Upminster, England News

Donations will go to Hornchurch charity First Step, which helps families with severely disabled children.

Mayor of Havering Cllr Lynden Thorpe visited Balgores in Station Road, Upminster, to cut the ribbon on May 4. Attractions also included face painting for youngsters, a magician and a champagne reception.

An equality group has slammed a collective of church leaders from Havering who believe "human stability and flourishing would be confused and undermined" if plans to introduce same-sex marriage in Britain go ahead.

McKay hit 105, including 20 fours, and was ably supported by Mark Fletcher who scored 41 as Chingford posted 227 with four wickets to spare.

Organisers Gareth Gore and Nick Chalkley, whose nine-year-old daughters Hannah and Phoebe have diabetes, held the tournament at the Top Meadow course in Fen Lane on Saturday.

Last Wednesday, Aurelia, the green-fingered business set up by Year 12 students at Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School, beat competitors from all over east London to take a place in the regional final in July.

Upminster man Patrick Coveney must carry out 120 hours' unpaid work for his conduct in Hornchurch High Street in February.

I'll drink to that: The new parking meters should help Ali Soyler and Bircan Kussan of Britannia Cafe - pictured with Cllr Jeff Tucker - get more customers through the door Trade in Rainham Village is on the mend after a tough few months - thanks in part to the Recorder's involvement during last week's Shop Local campaign.

A driver who dragged a man out of his car and beat him senseless in a fit of road rage, has been jailed for six months.

Modern map-making in Britain began thanks to war against France between 1793 and 1815.

A coffee shop manager was left swollen and bruised after being attacked by a group of rowdy men who refused to leave his cafe.

The driver of a bulldozer that crushed Barkingside construction worker Mihai Hondru to death in 2010 has appeared in court.

Local residents had raised a number of objections to the application, including the fact that the site in St Mary's Lane borders a working livestock farm.

Permission to build a two-storey house in Nelmes Way, Emerson Park, was refused at the town hall last week.

Now that the southern section of the Overground network is open and we have a complete orange orbital, it's possible to travel between Clapham Junction and Highbury & Islington in two different directions: go clockwise through Willesden Junction, a route entirely in Zone 2; or travel anti-clockwise up through Canada Water, a journey which is mostly ... (more)

Containers loaded with fridges, televisions and computers, and around 15 vehicles, were discovered during the joint operation by the Environment Agency and Essex Police.

The family of a 17-year-old boy left brain-damaged after being brutally beaten with a hammer by a group of men are appealing for help to find his attackers.

Police officers raided the King Harold on Station Road and arrested the men. The defendants were also charged with allowing people to stay there while betting was taking place on the premises.