A London council has scrapped plans to erect a Hanukkah menorah due to "rising tensions" amid the Israel-Hamas war. Havering Council had planned to mark the upcoming Jewish festival by installing the symbolic structure outside its town hall, but has since scrapped the proposal, claiming it could "risk further inflaming tensions" within communities. Instead, the council said there would be a "temporary installation" and an event celebrated to mark the beginning of Hanukkah. In a letter to the Council leader Ray Morgon, local Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell voiced his "grave concern" at the decision. "Should this be true, this would...