GERAINT Willams was impressed with the home fans last Saturday. The supporters saw the O’s beat Tranmere Rovers 2-1 in a display which was so different from the one which saw them exit the FA Cup last Tuesday, to the same opposition.
DO YOU have a shop that needs re-painting or wasteland that needs digging? Then a group of young offenders could provide the unexpected help you need. Youngsters aged between 10 and 17 who have been given community service penalties will carry out
THE parents of Finlay Woods fear the drunk driver who killed him could be freed by the court of appeal. The fifteen-month-old died after the pram being pushed by his mum outside Selwyn Primary School in Highams Park was struck by a 4x4 being driven
PASSENGERS using overland rail routes will be able to use pay and go Oyster cards from the new year. The mayor of London Boris Johnson and transport secretary Andrew Adonis today confirmed travellers will be able to use the service from January
RESIDENTS are being invited to have their say on the future of a Buckhurst Hill playground later this week. The parish council is to hold a public consultation into possible changes to Kings Place playground this Friday (November 27) at 7pm
A COUNCIL CCTV camera is ‘spying’ on a Leyton flat, a resident claims. Rodney Best, 62, a bus driver, of Market Parade, said the camera keeps turning to face his or his daughter’s bedroom window and they have been forced to live behind closed
A BAR owner accused over an attack outside his nightspot has had his bail extended by police. Adam Brooks, who runs Nu Bar in Loughton High Road, was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm on Saturday October 17, and had been bailed
EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing has admitted she quit the Conservative Party in her youth because sections of it were "too right wing". The MP, who has been the Tory representative for the district for the past 12 years, made the comments when
A DETERMINED 14-year-old - who gives up his free time to offer support and advice to other teenagers - has spoken to an audience of policymakers about the issues facing young people. Stephen Baker, 14, gave a speech to an audience of 30 high-fliers
A MAN has been jailed for four years for a burglary in Walthamstow. Leslie Palton, 57, of Warltersville Road, Crouch End, was sentenced on November 12 for the burglary on a house in Sybourn Street in July. Palton was caught following forensic investigation
A DRIVER who refused to leave his car for eight hours over being clamped in a petrol forecourt has been given a refund after he threatened legal action. Nicholas Taylor insists he was unfairly fined £465 by firm Citywatch while buying a sandwich in
DAGENHAM & Redbridge have snapped up former Ipswich Town midfielder Darren Currie on a month's loan deal, with a view to a permanent transfer, to be completed in January. The 34-year-old, who has joined the Daggers from Chesterfield, has made over 400
WALTHAM Forest Council has been honoured for work to create a safer borough. the authority received the Suzy Lamplugh Trust Safer Community Award for initiatives including introducing weapon scanners in schools and reducing anti-social behaviour over
A LEYTONSTONE student has won the chance to spend a day as a junior zookeeper. George Sully, 11, who is in Year Seven at Leytonstone Business and Enterprise College in Colworth Road, will have the opportunity to spend a day at Port Lympne Wild
A COUNCIL cash office is set to close officially from next Monday. Plans to close the Church Hill payment office in Walthamstow were announced earlier this year amid fears residents could be left unable to pay bills. Members of public sector union
THE SALE of two landmark church halls has been agreed. The United Reformed Church in Wanstead has accepted an offer from a buyer for its Grove and Centenary Halls, with the purchase due to be completed early in the new year. The buildings
THE next time you are snoozing on the Tube you may become an unsuspecting muse for an illustrator documenting life on the Underground. A woman clutching a cello, a man in a hoody sleeping and numerous commuters with their noses buried in a
POLICE in Waltham Forest have launched a campaign to raise awareness of their work in local communities and boost public confidence. Entitled Justice Seen, Justice Done, the campaign was launched nationally on Friday and officers in the borough are
WEST HAM striker Freddie Sears could make his loan move to Crystal Palace permanent, according to reports. The News of the World claims Palace boss Neil Warnock is keen to tie up a deal for the 19-year-old after impressing during his time at Selhurst
A NEW forum for Hindus in Waltham Forest is to be set up in a bid to promote the profile of the religion in the borough. The All-Hindu Forum for Waltham Forest is set to be officially launched at an event this weekend and is aimed at bringing
TRADING Standards officers will attempt to stamp out the sale of dangerous toys amid fears that cash-strapped families will be tempted to buy cheap Christmas presents. Officers will buy toys on sale in Waltham Forest and send them for testing
One lane of the A12 in Waltham Forest has been closed for emergency repairs due to subsidence. The northbound lane between A106 Eastway in Leyton and the Green Man Roundabout in Leytonstone is expected to be shut until 3pm today (November 23
PHOTOGRAPHS have emerged of yesterday's afternoon of mayhem which saw three separate crashes on a one-mile stretch of the M11. A total of six cars and a lorry were involved in the smashes, which happened within the space of an hour of each
A THIEF stole a Poppy Appeal collection box from a popular social club in the latest of a spate of callous thefts that have sparked outrage among its members. Nicky Nottage, who lives in Lambourne End, has been president of the Uplands Social
A BLAZE at an industrial unit left one man needing treatment for burns and smoke inhalation and lead to eight people being evacuated yesterday afternoon (Sunday 22). Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters were called to the industrial
THE BOROUGH will NOT have a directly-elected mayor, councillors confirmed at a meeting last week. Redbridge Council was required by law to decide whether to have a directly-elected mayor or to give more power to the leader by the end of the year.
ALLNUTS Stores Post Office has finally reopened this morning, 18 months after it was forced to shut down in a nationwide cost-cutting programme. The popular branch, in Allnuts Road, Epping, was one of dozens of facilities closed down in Essex
THE DEATH of a young soldier in the First World War has been commemorated by a group of pupils from his former school. Former Bancroft's schoolboy Harry Blake was 23 when he was killed in action on the Western Front in December 1915.
ANDROS Townsend said boss Geraint Williams was right to rest him, after he terrorised Tranmere Rovers on Saturday. Spurs loanee Townsend shone in Orient’s 2-1 must-win victory against Rovers at Brisbane Road. The 18 year-old winger had
A PRINTMAKING studio is to host a series of events next month. Inky Cuttlefish, in Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, will hold children's workshops and an art sale on December 5. The workshops will include a printmaking demonstration as well as Christmas
THE High Ongar branch of the Royal British Legion raised a record £9,300 this year, it has announced. Members of the branch say even more cash is still to be collected and the final total could be much higher. Branch secretary Peter
WALTHAM ABBEY eased their relegation fears with a narrow victory over fellow-strugglers Hendon in the Ryman Premier Division. The Abbotts moved three points clear of the drop zone with their single-goal victory on Saturday, although they have now played
GENEROUS residents will get the chance to have their names immortalised in clay by supporting a new scheme to redevelop a dilapidated community hall. St Barnabas Church Hall in Woodford Green - which is used by dozens of community groups and
TOTTENHAM Hotspur goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini is recovering at home after his horrific motorcycle crash earlier this month. The Italian stopper was discharged from hospital on Friday last week after crashing his high-performance bike into a car in Forest
PRIMARY school children were given the chance to meet Leyton Orient players as part of the club's 'Adopt a Player' scheme. The scheme began last year with 20 local schools and provides coaching, presentations and question and answer sessions
WEST HAM boss Gianfranco Zola admits his team need to 'handle' games better after letting a two-goal lead slip against Hull City on Saturday. The Hammers opened up a comfortable lead thanks to goals from Guillermo Franco and Jack Collison,
ONE of the main roads in Theydon Bois has been hit by flooding. Surface water first began to appear on Abridge Road during the downpour at the weekend, but residents say the problem has been made worse by a drain which has remained blocked
WALTHAMSTOW MP Neil Gerrard has joined local children in a show of solidarity for a village threatened with demolition by third runway plans at Heathrow. Pupils at Hillyfields Primary School showed their support by planting an apple tree at
A DEMONSTRATION has been held over plans to close the accident department at King George Hospital. Under plans put forward by Redbridge Primary Care Trust (PCT), emergencies would be sent to Romford or Leytonstone. More than 100 people took part
AN investigation has been launched into a blaze that destroyed an aircraft hangar on Sunday. Fire crews were called to the site in Fyfield at about 7pm on Sunday night and said work was held back by a "severe lack of water". The entire building
A TALK has been given in a bid to help the defence campaign of a woman allegedly tortured after being accused of links to Al Qaeda. Yvonne Ridley, an ex-Daily Express reporter, famously converted to Islam two-and-a-half years after being captured by
