LIBRARY users faced with brand new parking charges will at least be able to buy them easily after the council announced a new telephone payment system. People using Wanstead Library will soon have to shell out to use its customer carpark as
AN independent review has provided a damning insight into the council’s handling of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money over several years. The mismanagement of council contracts and projects has worsened since the scandal over Waltham Forest
A THIRD application to build 24 new homes on the site of a former historic house will be reviewed by the borough's Conservation Advisory Panel (CAP) tomorrow (Thursday). Telford Homes handed in a revised plan to build six houses and 18 flats in the
THE Epping Horticultural Society is hosting a festive quiz tonight at Pelly Court in Hemnall Street, Epping. It starts at 8pm and non-members are welcome to attend. Entry is £1.
AN ASPIRING RAF pilot has taken the first step towards winning his wings after graduating from officer training school. Former Bancroft's School pupil Sajjad Huq has made it through the Initial Officer Training course at the airforce training
DEBDEN Park High School has won the tenth annual Epping Forest Schools Parliamentary Debating Competition. Pupils from from West Hatch High, Debden Park High, St John's, Chigwell School and Davenant Foundation School split into two teams to
EPPING Forest Brass Band will be performing a Christmas concert at St John's Church in Epping next week. The show, on Saturday December 5, costs £5 for adults but is free for children. It will begin at 7.30pm at the church, which is on St John's
ORIENT boss Geraint Williams was being upbeat after Tuesday’s last-minute defeat to Leeds, but the pain of that heart-break result was plain. He had watched his side outplay the League One table-toppers all game, only for Max Gradel to hammer
DOZENS of pupils at a Loughton secondary school paid a show-stopping tribute to pop superstar Michael Jackson at a dance event. A total of 90 teenagers at Roding Valley High School, in Alderton Hill, took part in the 'Evening of Dance' night
HUNDREDS of balloons were released to mark the opening of a new hall after years of hard work. Pupils, parents and teachers past and present gathered at Stapleford Abbotts Primary School for the official opening and the school’s youngest and eldest
OLD LOUGHTONIANS men’s team will harbour real ambitions of winning the country’s premier cup competition after they made it through to the quarter-finals of the EH Cup with a 2-1 win over Premier League side Bowdon. The victory marked the end of another
ORION’S runners produced a series of excellent performances at the London & Inter Counties South of England Cross Country Championships at the weekend. Under-13 athlete Georgia Tuckfield was the standout performer on the day as she stormed through the
WOODFORD Colts demonstrated their burgeoning potential by overcoming Saracens during a thrilling RFU National Colts Competition third-round game at the weekend. The Highams men had muscled their way past first Hemel Hempstead in round one and then Cambridge
WALTHAM Abbey's Christmas lights will be turned on following a festive parade this Friday (November 27). The town's Cavalcade of Light procession sets off at 7pm from Cornmill car park, featuring floats such as Santa's sleigh, and will travel
WALTHAM Forest fell further back into the mid-table pack after they were defeated 3-1 by Heybridge Swifts on Tuesday. The Stags had worked up a head of steam earlier in the season and a play-off challenge seemed on the cards. However, a fourth game
DAGENHAM & Redbridge boss John Still praised his players' efforts after last night's goalless draw with League Two leaders Bournemouth. The Daggers more than held their own at Dean Court, with Paul Benson's shot the closest either side came to a breakthrough
CHAMPAGNE and canapes will be enjoyed by guests at a special charity evening held to raise money for children with cerebral palsy. More than one hundred guests have paid £30 each to attend the black tie event on Monday, November 30 - to generate funds
TOYS of all shapes and sizes will be collected at a Redbridge church to provide presents for disadvantaged youngsters this Christmas. The Salvation Army will hold its annual Toy Service at the Salvation Army Community Church, in Daisy Road, South
TWO Scouts have been honoured with a prestigious award for their hard work and dedication. Kwaku Adu-Baah, 12, from the 52nd Epping Forest Scout Group and Joshua Thomas, 14, from the 3rd Epping Forest Scout Group are both from Woodford Green. They
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 12-year-old boy was found in the street with stab wounds. The boy was found in Priors Croft, Walthamstow, at about 7pm on Sunday. He was taken to hospital but has since been released.
THE GUARDIAN is backing a campaign to save a crumbling war memorial - after the council refused to help pay for the repairs it urgently needs. The eye-catching First World War plinth which stands outside St Barnabas church in Woodford Green
A THEYDON Bois home will be transformed into a Christmas bazaar tomorrow (Thursday November 26) to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. Number 12 Theydon Park Road will host a selection of festive stalls selling gifts, food and other treats
MORE than 200 high-achieving students from secondary schools in Waltham Forest were presented with Jack Petchey Achievement Awards at a ceremony. The event, held at the Assembly Hall in Forest Road, Walthamstow, honoured 201 award winners aged
A LOUGHTON pharmacist described as a pillar of the community has been struck off for handing over out-of-date medicine to heart patients. Manherlal Shah, of Hutchins chemists in the High Road, has been rapped by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
A COUPLE who married and then divorced while they were still teenagers have tied the knot again nearly 40 years later – just after discovering one of them has terminal cancer. Jeanette and Malcolm Salmons, of Palmerston Road in Buckhurst Hill
PLANS to remove two secondary schools from local authority control have been deferred indefinitely, it has been reported. The Guardian understands that a unanimous decision was made by governors at George Mitchell All-Through School last night
AN uncle accused of the "honour killing" of his 15-year-old niece has told a jury she was "like my daughter". Tulay Goren is alleged to have been murdered by her father Mehmet and his brothers Ali and Cuma because she fell in love with the
