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Brent gears up for four days of free family cycling festival events
1+ week, 2+ day ago (386+ words) to get involved with the London Cycling Festival events taking place in Brent (Image: Henry Lancashire)...
PHOTOS - Romford Market brings local history to life in colourful event
1+ week, 4+ day ago (471+ words) A colourful celebration of heritage and community brightened up Romford Market. Suburban Legends, a community project based in Romford, transformed historical tales into live performances as part of Havering London’s Market Town programme on August 28 and 29. More than 100 residents, including…...
Listed: All the planned road closures this month
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (512+ words) DRIVERS in Havering face a series of road closures for resurfacing, maintenance, widening and pole testing. The council has issued notices covering several roads, with diversions available for some closures. Restrictions will apply for the stated periods, or until the…...
'All major milestones' now complete for Gallows Corner works after year of disruption
2+ week, 6+ day ago (433+ words) Essex & Suffolk Water teams have completed "all major milestones" in the replacement of pipework underneath Gallows Corner. This marks a key step in a project that has caused more than a year of disruption at the busy junction, with the…...
From pubs to hostels, local people are making a difference
4+ week, 1+ day ago (421+ words) turned a thriving pub into a fundraising hub. Their events support Saint Francis Hospice, the Royal British...
Death and funeral notices from the Romford Recorder
3+ week, 1+ day ago (102+ words) Romford death notices and funeral announcements from the Romford Recorder Romford Recorder Death and funeral notices from the Romford Recorder Romford published 1 death notice last week. Every week, Romford Recorder publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of…...
'I designed my dream world garden while being held hostage by kidnappers in Colombia"
3+ week, 2+ day ago (549+ words) One of England's oldest family estates - less than an hour from Romford - has gardens drawn up by a man who designed them after being kidnapped in Colombia. Set within "120 acres of beautiful Kent countryside" is Lullingstone Castle & The World Garden....
What life was like in 1960s Upminster when a pub and a cinema were lost forever
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (450+ words) The sixties was a decade defined by change in Upminster - with a long-lost cinema and pub disappearing and a library opening its doors. This week, the Recorder is looking back at what life was like in the 1960s in Upminster, when…...
Families enjoy free summer activities in shopping centre
2+ week, 5+ day ago (300+ words) in Brentwood delivered four weeks of community events and crafts during the summer holidays as part of...delighted with how much fun everyone has had." The events also featured contributions from local organisations...other unique finds. More information about upcoming…...
Climate change science explains heatwaves and wildfires
3+ week, 1+ day ago (430+ words) Everyone must be aware of the exceptionally hot times we are going through this summer: five heatwaves, many grass fires, drought, thousands of deaths from the effects of heat, tens of thousands of people in Europe evacuated because of forest…...