March’s local stories included;

• Teenager slams train operator C2C over faulty CCTV.
• Do a Wee, Pay The Fee – Man Fined for pubic urination in Barking & Dagenham.
• Community raise over £2000 for Cranham Wine shop after robbery.
• Havering Council give new leisure centre in Rainham go-ahead
• Fairlop Waters to reopen and upgrade plans ahead.
• Redbridge & Havering have vaccinated more people than other East London boroughs. 
• Open Air Movies are coming to Valentines park.
• Street Art regenerating Ilford Town Centre.
• Australian woman looking for long lost brothers in Dagenham.
• Harold Hill Deer Aid members concerned about trees being cut down. 
• New Lidl plans for Rainham
• Back our Bobbies – Uniting BAME Communities & Police.

• Dagenham Heathway Cash & Carry ordered to closed over COVID Breaches. 
• Essex & Kent Police target criminals using Dartford Crossing.
• Havering Council open new Rapid COVID Test centre at Rainham Library.
• Romford Station works progressing well says Network Rail. 
• Havering Council agree their 2021/22 budget.
• Calls to move 5G mobile mast after being set on fire.
• New COVID Vaccination centre opens in The Liberty Shopping Centre in Romford.
• Giles Wilson founder Wantsed fringe arts festival on a mission to open community bookshop.
• East London & Liberal Synagogue donates to “Bags Of Kindness” to charity for domestic abuse victims.
• Parent led “Redbridge for education” raises funds to get Laptops into schools
• East Area Police join forces in “Operation Word Well”. 
• Havering Dog Thefts are concerning residents. 
• 20,000 people vaccinated at BHR Hospitals sites.

• Essex Police warn private car buyers of scam in Essex.
• 12 Year old arrested in connection with Clayhall Stabbing
• Brentwood council approve budget, with NO Council Tax Increases!
• Teenager stabbed in Barking on March 12th.
• 65 year old Redbridge teacher banned for leaking exam questions. 
• Mayor of London give £39m to develop Barking Riverside development.
• Gascoigne estate Regeneration plans announced by B-First.
• Campaigners win battle to have benefit payments recorded.
• Money raised for Pinewood Care home to replace furniture.
• Knife Crime March ‘For Archie’ in Havering. 
• Hornchurch residents angry after bulldozed trees
• Queen’s patient underwent ground-breaking 19 hour cancer operation.

• Temporary Overnight closure King George’s Children’s Emergency Department Extended to June.  
• GPs urge muslins to take COVID jab during Ramadan. 
• UKs largest mobile crane “swings” into help Barking Riverside rail project.
• Grenfell style cladding discovered after 2019 Harold Hill fire.
• Mayor of London announced 1500 news homes on old Ford’s site. 
• Ilford redevelopment plans milestone reached, with approval given for developments.
• Valence House get’s art funding to restore Fanshawe Portrait.
• Barking Man fined over £1000 for failing to provide details of littering from his car.
• Hackman Capital Partners to open two studios in Barking.
• Shelagh Smith, Chief Operating Officer retires from BHRUT.
• Harold Hill disabled grandmother faces court & £90 fine over a Parking Ticket from Havering Council.
• Havering Council continue Free School Meals throughout Easter Holidays.
• Safer Schools Police Officers gave up their day off to resolve a difficult situation.

• Met Police want to talk to male involved in Mawney Road, Collier Row Collision. 
• Residents across Havering, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham reminded their able to book GP Appointments over the Easter Weekend.
• London Fire Brigade attend fire at River Road recycling centre
• BHRUT Chief Medical Officer praises staff for processing appointment backlog.
• Romford serial burglar sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.
• Unfinished wood carving stolen from Fairlop Waters Country Park.
• Fly tipper caught on camera in Barking & featured on councils Wall Of Shame web series.
• City Of London proposals to move Smithfield, Billingsgate and New Spitalfields all to one new site at Dagenham Dock have been approved by local councillors.
• “Love Through a Letterbox” – Pupils at schools in Redbridge, Newham, Barking and Dagenham are writing to the elderly as part of a project to combat loneliness.
• The shed life project a community initiative from the University of East London are building community space.
• Farm visit little girl Ava passes away, Metropolitan Police Mounted branch name a horse after her.
• Hornchurch teens intimidate Rainham woman in car.
• Volunteers paint over graffiti at Lakeview café in Harrow Lodge Park.