The long, hot school summer holidays are around the corner and what many of us in the past have considered to be the best times of our lives, no longer holds true for a frightening large number of children.
The recent Queen’s Birthday Honours Awards have again quite rightly recognised the exceptional volunteering efforts, often over many years, of individuals within their communities.
As spring arrives, spring cleaning comes to mind. Looking around the borough, the council is spending significant millions of pounds each year on keeping Newham clean and making good progress towards this however, there is still what seems to be, endless fly tipping, litter dropping and less savoury abuse of our environment like spitting, even though enforcement has been increased and instant fines introduced.
As spring arrives, spring cleaning comes to mind. Looking around the borough, the council is spending significant millions of pounds each year on keeping Newham clean and making good progress towards this however, there is still what seems to be, endless fly tipping, litter dropping and less savoury abuse of our environment like spitting, even though enforcement has been increased and instant fines introduced.
