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Published:
12:30 PM December 20, 2020
Unmesh Desai says from December 31 the Met will lose access to five major systems used to track down criminals across Europe
- Credit: Archant
No deal will impact our police
Unmesh Desai, London Assembly member, City and East writes:
On December 31, the Met will lose access to five major systems used to track down criminals across Europe and keep Londoners safe, including the European Arrest Warrant and the Schengen Information System, unless the government makes a new agreement with the EU.
Time isn’t just running out, it’s run out. The government needs to act right now, but they just don’t seem to be taking Londoners’ safety seriously.
Rainbows is the theme if the 10th Upminster Methodist Church Christmas tree festival
- Credit: Michelle DeVido
Trees spreading Christmas spirit
Cllr Ron Ower, Derham Gardens, Upminster, writes:
In these difficult times it’s great to point out what wonderful communities we have in Havering.
Here in Upminster and Cranham we are very pleased with how active our community is!
We should have seen this year the 10th Christmas Tree festival at Upminster Methodist Church. As they were unfortunately unable to hold this local residents were invited to purchase a tree and erect it in their own front garden and create a community festival around our local streets .
Second, the seven councils will undoubtedly continue to send recyclable materials to be incinerated, just as they will continue to miss recycling targets. At the moment, up to 85pc of the waste we burn in north London could actually be recycled, and our 30pc recycling rate falls well short of the mayor’s 50pc target for 2020, jeopardising the 65pc target for 2030. Yet boosting recycling rates need not be difficult, as Wales recently demonstrated.
Third, the councils will need to import waste into north London, adding to waste transport emissions and exacerbating road congestion.
Fourth, more incineration capacity will inevitably translate into an increase in adverse health impacts from various forms of pollution, such as ultra-fine particulate matter in the air we breathe and mercury in our water.