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      <description>Over £6,000 worth of illegal cigarettes, vapes, shisha and tobacco was seized and taken off the streets recently, thanks to Havering Council’s Trading Standards team.</description>
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      <title>Langtons Summer Concert delights crowds</title>
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      <description>Large crowds descended on Langtons Gardens, Hornchurch, on Sunday 7 June, to enjoy an afternoon of classical music as the Langtons Summer Concert returned for 2026.</description>
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      <title>Mayor announces chosen charity</title>
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      <description>The Mayor of Havering, Councillor Maggie Themistocli, has announced the mayoral charity she will be supporting for 2026/2027.</description>
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      <title>Crackdown on underage sales of knives and vapes</title>
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      <description>Havering Council’s Trading Standards team have been out across the borough to prevent local retailers from selling age-restricted products such as knives and vapes, to young people aged under 18.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Havering Council appoints new administration and Mayor at annual meeting</title>
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      <description>Havering Council has held its first annual general meeting (AGM) since the May local elections, formally appointing the borough’s new administration following Reform UK’s victory at the polls.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>A fly-tipper has been fined a total of £2,191, after being tracked down by Havering Council’s environmental enforcement team.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 12:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New Havering Members of UK Youth Parliament elected</title>
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      <description>Havering has two new members of the UK Youth Parliament.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>Havering Council’s Trading standards will be carrying out further investigations with a Hornchurch business, after vape liquid was sold on its premises to a person under 18.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Over £13,000 worth of illegal tobacco and shisha seized</title>
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      <description>Havering Council’s trading standards officers seized £13,950 worth of illegal tobacco and shisha from an Upminster business recently.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Support available during National Hoarding Awareness Week</title>
      <link>https://www.havering.gov.uk/news/article/1768/support-available-during-national-hoarding-awareness-week</link>
      <description>This week marks National Hoarding Awareness Week (from 11 May 2026), shining a light on hoarding behaviours and the support available to residents across Havering.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title> New bill to stop young people smoking welcomed</title>
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      <description>A ban on cigarettes and vapes being sold to children born after 1 January 2009 has been welcomed by Havering Council.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Sponsors Unite for Havering Small Business Awards 2026</title>
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      <description>The Havering Small Business Awards are once again being delivered with the generous support of a wide range of sponsors.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 08:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Havering welcomes stronger protections for private renters</title>
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      <description>Private renters in Havering are set to benefit from improved tenancy security and fairness following the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Act.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Havering Council calls for partial reopening of Gallows Corner</title>
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      <description>Andrew Blake-Herbert, Chief Executive of Havering Council, said:</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Langtons Summer Concert returns for another year</title>
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      <description>Tickets have gone on sale for this year’s Langtons Summer Concert.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Council CEO responds to Gallows Corner Latest</title>
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      <description>Andrew Blake-Herbert, Chief Executive of Havering Council, said:</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Local Election 2026 Results</title>
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      <description>View the full results of the Havering 2026 local elections here.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Havering children heading for school</title>
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      <description>More than 90 percent of children attending school in Havering for the first time this September have been offered their first preference of primary school.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>A Havering landlord has been fined £5,335 for breaching licensing conditions at a Romford property, for issues that were risking the health and safety of the tenant.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>A business has been prosecuted and fined £8,474 for failing to maintain, remove and legally dispose of all waste from their land.</description>
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