A COUNCILLOR and his wife defrauded taxpayers of nearly £10,000 over a seven-month period, a jury heard. Graham Sinclair, 56, and his wife Deborah de la Nougerede Sinclair, 50, both of Hatch Lane, Chingford, claimed housing benefits, council
AN INCREASE in the number of pupils acheiving good GCSE results has taken a Leyton school out of the “ludicrous” failing school category. George Mitchell School in Farmer Road, Leyton, has seen a nine per cent increase in the number of pupils
MP ERIC Pickles has been announced as the new chairman of the Conservative party in David Cameron’s first shakeup of 2009. The MP for Ongar and Brentwood has swapped roles with former chairman, MP Caroline Spelman, who will take over as shadow
A WALTHAMSTOW man has been jailed for his part in a gang rape of a girl who was burned with caustic soda by her attackers in an attempt to hide evidence. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named, suffered “life changing burns” after being lured
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown launched a multi-million pound community sports project in Chigwell. The premier unveiled the Premier League 4 sport initiative at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's training ground in Luxborough Lane, Chigwell on
A HEADTEACHER was left fuming after the Government published exam results which said that 91 per cent of his pupils had failed their exams. Amarjit Toor, principal at the Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, said the embarrassing gaffe by the Department
AN investigation has been launched into claims that Redbridge Council unlawfully issued parking tickets on a Woodford Green road. The development comes after war veteran Harry Royds, 87, was slapped with a £100 fine last May when he failed
A TEENAGER has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a woman outside a Walthamstow nightclub. Police arrested a 19-year-old man in Waltham Forest on suspicion of robbery and serious assault on Sunday evening. A 26-year-old
FIRE crews spent nearly half an hour using specialist cutting equipment to free a crash victim. The vehicle ended up in a ditch after leaving the road at junction six and seven on the M11 near Epping. Two other people were also injured
A GANG of illegal immigrants is facing jail for running a passport factory in a Leyton basement. Brazilian nationals Vanessa Silva Moreira Uehara, 23, her husband Rodrigo Uehara Dias, 25, Auretiano Nunes Moreira, 59, Holanda Moreira Silva,
A PARKING enforcement car with CCTV camera is to be unleashed on the borough prompting critics to accuse Redbridge Council of using Big Brother tactics to raise funds. The first controversial vehicle - estimated to generate over £1million per
PRESSURE is growing for Wanstead and Woodford’s Tube stations to be moved into zone three on the London Underground map after commuters were hit with a huge rise in new year fares. Prices on the Tube have risen by ten per cent in 2009 with
ACCIDENT and emergency departments in Redbridge have been judged among the worst in the country, according to a survey of patients. The Health Care Commission took responses from just under 50,000 patients who had visited different A&E departments across
