THE setting up cost of the new blood testing service to be based at Ongar War Memorial Hospital is to be met by the Ongar and District Healthcare League of Friends. The phlebotomy service will operate on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, between 9am and
A WOMAN is hoping to trace the half brother she has never met. Tricia Hefferman is trying to get in touch with Steven Meville, now 48, who was born in Walthamstow in 1956. Their father Avant Gilbert Toussaint died two years ago from cancer. Mr
OVER ten per cent of the borough's CCTV cameras have stopped working since the council moved its surveillance base to Enfield in April. Council figures show a total of 48 out of 55 are currently recording. One camera has been vandalised, another
THE borough's only PDSA charity shop is celebrating six years of successful trading this month. And staff are seeking more volunteers to help out at the animal charity's store in Leyton High Road. Help is needed from Monday to Saturday to sort stock
A COUPLE are calling on residents to stand up to muggers after they chased and caught a gang of youths believed to have mugged their son. Suzanna and Charles Oxenham, from Station Road, Chingford, sprung into action when their 14-year-old ran home
ART work created by a 11-year-old schoolboy will hang next to water colours painted by Prince Charles at the Royal Academy of Art. Tom Quinton will have his self-portrait in oil displayed at the prestigious art academy in Piccadilly, London, as
A WOODFORD Green resident is one of the hundreds of young achievers from across the country to have a date at St James' Palace. Robert Rotbart is among many youngsters to achieve the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award. He will now travel to London
