A TASTY donation of £500 will be given to a Wanstead primary school for its help in declaring the High Street’s new Tesco store open. The shutters go up at the store on Friday, December 11, and pupils from Wanstead Church Primary School across
A CONTROVERSIAL visitor centre is finally set to open nearly five months late and at least £250,000 over budget. Redbridge Council hopes that the James Leal Centre, in Ray Park, will be a fitting replacement for the historic Ray Lodge house
SOCIAL care for adults in Redbridge has been given a ringing endorsement by Government inspectors - for the third year in a row. The borough is one of just seven - out of the 33 in London - to have achieved a rating of excellent from the Care Quality
A WARNING has been issued over conmen in the area pretending to offer the installation of free burglary alarms to residents. Epping Forest Safer Communities Partnership has issued the advice after reports that a new scam is operating in the region
A WALTHAMSTOW church will be taking part in a national bell-ringing campaign for less carbon emissions. St Barnabas Church, in St Barnabas Road, will take part in the campaign to co-incide with the 12-day UN Climate change Conference, which begins on
A SCHOOLBOY became a reporter for the day during a London 2012 project. Rayhill Dhansey, a pupil at Kelmscott School in Walthamstow, is one of 41 teenagers in the borough taking part in the Supporter to Reporter (S2R) programme, which aims to give
AN EPPING nightspot was transformed into a wild west saloon for a charity night which raised more than £1,500 for disabled children. The event, at the Speak Easy Bar in the High Street last week, saw a troupe of hunky personal trainers and
PARENTS and residents can have their say on plans to expand a Leytonstone school during a public consultation. The council hopes that George Tomlinson Primary School in Vernon Road will be expanded by one form of entry from 2011-12. This will
A BY-ELECTION is to be held next Thursday (December 10) for the Loughton Broadway seat of Loughton Town Council. The candidates are: Jill Bostock The Labour Party Iqbal Kalkat The Conservative Party Edward Long The British National Party
THE secretary of state for energy and environment visited Walthamstow to discuss climate change. Ed Miliband MP met residents at Willowfield School, in Clifton Avenue last Thursday to talk about cutting carbon emissions ahead of the Copenhagen summit
TWO brothers have been banned from working as insurance brokers after lying to a financial watchdog. Waqas Siddique of Aston Sterling Insurance Services, based in Church Lane, Leytonstone, was in June 2008 convicted of conspiracy to defraud
SANTA Claus kicks off a two-week tour of the Epping area next Monday (December 7) to collect money for a variety of local charities. The daily processions, organised by the Epping Rotary Club, will see Santa travel in his sleigh - with the
A YOUNG chef was found dead in his bedroom after accidentally taking a fatal heroin overdose. Paramedics had to force the 28-year-old’s bedroom door to get to the 28-year-old after his flatmates at the house in Morieux Road, Leyton, raised the alarm
DOLLS houses and music boxes look set to replace games consoles and electronic gadgets under many Christmas trees this year as wealthier parents opt for more traditional gifts for their children. Old fashioned toys are making a comeback in
SCHOOL pupils got up to some 'crafty' fun for a special design and technology workshop. Pupils at Ivy Chimneys Primary School in Epping took part in the class throughout the day (Wednesday December 2). In the morning session, younger children aged
DOZENS of teenage girls battled it out yesterday in a contest to find the best cheerleaders in the district. Pupils from Davenant Foundation School, Debden Park High, St John's and King Harold School all took part in the “cheer-off” competition
A SCHOOLBOY is making his mark as a budding chef after reaching the regional finals of a competition. Fourteen-year-old Ayrton Shaka Sukul served up pan fried pollock and tarte tatin in the local finals of the Future Chef 2010 competition, and his
TRADERS and residents have been invited to give their views on plans to regenerate one of the borough's busiest shopping areas. Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of improvements have been proposed for Barkingside Town Centre - which are
FRIENDS and former colleagues will gather to remember a much-loved teacher, who has died at the age of 88. Barbara Addington taught Biology at St Barnabas School – which later become Woodbridge High School – from 1956 until 1970, before moving
WEST HAM striker Guillermo Franco cannot wait to pit his wits against one of Europe's finest defences when he takes to the field to take on Manchester United at Upton Park this weekend. The Mexico international has been a revelation for the Hammers since
A MAN needed stitches after being slashed across his hand during an unprovoked attack. He was cut with an identified weapon by one of two Asian men who confronted him outside a house in Breamore Road, Ilford on Tuesday November 24. The injured man
Loughton Bridge Club can boast the finest players in Essex after the team of Michael Watson and Jacek Lapszys triumphed in the David Boston Simultaneous Pairs. The duo, who have been playing together for four years, managed a 68.96 per cent success rate
Tri-Sport Epping continued their winning ways at the second round of the South Essex Cross Country League. Held on a hilly course at Weald park the team finished first in Division Two, following their victory at Dunton last month. In their debut year
Orion Harriers’ youngsters were out in force at the weekend in the latest Essex League fixture at Hockley. Leading the way for the Chingford club were Georgia Tuckfield (under-13 girls) and Lauren MacGregor (U17 girls) who both achieved comfortable wins
UPSHIRE boxer Phil Gill preserved his unbeaten professional record, although he was forced to settle for a draw in his fifth fight against British Masters light-welterweight champion Youssef Al-Hamidi at the Watford Colosseum. The 27-year-old was confident
THE HUNTERS became the hunted at the weekend, when Lee Valley Lions were ripped apart by Basingstoke Buffalo. The Leyton-based team were put to the sword in the same fixture earlier on in the season, and they suffered a repeat performance this time around
A GIRL from Chingford who fell in love with boxing after she pummelled her Dad’s punch-bag could now fight for Britain in the 2012 Olympics. Shakira Ley has just been given £2,000 to continue her training after judges were impressed at her feat of winning
OLD LOUGHTONIANS’ ladies battled to secure a morale-boosting 2-2 draw against second-placed Sevenoaks in their Conference East clash. Anna Coppel gave the Chigwell outfit an early lead when she deflected the ball into the net off a well-worked short
CHINGFORD’S promotion push gathered pace after a superb away day at Stevenage. The Waltham Wayers are locked on 20 points alongside Westcliff at the top of London One North, and look a strong bet to lift themselves out of the division and into the National
SENRAB Under-13s A team enjoyed a narrow victory over Valence in the Echo Premier at the weekend. The local side combated the long ball tactics of their opponents with an attacking brand of football, epitomised by man-of-the-match Rigers Kabashi and
WALTHAM ABBEY lost 5-3 to Harrow Borough last weekend in a game which has become a YouTube hit. Abbey were 2-1 up minutes into the second half of the Ryman League Premier clash, when Harry Elmes fired the visitors ahead, after James Elmes had earlier
PEOPLE on Redbridge Council’s housing list could be waiting for as long as 32 YEARS for a property. The number of people on the list, who include families seeking to move to bigger properties and those waiting to move out of their parents’
GERAINT Williams had praise for his team after seeing Orient score three at home for the first time in a year and a half. Traffic chaos forced the O’s manager to change his route to Brisbane Road for this game, but it was full steam ahead on
TAILBACKS caused by engineering work at a major road junction are due to ease over the festive season when the scheme is halted for two weeks. The £7.2 million pound road improvement scheme at Gants Hill roundabout has caused travel misery for thousands
NHS Waltham Forest (the primary care trust) has blamed the borough's low survival rates for bowel and lung cancer on patients for not participating in screening programmes early enough. Government figures published this week showed that only
A THREE-vehicle crash is causing major jams on the M25 and on roads in the Waltham Abbey area this morning. Two cars and a lorry are believed to have collided on the M25 anticlockwise at junction 26 with the A121 within the past hour.
CCTV FOOTAGE of two youths allegedly stealing a bulldog from a home in Roydon has been released as part of an attempt to track them down. During the theft, a youth is believed to have climbed over a fence into a back garden before handing the
DOZENS of hardy families braved the wet weather to enjoy an afternoon of festive fun at a popular Christmas fair. Visitors were able to forget about the wintry drizzle outside as they searched for bargains or tucked in to a selection of tasty
Dagenham & Redbridge 2 Aldershot 5 League Two DAGENHAM & Redbridge slipped further off the pace in League Two after they were stunned by Aldershot in a seven-goal thriller at Victoria Road. The Daggers collapsed in the last half an hour of the game
THE public have been offered the chance to have their say over the future of transport in the region. Essex County Council are currently drawing up a new set of policies for the area's roads and rail networks, due to be implemented in April
A LEYTONSTONE church is to host a range of festive events in the coming weeks. St John’s Church, in Leytonstone High Road, will hold a Christingle service on December 13 from 10.30am. The German custom, dating back to 1747, invites children to receive
UP to 700 mourners turned out for the funeral of a Walthamstow-born soldier killed in Afghanistan. Warrant Officer Darren Chant, 40, was among five servicemen shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan policeman in November. He was buried at the
THE council’s housing waiting list could take 15 years to clear, a housing charity has warned. According to figures released by Shelter today, residents could be waiting until 2024 for suitable accommodation. The charity has said the
A MAN who has caused traffic chaos by his refusal to leave the roof of a community art gallery has finally ended his sit-in. The man climbed on to the roof of the 491 Gallery, in Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, shortly before midday today.
A PROPOSAL for two extra gypsy pitches, which sparked mass opposition, has been turned down. Relley Moore's proposal for land off Church Road, in Roydon, had attracted 80 letters of complaint from residents and was opposed by her own brother who warned
RESIDENTS cheered with delight after councillors rejected plans for a 56-home development to be built behind their homes in a station car park. The block of flats were opposed by residents of Coolgardie Avenue, Highams Park, 119 of which signed
