Romford Recorder

The Romford Recorder is a community newspaper that caters to the residents of Romford, which is the main town in the East London Borough of Havering. It provides news and information for the entire Havering area.

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'Self-obsessed' finance boss stole £185k from employer to fund lavish lifestyle

1 day ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Sophie England

Anita Mirmohammadi, 31, was caught defrauding the Brentwood-based business where she worked as a finance manager. She began working at the company in 2018 and was given access to a business credit card. However, on April 21, 2022, unrelated fraud checks on the company accounts revealed a pattern of unexplained transactions worldwide.
Court: Mental health trust couldn't prevent disabled man's horrifying death

1 day ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Charles Thomson

Coroner Graeme Irvine said paramedics were confronted by a "horrifying" scene when they responded to a welfare call in Leamington Road, Harold Hill, on August 9, 2024. Michael Moore, 60, was found in his home with severe injuries. Rigor mortis had already set in, meaning he had been dead for some time. He had lost around two litres of blood. An inquest at East London Coroner’s Court on Wednesday, May 7, heard he had long expressed suicidal thoughts and made a prior attempt on his life.
Free fitness time for 'unsung heroes' in Barking & Dagenham

1 day ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Mike Brooke

They can apply to use facilities at Abbey Leisure Centre in Barking, the Becontree Heath Leisure Centre or the Jim Peters athletics stadium in Dagenham. The facilities are being offered “to build stronger communities” through a community champions scheme launched by Everyone Active, operators of the sites. It recognises those involved in mentoring, promoting health, inclusivity or running environmental or cultural projects.
Tory MP Patrick Spencer charged with sexual assaults at Groucho Club

1 day ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Berk Uyal

Patrick Spencer, 36, from Suffolk, was charged in connection with an investigation which reportedly occurred at the venue in August 2023. The charges relate to two separate women. Officers say he was charged after attending a voluntary interview at a London police station on March 13.
Londoners slam UK-wide vote petition for mayor as 'ridiculous' and 'dumb'

1 day ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Emilia Kettle

A petition calling for all of the UK to be able to vote on the London Mayor has gone viral, but Londoners have branded it 'dumb' and 'ridiculous'. (Image: James Manning/PA Wire) Londoners have branded a viral petition to make the vote for London Mayor open to all UK residents as 'dumb' and 'ridiculous'. Sir Sadiq Khan is the current Mayor of London and has held the position since taking office in May 2016.
Jimmy Sains setting sights on Southern Area title success

2 days ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Ziad Chaudry

The 24-year-old challenges Chatham’s Gideon Onyenani for the vacant Southern Area belt on the undercard of the much-anticipated heavyweight rematch between Johnny Fisher and David Allen. This Matchroom Boxing-promoted bill, which will be televised on DAZN, also features young Newham middleweight prospect Leli Buttigieg. The Southern Area was last contested when Hackney’s Constantine Williams defeated Basildon-based George O’Leary in five rounds at York Hall in September.
Wes Streeting urges 'wiser' NHS spending on east London hospital visit

2 days ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Sebastian Mann

In late April, chief executive Matthew Trainer said Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust (BHRUT) had been instructed to make the cuts after already saving £30m two years in a row. He warned it would be a “very, very hard year” and the cuts would take the trust – which oversees Queen’s Hospital in Romford and King George Hospital in Goodmayes – into “radically new territory”.
Woman choked to death while eating at her partner's Romford home, court hears

2 days ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Charles Thomson

Donna Bentham, 52, of The Chase in Chelmsford, was rushed to Queen’s Hospital after collapsing at a property in Romford. “She was brought to Queen’s Hospital on the 13th of April 2025, having suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest,” senior coroner Graeme Irvine told East London Coroner’s Court on Friday, May 9. “The death was referred to this court by the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) that operates Queen’s Hospital.
Dorrington Gardens, Hornchurch car park homes plan approved

2 days ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Sebastian Mann

Dorrington Gardens was one of four car parks earmarked by Havering Council for new homes by last year amid a borough-wide housing shortage. The new estate would be made up of one- and two-bedroom flats, and three-bedroom family homes. Twenty-two apartments would be spread over two three-storey blocks. Mercury Land Holdings, a homebuilder wholly owned by Havering Council, argued housing would be a better use of the land and the 188-space car park was “surplus” to motorists’ needs.
Romford death notices and funeral announcements from the Romford Recorder

3 days ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | holly brencher

Romford death notices and funeral announcements from the Romford Recorder (Image: Newsquest) The Romford Recorder published 2 death notices last week. Every week, the Romford Recorder publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of loved ones who have passed away. As well as appearing in print, our death notice pages will remain online as a lasting tribute to the memory of those we have lost.