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 & featur