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Rainham industrial fire: 70 firefighters battle blaze at Willoughby Drive estate
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Havering Council to Invest £13 Million in Fire Safety Upgrades for Ten High-Rise Blocks
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Crossway in Dalston shut for hours after mystery police incident – road now reopened
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Havering Council faces backlash over proposal to scrap prayers and national anthem at full council meetings
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Hackney Housing Association Apologises for Service Charge Error Affecting Duke House Residents
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Hackney academies: What statutory powers do local councils have over academies?
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Havering manslaughter: Sekai Miles,23, sentenced for killing ‘beloved’ Bernard Fowler outside Harold Wood station
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Hackney Greens challenge Town Hall over delays in tougher landlord rules
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Tower Hamlets Council rejects 5am licence for East London pizza shop despite survival plea
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Plaistow knife attack: CCTV released after man slashed in unprovoked assault
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Labour councillor calls for enhanced refuge support for women and children in Havering
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Hackney carriage fares rise in South Gloucestershire after public consultation sees no responses
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Dalston Kingsland roof fire: Lit cigarette causes blaze, destroying building rooftop
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Hackney Council rejects plan for late-night venue on former Cargo site over crime concerns
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Tesco stabbing: Man in critical condition after attack outside South Hornchurch store
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Elm Park school stabbings: 12 teens arrested after violent knife attack at birthday party
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Clapton’s ‘Murder Mile’: Rising knife crime reignites fears despite gentrification
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Havering Council faces legal action over toxic landfill fires in Rainham as residents suffer health crisis
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Ilford teenager GhaniRahan, 14, is winner of the BYITC Python Code Challenge 2025
A teenager from Ilford beat hundreds of other…
Havering Parking Dispute: Former council worker Denise Reece fined £60 amid inconsistency claims
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Elm Park knife attack: 2 youths injured in primary school birthday party in violent attack
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Havering Council issues temporary stop notice to Palms Hotel in Hornchurch
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Newham Council Approves 600 New Homes at Silvertown’s Silo D Quarter
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Havering Council: Hillcrest Road, Winifred Avenue among others to close for maintenance works
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Hackney Council approves £2m sale of three buildings in Dalston amid public fear
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28-Homes plan in Broxhill Road, Havering-atte-Bower approved by Havering Council
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Romford town centre 20-Years Revitalisation to be discussed in Havering Council meeting on March 6
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Romford: Notorious Gallows Corner flyover to be upgraded after years of delays
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Labour must not ignore Reform UK’s rising support in London, warns Dominic Twomey
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Man threatens staff outside JD Sport Westfield Stratford
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Tower Hamlets Whitechapel: Learner driver of £70,000 Rolls-Royce Ghost V12 found with no insurance
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Rainham Lowen Road: Eight-bedroom HMO School House proposed in Havering Council weekly planning
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Havering: The Alderman pub in Chippenham Road to be demolished for 140 new homes
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Abbotts Park Leyton Stabbing: Teenage boy, 17, rushed to hospital, Police cordoned off area
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Canning Town Hallsville Quarter Stabbing: Boy, 17, found with multiple stab injuries
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Newham Hospital evacuated, cordoned of due to ‘unknown chemical smell’
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Hackney Council ‘reaffirmed’ improving satisfaction levels in Council’s housing service
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Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club to close after 140 years, Crowdfunding campaign setup
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Harold Hill: NHS Nurse Victoria Thorpe, 40, died in Briar Road car crash, East London Coroner’s Court hears
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Stoke Newington Oldhill Street stabbing: 54-year-old man rushed to hospital
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Waltham Forest Council Tax to raise by 4.99pc
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Havering Council’s £71m deficit: MP Margaret Mullane, Local Minister Jim McMahon discuss emergency funding loan
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Havering: Weekly food waste collection service in borough to cost 4 million
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Newham Council approves RAC CHP’s planning for 457-bedroom PBSA
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Dagenham: 1,000 homes in former Ford stamping plant turned home project near completion
Key Points: Ford Dagenham Stamping Plant Redevelopment Reaches…
Barking and Dagenham Council invites residents to attend Safer Neighbourhood Board meeting
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Barking and Dagenham Council to cut council tax support from 85 pc down to 63 pc
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Hackney Councillors dismiss calls for Divestment amid pro-Palestinian protest of Independent Socialists Group
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12-inch knife found in Havering’s Rainham Play Park
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Hackney Kingsland Road Car-Cycle crash incident: Cyclist ‘severely injured’, Bentley Road to A104 Dalston Lane closed
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