LOCAL MPs have raised the stakes in the battles over a second runway at Stansted Airport by requesting a meeting with Tony Blair. Bishop's Stortford MP Mark Prisk has written to the Prime Minister requesting a meeting between himself, Stansted MP
EPPING is on the verge of getting its own historical society after a tremendous response was shown to the idea. A meeting at Epping Library at 7.30pm on Thursday, January 29, should see the group set up with suggestions being made about the group's
SCOTT Curd and Amy Di-Salvo are delighted with their new roles as head boy and girl at St John's Primary School, Buckhurst Hill. The Year 6 pupils were elected towards the end of last term and say their new responsibilities really are fun. Amy
EPPING'S Citizens Advice Bureau is holding two new advice sessions on Tuesdays between 10.30am and 12.30pm. Every first and third Tuesday of the month advice will be available at the Limes Medical Centre, The Plain, Epping, while on the second and
ARSONISTS caused a flash in the pan when they set fire to a portable toilet on a building site. The temporary lavatory, used by builders in Tomswood Hill, Barkingside, was set on fire at around 10.30pm last Wednesday. A witness saw three white men
AN ARGUMENT between two car drivers flared up into a road rage attack which left a man with a cut lip and head. The attack occurred at around 3.20pm on Sunday, January 18. The 44-year-old victim was driving along Eastern Avenue, Redbridge, when he
THE dream of a public swimming pool in South Woodford is still afloat after this year's Redbridge Council budget revealed that money remains available. This time last year the council were in negotiation with property developer Tudorvale over
THE council is to investigate the possibility of installing chewing gum boards in Waltham Forest. Used gum would be placed on the boards or in special bins in an attempt to clear the borough's streets of the nuisance. The suggestion was made at a
A SCHOOLBOY received a bloody nose when a robber threatened him with a three-inch blade and punched him in the face. The 15-year-old boy was walking along St James Street, Walthamstow, with a teenage friend at around 5.30pm on Friday, January 16 when
FRANCES Martineau, a Walthamstow resident who runs a domestic violence unit, has been appointed a non-executive director of Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust board. For the past five years, Ms Martineau has worked voluntarily for the London-wide
A NEW Waltham Forest organisation hoping to get the borough's Asian women into politics held its first meeting on Friday. The Asian Women's Network held the meeting at the Asian Centre in Orford Road, Walthamstow, and attracted many local people to
PLANS to turn premises at 84 Lambourne Road, Chigwell, into a Chinese takeaway have been given the go-ahead by district councillors. The detached building, with a flat above, is in a small parade of shops. It was previously a butchers, but has stood
THE AXE has fallen on two post offices in east London leaving the future of Wanstead and Woodford branches hanging in the balance. Post Office Limited announced closures of branches in Leytonstone and Leyton but bosses are yet to make a final decision
TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill for several hours as a major smash between a bus and a lorry caused havoc on the A406 on Wednesday, January 21. Police closed off the road just before the Billet roundabout, Walthamstow, shortly after the 5am collision
A BUS replacement service will replace late-night trains running on the Chingford to Liverpool Street line early next week. Engineering works will be carried out on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights after 10pm. The last train from Liverpool Street
