April’s local stories included;

• Upminster Sailing Club face eviction from Stubbers Centre.
• Local Police Target E-Scooters in “Day Of Action”.
• Pick A Street Campaign sees Havering residents litter picking over the weekend.
• Barking & Dagenham Council ask cars users not to idle.
• Jack Petchey Foundation. Redbridge Council Recognised by UNICEF.
• Romanian Supermarket in Barking closed by council over COVID breach.
• BHRUT to ask cancer patients for feedback in National Survey.
• Artist Serene Metcalfe donated artwork to NEFLT.
• Sewage clean-up in AldersBrook.
• Local house prices increase put borough into top 5 in London.
• Netflix series filming in derelict Romford estate.

• Easter Holiday – Pick A Street Campaign.
• Harold Hill door step knife sales targets kids.
• Croshetters leave art across borough.
• Street food market in Barking to celebrate ease of lockdown.
• Four weeks free parking in Havering.
• Drive-in movies in Brentwood centre over May Bank Holiday.
• British Transport Police Deliver Easter Eggs to Hospitals.
• Abbots Travel Agents Win an Award.
• Chigwell School Develops Female Safety video.
• B&D council warn about doorstep rouge traders.
• NEFLT – St George Hospital site development feedback.
• Havering Libraries Reopen from 12th April.

• Two Sentenced for death of seven year old Harvey Tyrell.
• Mother of autistic boy praises passer boy for helping calm down her son.
• Rainham’s Community Spirit.
• LBBD increase patrols following Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) renewed.
• Hainault Teen Kalila Kahn wins place on Can You Dance? Touring Company.
• Charles Ronayne Foundation outreach to support Schools
• 2 Dagenham men fined £60,000 for breaching housing regulations.
• Witnesses see man kidnapped in South Woodford
• Redbridge produce 5th largest amount of rubbish in England, and introduce wheelie bins.

• Mother of Murdered Son slams Mayor of London for not tacking Knife Crime.
• A Havering bus driver highlights the abuse & anti-social behaviour Colleagues encounter daily.
• Romford Market proudly fly’s flags on St Georges Day.
• Barking smoker fined for littering.
• Loxford Park Pavilion saved from development.
• New flats with green credentials to be built in Barking.
• Romford retail recovery is top in London.
• Gants Hill man airlifts to hospital after house fire
• Cost of drop curbs in Havering soars.
• 63 Year Old Man from Dagenham who attacked police officer jailed.
• Thames Freeport to create jobs as developers hope to “Rival Dubai”.
• NELFT thank volunteers helping at their three vaccine centres.