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  • LEYTON: Factions clash at mosque

    TEMPERS flared as rival factions clashed at a Leyton mosque. Police were called on Friday afternoon following reports of a altercation at the Waltham Forest Islamic Association, otherwise known as Lea Bridge Road Mosque. It is believed

  • WALTHAM FOREST: Jury retires in councillor fraud trial

    THE jury in the trial of a councillor and his wife who are accused of benefit fraud has retired to consider its verdict. Graham Sinclair, Conservative member for Chingford Green, and his wife, Deborah de la Nougerede Sinclair, allegedly defrauded

  • CHINGFORD: Robbery victim hits out at Sainsbury's security

    A WOMAN has hit out at Sainsbury’s after she became the latest in a long line of shoppers to fall victim to robbers in the car park of its Chingford store. Daphne Edwards became the 13th victim of violent thieves outside Sainsbury’s in Low

  • HAMMERS TALK: West Ham close in on £5million striker

    WEST Ham technical director Gianluca Nani is understood to be brokering a deal to bring Brescia striker Savio Nsereko to Upton Park. The Hammers chief is close to agreeing a £5million deal with the Italian outfit for the German, according to the Times

  • EPPING FOREST: Credit crunch puts pawnbroker back in fashion

    AS THE credit crunch leaves banks too terrified to lend money, a long-neglected source of finance is returning to fashion in a big way. Pawnbrokers are coming into their own as a ready way of raising cash for struggling businessmen and residents

  • DISTRICT: Pubs fighting back against crisis

    THE Guardian is calling on its readers to help save a famous British institution - the pub! Following news that a lethal cocktail of costs and bureaucracy is forcing six pubs to close everyday, we are backing the Campaign for Real Ale's bid

  • WALTHAM FOREST: Concern over stop and search

    TOO many innocent people in London are being stopped and searched using powers under the Terrorism Act, it has been claimed. Figures released by the Metropolitan Police show 157,000 stop and searches took place in the 12 months up to September last year

  • Big guns queue up for Orient job

    A RAFT of big names that include the likes of Paul Ince, Teddy Sheringham and Lawrie Sanchez have been touted as potential successors to Martin Ling in the Orient hot seat, after club chairman Barry Hearn wielded the axe last week. The O’s shock second

  • Collison loving life with Hammers

    WEST Ham midfielder Jack Collison admits he is loving the hustle and bustle of life in the fast lane, having been thrown in at the deep end by Gianfranco Zola. The young Wales international has made the left midfield role his own in recent weeks after