A CANCER awareness group has been started by a Chigwell woman who wants to increase awareness of the disease to Asian women. Shanta Poduval has joined forces with ten other women in Chigwell among form a support group for Asian women suffering from
NATIONAL Express has added a stop at Waltham Abbey for two routes that take customers to Stansted, Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Route manager John Stockdale said: "We had many requests from customers wanting to travel directly to the airport so we
THE number of people turned away from Redbridge Night Shelter through to lack of bed space has almost doubled in the past year according to its annual report. In six months from the end of November last year to the end of May this year, the shelter
AN ANTI-shoplifting scheme which aims to dissuade first-time offenders from re-offending is proving a huge success. The Retail Theft Initiative, in operation since September 2003, has resulted in 100 referrals to the scheme - over 25 per cent of the
LOW carbohydrate diets, like the Atkins diet, have recently become hugely popular in the UK. But Wanstead MP Harry Cohen says he is concerned about the recent craze, and has now succeeded in getting the Government to clarify its advice on 'low carb
A WOMAN who lost her 50-year-old engagement ring in a supermarket has had it returned thanks to an advert in the Guardian. Irene Clemens, 78, of Ollards Grove, Loughton, was shopping in the Safeway store in the High Road, on Saturday, July 17, when
A SECOND Stansted runway is both "perverse" and "unworkable", according to MPs who have expressed doubts as to whether the expansion will happen. During a parliamentary debate on the Aviation White Paper, several MPs raised doubts about the project,
THE BOROUGH'S credit union has received a boost from a national magazine report recommending credit union membership. The Waltham Forest Community Credit Union in Walthamstow High Street now has 410 members, and the comprehensive Which? magazine study
EVERY household in Great Britain is to receive a booklet which includes details of how to respond to a terrorist attack. Entitled Preparing for Emergencies what you need to know, the 22-page booklet will provide guidance on prevention and planning
A FLASHER pulled down his trousers and exposed himself to a 20-year-old woman at 7.20pm on Friday, August 6 in Winns Avenue, Walthamstow, before walking off in the Forest Road direction. The man is described as white, 26, 5ft 9ins tall, of slim build
