SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Anti-fascist activists were out on the streets of London today, leafleting in Redbridge in one of two wards where the BNP are standing in council by-elections. The by-elections in Chadwell Heath (Barking & Dagenham) and South Hornchurch (Havering) will both take place on Thursday 3 July. If the BNP win these seats they will be building serious [...]
SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
Following the election of a BNP member to the London Assembly, the serious fight against the BNP starts right now, with the two forthcoming council by-elections in which the BNP pose a serious threat of winning. The by-elections in Chadwell Heath (Barking & Dagenham) and South Hornchurch (Havering) will both take place on Thursday 3 July. It [...]
City Hall (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
On Tuesday afternoon a delegation from Romford visited City Hall to deliver a petition calling for the retention of the 500 bus service and an improvement to public transport provision in Havering- atte -Bower. Arriva's plans to axe the route would leave the village and St Francis' Hospice without any access to public transport, despite TfL's stated commitment that every Londoner should be within 400...
City Hall (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The weather stayed fine for the Elm Park Fiesta on Saturday. The picture shows Cllr Pam Light, the Deputy Mayor of Havering, opening the day's festivities accompanied by local MP James Brokenshire . I was on hand along with my colleague Cllr David Grantham and parliamentary candidate Simon Jones, so when someone was needed to blow up inflatable palm trees and hand out programmes there was plenty of...
City Hall (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
On Wednesday I visited St Francis' Hospice in Havering- atte -Bower. the bus stop pictured is their only public transport link and even that one bus service - the 500 operated by Arriva - is soon to cease. Staff at the hospice and visiting relatives will have no alternative other than to drive. There is also a brand new educational centre at the hospice, which is used by health authorities and medical...
The Poor Mouth (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
I feel proud that Havering has a connection with the Kinder transport. Bill Barazetti, who did so much to arrange the evacuation of Jewish children from Prague, was a resident of Hornchurch until his death in 2000. His role in the Kinder transport was not known at all until 1990 (but then again neither was Sir Nicholas Winton's). Until very recently there was very little about Mr Barazetti available...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 26/11/2007
Plans to build a new fire station in Havering have taken a major step forward following the purchase of three units at the Falcon Business Centre on the Harold Hill Industrial Estate in Romford.
