London is in for a wet and stormy weekend, with thunderstorms, hail and travel disruption likely today, but the good news is that the capital ...

A community-minded duo are to be going "bigger and better" than before in their pursuit of improving the lives of the less fortunate in Barking and Dagenham.

Hitchin Lavender has been named one of the most beautiful lavender fields in the UK, and it's just an hour away from London.

Havering Food Alliance, a collaboration between Havering Council and partners, has been launched to ensure everyone in the borough can ...

A lively debate has taken place over the pronunciation of Romford's Raphael Park, bringing out humour, history and local pride in equal measure. The Recorder turned to Facebook to ask residents how ...

A man has been charged with the murder of a woman who went missing from Ilford. Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was reported missing to police on May 31, having left home on the morning of May 29. But a ...

Workaholic Brits are 'giving away' up to £29 billion worth of work a year – by not taking their full lunchbreaks.

National Fish and Chip Day is today (June 6) so we've rounded up the five highest rated chippies in Havering according to Google.

Drivers using the Dartford Crossing are being warned that the QEII Bridge will be closed to traffic this Saturday to allow for essential works.

An art dealer who regularly starred on Bargain Hunt has been jailed for selling £140,000 of art to a suspected financier of a terrorist group Hezbollah. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, of Brent, was sentenced ...

BBC Bargain Hunt expert Oghenochuko Ojiri has been jailed for two years and six months for failing to declare that he sold art to a suspected financier of Hezbollah. The 53-year-old admitted to eight ...

Armed police have been called to reports of gun shots fired during the early hours on Winchester Street, Acton.