Earlier this week the Leader of Havering Council, Cllr Ray Morgon (pictured), announced his appointments to his Cabinet.
The Cabinet will have nine members.
Details of who has been appointed, and the portfolios they will hold, can be seen on our website.
Also earlier this week, the reconvened AGM of Havering Council was held with the main business of the evening being the appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Council committees, and the appointment of various councillors as "Member Champions" for particular groups of residents.
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Many weather forecasters are predicting a heatwave over the next few days with temperatures of more than 30C tomorrow (Friday).
Older people who live alone, and people with underlying health conditions are at greater risk in spells of hot weather.
The main risks posed by a heatwave are:
There's more information on how to stay well during hot weather on the NHS website.
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Tickets are now available for this year's Langtons Summer Concert.
This popular event organised by Havering Council returns, after a two year break, this Sunday (19 June), for an afternoon of musical entertainment.
Set in the delightful grounds of Langtons Gardens (pictured), the Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Jonathan Butcher, will perform a selection of light classics flavoured with music in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Sponsored by West and Coe, the event is also supported by Mullis and Peake and Kingston Smith.
Tickets are £6 on the day, (£4 in advance), and free for children under 10. Please remember that no dogs are allowed, except guide dogs.
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Energy rebate
If you are a Council Tax band A to D household who does not pay Council Tax by direct debit, there is now a form that you can complete on Havering Council's website to get the Government's £150 energy rebate.
This will enable you to apply for your rebate to be paid into your bank account or your Council Tax account.
The aim is that these households receive their payment within ten working days of making their online application.
If you know someone who is unable to complete this form online – please help them complete it using this link.
Alternatively they can contact Havering’s Council Tax customer services on 01708 433997 and someone will be able to help them complete it.
Havering Helps
Remember, the Havering Helps emergency assistance scheme is still available for eligible residents struggling with the increasing cost of living. You may be able to receive support to help with utility bills, food or other essential expenses.
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 A parade will take place to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday 25 June.
It will start at 10.30am on South Street's junction with Arcade Place in Romford Town Centre.
The parade will be led by Royal British Legion band and Corps of Drums, Romford. It will go down South Street, turn right through Romford Market and finish at Tollgate House in Market Place.
Among those marching will be currently serving troops, veterans and cadets, as well as service families.
- Armed Forces Day celebrations begin on Monday 20 June when the Armed Forces Day flag is raised on buildings and famous landmarks around the country - including in front of the Town Hall in Romford.
 On Tuesday 21 June Havering Council will be hosting a special tri-borough 'Meet the Buyer' event for contractors, tradespeople and other local suppliers or service businesses.
Brought to you by the Havering Safer Neighbourhood Board, OWL, or Online Watch Link, is a free service designed to help keep you safer.
It's a secure platform used by the public and shared with the police and local authorities designed to reduce misinformation and scaremongering.
OWL can keep you informed as to what is going on locally, and helps existing schemes likes Neighbourhood Watch and Business Watch.
OWL can send you the latest crime alerts and be used as a management tool by, for example, Neighbourhood Watch teams.
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Havering Council offers a garden waste service where you can order one or more 240-litre wheeled green bins to use for your garden waste.
Garden waste is collected every other week (except two weeks over Christmas) and disposed of for a fee of £60 per bin, per year.
If you subscribe to this service but have not yet renewed your Garden Waste contract for the 2022/23 year, please be aware that you only have until Friday 1 July to do so. After this date only those bins displaying the current year sticker will be emptied.
There are three ways to renew:
Online:
Go to www.havering.gov.uk/gardenwaste and follow the link to renew. You will need your My Havering account login details. Forgotten your account password? Please use the ‘Forgotten your password’ link on the login page to reset it.
Express Payment Line:
0300 456 0630 select option 7
These two options are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Telephone:
01708 431717 (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm)
Text relay 18001 01708 431717.
If you need to make a change to your contract visit our website and follow the link to our change or cancel your contract form, or call 01708 431717 (Monday to Friday 9am–5pm).
If you have renewed, but have not received your sticker, please call 01708 431717 (text relay 18001 01708 431717).
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 Elm Park Horticultural Guild is celebrating its 85th anniversary by holding a summer show this Saturday (18 June) at the Assembly Hall, Eyhurst Avenue in Elm Park.
It runs from 2.30pm until 4.30pm and admission is free.
Home-made cream teas, cakes and drinks wil be on sale along with displays of flowers, fruit, and vegetables. There wil also be exhibits of floral art, photography,
handicrafts and baking. More information on the Guild's website.
As next week is Refugee Week (20 - 26 June) and next Wednesday (22 June) is Windrush Day, Havering libraries have special themed collections of e-Books available for library members.
You can view the titles for the Refugee Week collection and Windrush Day collection online.
To mark Windrush Day a special flag (pictured) will be flown in front of the Town Hall in Romford on Wednesday 22 June.
The Story and Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein tells the story of how Rodgers and Hammerstein met and collaborated to produce some of the most memorable musicals to be performed on stages around the world.
The show, to be staged at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch on Tuesday 21 June at 7.30pm, will take you on a musical journey recreating songs from iconic shows including The Sound of Music, Carousel and Oklahoma.
A cast of four will perform classic songs including You’ll Never Walk Alone, Edelweiss, Some Enchanted Evening and Shall We Dance to name but a few.
Tickets can be booked online.
St Thomas’ Church at Noak Hill has a ‘Communi-Tea Catchup’ every fourth Saturday of the month from 2pm to 4pm – with the next one on 25 June.
If you fancy a cuppa and would like to enjoy the company of others and a chat, go along to the Church Hall, Church Road, Noak Hill, RM4 1LD
It’s free and there's off-street parking available.
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Fabulous, fun and flithy, is how the the Brookside Theatre in Romford describes its show, Sinders.
Sinders lives with her two stepsisters who force her to do all manner of chores.
With her best friend Buttons by her side, she dreams of a happy ever after. Prince Charming is desperate to meet the girl of his dreams so holds a ball inviting every girl in the land.
Find out if true love will prevail in this adults-only pantomime that plays from 29 June to 2 July.
Tickets and more information available online.
Towers Infants and Towers Junior schools in Windsor Road, Hornchurch, are holding their summer fete on Saturday 2 July from noon until 3pm.
There will be inflatables, a petting farm, a chance to soak a teacher, traditional games along with a DJ, bar and a gaming bus.
Food on offer wil linclude hot waffles, burgers and pizza.
Entry is just £1 and children go free.
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Havering Concert Orchestra's Summer Concert will be held on Saturday 2 July at Frances Bardsley Academy, Brentwood Road, Romford RM1 2RR.
It starts at 7.30pm and runs until 10pm.
Tickets in advance from the Orchestra's website are £10 (£5 for children or students). Tickets are £12 on the door.
The programme will include popular symphonies and songs performed by soprano Jennifer Tatnall.
Lastly, if you are feeling isolated and would like to meet some new people then the Romford Shopping Hall's friendship group is for you. It’s free to attend - you just pay £1 for tea.
The group is made up of a bunch of Havering residents aged 55 plus, who love to get out and about. They meet every Thursday morning between 10am and 11am at the Sunrise Café on the first floor of the Shopping Hall. They also hold quizzes, invite speakers and arrange days out.
To find out more call Michelle on 01708 740492, or just turn up.
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Havering libraries and London Libraries are celebrating London's libraries as places where stories can be made and shared.
You can go along to a special free event on Wednesday 22 June, from 6pm to 8pm, at Hornchurch Library marking the launch of the City of Stories Home Anthology.
This anthology features work by competition winners for Havering - Shupaula Mistry and Amanda Wynne.
You will also have the opportunity to take part in a creative writing taster session and hear local authors read their stories.
On the day you can also pick up a free copy of the Anthology and find out how libraries can support you as a reader and writer.
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Havering Council is looking for volunteers to support young people living in care.
Known as independent visitors, they will provide befriending support to young people up to the age of 18 living inside and out of the borough.
The next training course will run over four evenings from 6pm to 8pm on July 11, 18, 25 and August 1.
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The Deputy Mayor of Havering, Cllr Stephanie Nunn and her consort, Cllr Barry Mugglestone, (pictured), visited Fry's Gallery at Fairkytes Arts Centre last week for the launch of a Platinum Jubilee exhibition tour featuring ‘The Regal Robe’, designed by students from New City College.
The robe was designed and created to reflect the 70 years of the Queen's reign.
Havering schools are also part of the exhibition. Four schools (Sanders Draper, Broadford Primary School, Crownfield Infant and Nursery School, and Bower Park Academy) created their own designs for the Queen's Jubilee emblem.
Following the launch the robe and emblems will do a tour of the borough before their final destination of Havering Museum where they will remain as part of Havering’s history.
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On Havering Council's website you can see details of any applications to change a Premises Licence.
You have a right to object to an application for a new premises licence or club premises certificate, or if an application is made to vary the licence or certificate.
There are currently two applications open for consultation.
These applications come from Turtle Bay Hospitality Limited at Unit 1 and 2 at The Brewery shopping centre in Romford; and from RM5 Lounge on Clockhouse Lane.
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 If something in your body doesn’t feel right, the thought it could be cancer can play on your mind. Although it is understandably a scary thought, most people who go for tests find out it’s not cancer.
Finding out sooner is always better as catching cancer earlier can make it more treatable. Contact your GP practice to talk through your concerns.
Havering Council is supporting Clean Air Day today (Thursday 16 June).
The priority is to provide ways in which residents can continue to lead healthy and happy lives and part of that is working to help improve the air they breathe.
Specifically the Council is working to help improve air quality in Havering by encouraging drivers to turn off their engines when parked up near schools, and launching walking zone maps for schools to use to help encourage more walking and cycling to and from school.
The Council is also delivering 68 electric vehicle charging points at 12 car park locations, and 80 on-street charging points connected to lamp columns across the borough.
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As today (Thursday 16 June) is Clean Air Day, it's a timely reminder that a consultation on transport plans is underway.
The Mayor of London and Transport for London want to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover almost the whole of the London from 29 August 2023.
Make sure you have your say before the consultation closes on 29 July.
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Last week Harold Hill Community Hub moved to its new permanent location upstairs in Harold Hill Library (pictured).
You can enter The Hub from East Dene Drive. The opening times and support available remain the same, including the Community Food Shop.
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This week (13 -17 June) is Loneliness Awareness week.
Feeling lonely is something that all of us can experience at any point and it can have a huge impact on our wellbeing.
It’s important to remember that these feelings can pass and that there are lots of ways we can help each other too.
Fancy a cuppa? Fancy a walk? Sometimes reaching out to each other with as little as three words can make a big difference.
As part of the Better Health: Every Mind Matters campaign, the Government is encouraging people to ‘Lift Someone Out of Loneliness’ by taking a simple action to help someone who may be feeling lonely.
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St Lawrence Road in Upminster will remain closed between its junction with Station Road and Number 1 St Lawrence Road for gas main replacement work until 26 June.
On behalf of Havering Council, Marlborough Highways are resurfacing The Grove, in Upminster, until 17 June, and part of Melville Avenue in Rainham on 20 June.
The part of South Street, Romford, near the station, will also be resurfaced on the night of Monday, 20 June, and Grenfell Avenue, in Hornchurch will have its resurfacing completed on 21 and 22 June.
Part of Marks Road in Romford, from Mildmay Road to Mawney Road, and part of Mildmay Road, Romford, (between Cherry Street and Marks Road), will be resurfaced on 23 and 24 June.
The stretch of Corbets Tey Road in Upminster from the junction with St Mary's Lane to number 130, will be resurfaced with overnight work taking place from 27 June to 4 July.
Lastly, Faircoss Avenue in Collier Row will be resurfaced between 4 and 6 July.
Public transport
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Due to engineering works, c2c trains on the Ockendon line on Sunday (19 June) will start and terminate at Grays.
Rail replacement buses will run instead of trains between Grays and Pitsea.
Meanwhile on the Elizabeth Line on Sunday 19 June, a reduced frequency of four trains per hour will operate between Liverpool Street and Shenfield.
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