LANE CHURCH - ALL WELCOME.

Click here to see plan of the proposed development

An outline planning application (P0603.09) has been received by the Council for the establishment of retirement village on green belt land at the end of Moor Lane, (North of Moor Lane Church), Cranham.

Full Story
OKLAHOMA! COMES TO QUEENS

Havering Music Makers are returning to the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch on 9th, 10th and 11th July with one of the most famous musicals of all time – a production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!  

Set in the Indian territory of the American West at the turn of the century - against a background of conflict between farmers and cattlemen – it's the story of Laurey and the two rivals for her affections: Curly, a cowboy, and Jud, the hired farmhand.

Full Story


UPMINSTER/CRANHAM POLICE
GET ON THEIR BIKES!

Thanks to a successful bid for funding by local councillors, the Upminster and Cranham Safer Neighbourhood Police Teams have new state of the art bikes. This means they can patrol the wards more effectively and respond to incidents quickly.  All police officers and PCSO's have been trained and have their safety equipment so they are both safe and visible. 

Full Story


UPMINSTER GOLF CLUB
A WELCOME OASIS


Sitting astride of Hall Lane, just a short distance from Upminster Town Centre and the M25 is the Upminster Golf Club.

The Golf Club's formation dates back to 1928 and features an impressive 18-hole picturesque parkland course which meanders down towards the River Ingrebourne

Full Story


NEW MESSAGE FORUM

The new Message Forum now has a number of different topics being aired. To see what is being said and add you own input if you want click here


GALLOWS CORNER FLYOVER TO SHUT
FOR 3 MONTHS

Gallows Corner Flyover will shut for three months from May 28 th for repair works to be carried out.

Additional works to repair the parapets was identified in April last year and the necessary off-site construction of the support structures is now complete. However, it will take at least three months, working 7 days a week, to install the new parapets.

Full Story


PETITION BID TO PM TO MAKE RESIDENTIAL GARDENS GREEN BELT

A petition to classify residential gardens as green belt land has been launched.

Full Story


PAYING COUNCIL TAX AT YOUR BANK

Some residents may have experienced difficulties in making council tax payments at their local bank.

Advice given with the 2009/10 council tax letter to residents indicated that bank giro slips would no longer be included in the demand and that a range of other methods of payments could be used, which still included making payments at a bank.

OLYMPIC LEGACY MAY COST
TAX PAYERS DEAR

With the cost of the London 2012 Olympics already trebled from £2.4bn to £9.3bn, Havering council tax payers could yet be saddled with paying even more towards the final Olympics bill.

Full Story


ADVERT INCOME HITS LOW POINT

Income from advertising on council assets (lampposts, roundabouts, etc) could underachieve by around £300,000 this year according to a report considered by the Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee (20.4.09).

PIPS SMOOTHIE BAR AIMS FOR LONDONS BEST

Pips, the smoothie bar in Station Road, Upminster, has made the final three in a London-wide contest to find the capitals best smoothie bar.

The bar was named one of the top 10 finalists in the Love London Awards 2009, run by Smooth Radio, The Independent and ITV London Tonight.

Full Story


SHOPPING TROLLEY DASH CLEARS HAVERING STREETS


A scheme to clear the borough of abandoned shopping trolleys has led to the return of 5,000 units returned back to supermarkets in six months.

The success of the scheme means savings in time and money to the Council, the supermarkets – and an improved environment for residents.

Full Story


HAVERING WITHDRAW LORRY BAN

Havering Council has decided to remove the London Lorry Ban (LLB) as from next year.

Havering has given notice to London Councils that it intends to withdraw from the London Lorry Control Scheme from 1 April 2010.

Full Story


INCREASE IN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS

The number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to Havering Council has increased by 65 per cent over the last three years.

The figures were revealed in response to a question from the Residents' Association at the last Full Council meeting.

Full Story


THAMES CHASE CENTRE ON THE UP

Work to rebuild the Thames Chase Visitor Centre, which was destroyed by fire in 2007, is now well underway and visitors are welcome to the site to see how the project is developing as well as enjoying the many facilities at the centre.

Full Story


‘POTHOLE' INSURANCE CLAIMS

It was revealed at Full Council (25.3.09) that just 22 insurance claims in respect of vehicle damage as a result of potholes in roads have been agreed by the Council in the last three years.

From a total of 129 claims submitted, the 17 per cent which were agreed came to an average value of £873 each.

Full Story


POLICE FOIL BIKE THEFTS

The actions of three 3 PCSO's prevented the theft of two bicycles from Whybridge School in Rainham.

They spotted the would-be thieves whilst travelling on a bus, got off and made-off after them. The thieves then dumped the bikes and made off.

The police are confident of being able to identify them and enquiries are in hand.

A police spokesman said: “Such prompt and decisive action prevented the theft and the bikes were returned to the school bike yard without the owners even realising that there'd been a problem. We are in full contact with the school and are working with them. This kind of thing is still fairly rare and we shall continue to work to ensure this remains the case”.

31.3.09


GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO 10,000 DARTFORD TOLL PETITION SLAMMED AS ‘FEEBLE'

The government response to the 10,000 strong petition to abolish the Dartford Crossing Toll charges has been described as ‘feeble' by the author of the petition, Cllr Clarence Barrett.

The petition closed on 1 st January 2009, but it has taken the government nearly three months to come back with a response (see below for petition and response).

Full Story


ALDI'S SCRAP CCTV CAR PARK ENFORCEMENT

After much discussion, representations, protests and pleas for common sense to prevail, Aldi supermarket have agreed to scrap the CCTV enforcement cameras from the car park behind the store in Gaynes Road, Upminster.

LOUISE SINCLAIR – THANK YOU FOR 40 YEARS SERVICE TO CRANHAM

At the Cranham Residents' Association Annual General Meeting (12.3.09), Louise Sinclair stepped down from the committee after 40 years of loyal service.

Full Story


2009/10 COUNCIL TAX
HAVERING STILL THIRD HIGHEST

Despite a more modest 1.9% increase for 2009/10, Havering residents are still paying the third highest council tax in Greater London. At £1,511 per year for a Band D property, only Kingston-Upon-Thames (£1,631) and Richmond (£1,597) charge a greater tax. The average council tax across London is £1,315.

Full Story


248 BUS ROUTE STOPPING SHORT?

Following a number of complaints about the 248 bus route being curtailed at Upminster before going on to Cranham, I asked Transport for London for an explanation of this practice. This is their reply

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RA ALTERNATIVE BUDGET TO RESTORE FREE CAR PARKING

The Residents' Association group have submitted a set of budget proposals as an alternative to the Conservative Administration budget for 2009/10.

The Residents' proposals would see a reduction in the 2009/10 council tax increase from the 1.9% set out by the Conservative Administration to just 1.75%.

Full Story


UPMINSTER WINDMILL CALENDAR FOR 2009

What's been happening to Upminster Windmill since we closed for the winter in October 2008?

Full Story

 

 


ELDERLY BENEFITS GO BEGGING

With Havering having the largest proportion of pensioners in Greater London, it is a concern that elderly people across the country are missing out on some £5billion in unclaimed benefits each year.

Full Story


MILLIONS SPENT ON CONSULTANTS

With £2.5 billion spent each year on consultants across the whole public sector (with Whitehall spending most of it!), Havering is doing its bit by spending £1.5 million on consultants in each of the last two years, with a further £1.5 million expected to be spent this year.

The information was disclosed at Full Council this week in response to a question asked by Cllr Ray Morgon (Hacton, RA). Also revealed was £225,953 had been spent on consultancy for the Harold Hill Ambitions Project.

7.2.09


PERMANENT OLYMPIC CITY GETS A BIG ‘YES'

As the 2012 Olympic Games draw ever closer, an on-line poll on the website of the Havering Residents' Association shows support for the establishment of a permanent Olympic venue.

Full Story


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HAVERING MUSEUM

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We are a charity providing support and a place to learn for pre-school children with special needs and their families in The London Borough of Havering

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