Dear Residents of Ardleigh Green,

Thank you for getting in touch with me and for sending me photographs and details of the horrific incident in Ardleigh Green. For someone to bring a huge knife like that into our community is shocking and disgusts me.

I am deeply concerned by what has been going on at Ardleigh Green, following the most recent incidents and will do all I can to help as your local M.P.

Havering College seems to be attracting some of the worst people these days, but I wonder if most of this trouble is caused by people who are from Havering or whether they are coming in from other boroughs? All of the most recent incidents seem to emanate from the college and I am very angry about what is going on and the effects it is having on local people.

I am glad the Police acted swiftly with this incident, but I can fully understand why local residents are so fearful of what might happen next. Local people should not have to tolerate such behaviour in a family orientated community, like Ardleigh Green.

You can be assured that as the local M.P. for Ardleigh Green, I will be doing everything in my power to make the community safe again to the extent that I am beginning to think that the College may have outlived the site in Ardleigh Green Road and perhaps should be relocated. What do people think about this?

I will be raising this matter with the Principal of Havering College and also with the Police, before this situation deteriorates further.

I would be happy to visit Ardleigh Green this week to meet local residents from the area and see what is going on for myself. I will liaise with you on this to find the best time for me to come down.

I am grateful to all local residents who have been keeping me informed about the situation and would be grateful if everyone could e-mail me on: andrew.rosindell.mp@parliament.uk rather than contact me via Facebook as I am not able to be on here most of the time.

Please let me know if anything else happens and in the meantime, I will ensure that your local councillors, Cllr. Damian White (Leader of Havering Council), Cllr. Melvin Wallace and Cllr. Michael White who represent the Squirrels Heath Ward are also made aware of the situation and will copy them in on this message, as well as Havering’s Chief of Police, Stephen Clayman.

Thank you again for contacting me over this very grave situation and I am there for you if you need me.

The whole of the Ardleigh Green community can be assured of my complete support at this time.

With best wishes,

Andrew