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Motorist narrowly escapes after a large concrete block was dropped through the sunroof of his 4x4

Community help group is rescued from closure after massive cash boost

Inquest begins following the fatal shooting of a man in Harold Hill

Man dies after being shot by police in Romford

MP voices concern as security patrols at St George's Hospital are cut

Elm Park's new library looks set to become the capital's first low carbon library

Travel chaos as bus drivers begin strike action

Police get new body cameras to help tackle anti-social behaviour

Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS trust told to take immediate action to solve financial problems

Boris Johnson gives his support to calls to keep Mardyke Farm as a public open space

Rainham residents praised by fire fighters for their role in extinguishing a blaze in a plane

NHS trust slashes rate of MRSA and C-Diff infection

Bankers get stuck in doing their bit on Rainham Marches

For the second year running Havering wins prestigious teaching award

Celebration as Bishop ordains 12 new deacons for the Barking area

Trading standards officers check Havering's petrol pumps

Arrests after police car shot in Havering

Funding worth £23m cut from road building scheme in Thames Gateway says Kent council leaders

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BBC London 94.9's breakfast presenter gets down in Upminster Park

Patients forced to wait hours on ambulance trolleys at Romford A & E because of shortage of beds

Havering police head back to New York to raise money for a young boy with cancer

Pensioner's death from superbug leads to growing concern from local MP about care at the hospital

Romford firm sells tops to protect against gun crime

Plans to build country's biggest evangelical church in Havering turned down

Havering hailed as one of the capital's safest boroughs, as crime drops again

As trust announces £40 million defecit, MP predicts it will have worst financial bill in the country

Barking College honours a student who has persevered with his studies despite almost losing his life

The Havering family living in fear for their lives because of racist abuse

Mark Rees quits as head of Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS trust

Dunningford parents fight for the future of their primary school.

Romford police cycle 220 miles in New York to raise money for 5 year old's fight against cancer

Mayor Ken Livingstone defends free travel cards for teens

Angry residents take to the streets of Rainham to protest against plans for Britain's biggest prison

Rainham MP takes protests to prisons' chief, as outrage grows over proposals for jail at Beam Reach

Romford police prepare for bike ride to help save 5 year old boy

Fears for Hornchurch High street grow as row over parking continues
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