Havering saw plenty of new restaurants, cafes and take-away spots open up this year including these five. We previously looked back on five eateries that opened throughout 2025 and here are five more.

Two members of British boxer Anthony Joshua's team have been confirmed as being killed in a car crash in Lagos.

Bus routes across London will be seriously disrupted on New Year’s Eve. A Saturday night timetable will be in place on all night and 24-hour routes, with diversions, curtailed services and split ...

The TV presenter is set to front her own talk show, the Claudia Winkleman Show, the BBC has revealed. Airing in spring 2026, it will feature celebrity guests and interviews in front of a studio ...

The Old White Horse pub in Upminster could be redeveloped with nine homes on the site, if new plans are approved.

McDonald's has announced that the Big Arch burger will return to restaurants in the UK and Ireland in 2026, where it will become a permanent ...

A toy shop in a Romford shopping centre is closing permanently next week after it was deemed no longer "commercially viable". The Entertainer in The Mercury Shopping Centre will close its doors for ...

The former England striker and Dagenham and Redbridge player Andy Carroll is due in court after he was charged with breaching a ...

Anthony Joshua was involved in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday (December 29), sustaining minor injuries, while two people have died ...

Snow is forecast to fall in London in the new year as temperatures are anticipated to fall below freezing. According to the latest BBC Weather report reported by London Now, the capital should see ...

A 16-year-old girl has been missing over the Christmas period as she was last seen in Rainham nine days ago. Brodee, whose surname has not been shared, was reportedly seen on December 20 ...

Over the last 12 months the Romford Recorder has been your eyes and ears in London's courts. In that time there have been cases which shocked and appalled us in equal measure. They include a ...