AUDIENCES are in for a spooky treat at a new play in Ilford. The Ghost Train will pull in to Kenneth More Theatre from Thursday February 4 to Saturday February 6. The production of Arnold Ridley's will be performed by members of the Wanstead Players
ST JOHN'S Church hall in Epping is to host a fund-raising Burns Night supper next weekend. The event, on Saturday February 6 at 7pm, will feature a four-course meal, piper music, poetry and Scottish dancing. Tickets are £12.50p and are
When Stephen Daldry's Inspector Calls opened at the National Theatre in 1992 it won a multitude of awards and rave reviews. Eighteen years later, having toured extensively around the UK, Australia and New York, it has ended up at the Wyndham's
A MUM-OF-FOUR has been ordered to carry out 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty to falsely claiming £10,900 in benefits. Annette Westall, 51, received income support after telling the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP
OPERATIONS have been cancelled and A&E remains closed as Whipps Cross University Hospital continues to try and contain an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug. The Leytonstone hospital remains on “blue cross divert” mode under the advice
PUPILS and parents showed their support for the suffering of the Haitian people with an imaginative fundraising event today (Friday 29). Children at Snaresbrook College Preparatory School, in Woodford Road, Wanstead, enjoyed a non-uniform day
AN under-construction sheltered housing complex is still without an electricity supply after the council turned down a THIRD request for a substation to be built on the site. Housing company McCarthy and Stone have been trying for seven months to get
TICKETS are now available for the annual Young, Gifted and Black awards. The event, now in its eighth year, is organised by community group Kreative Culture Club (KCK) and celebrates the achievements of talented young black people. The
WANSTEAD is the most affluent community in Redbridge with residents enjoying a higher life expectancy, a report has found. The health needs assessment, carried out by NHS Redbridge, found Wanstead has a largely elderly community who can expect
THE health service has published its seventh annual public health report for Redbridge, highlighting health inequalities. The report shows the gap in life expectancy has widened between men living in deprived areas such as Loxford and affluent
TAMILS in Waltham Forest will this weekend be voting in a referendum on whether an independent and sovereign homeland should be created in Sri Lanka. Two polling booths will be open from 8am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday. The stations will be at Waltham
YOUNGSTERS and parents have a packed schedule of fun events to look forward to over the coming half-term holidays. A whole range of activities from sports sessions to arts and crafts workshops will be aid on to keep kids entertained in the
THE FUTURE of a historic park is up for a discussion at a cruical meeting, as members of a conservation group highlight how much work is needed to restore it to its former glory. Members of the public will be given a unique opportunity to have
A HIGH street bank has urged customers who fall victim to fraud to contact them after a Chingford couple reported a phone scam. Ann and David Jones, of Ropers Avenue, contacted the Guardian after being bombarded with nuisance calls by someone
A PARKING fine levied by the operators of a hospital car park on a heavily pregnant woman has been withdrawn after the Guardian’s intervention. Nicola Lashmar, 38, of Theydon Bois, was attending one of her final ante-natal sessions at Princess
A FAMILY is desperate to move out of the damp, mould-infested housing association flat they have been forced to live in for six years. Mould lines the walls of Nashila and Zefrullah Dilmuhamud's home in Church Hill, Walthamstow. Water
A DOCTOR who took part in a widely discredited study linking the MMR vaccine with autism acted "irresponsibly" while carrying out his research, the GMC has ruled. Professor John Walker-Smith, 73, of Monkhams Drive in Woodford Green, conducted
MORE than 700 people have been punished over the past year as part of a crackdown on environmental crime. Waltham Forest Council prosecuted 42 people and handed out fixed penalty notices to a further 666 following the launch of its Wiping Out
HARRY Cohen has for the first time apologised for a serious breach of expenses rules – on the orders of a parliamentary watchdog. In a statement to a sparsely-attended Commons chamber on Friday, the Leyton and Wanstead MP said: "The good people
A CHARITY dinner and auction is to be held next month to raise money for St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood. The event, at Theydon Bois Village Hall in Coppice Row, will feature a dazzling array of prizes going under the hammer, including a helicopter
THE wife of a former teacher jailed for 12 years for rape wept in court today as his appeal against conviction was abandoned. Jerome Uche, 51, of Deynecourt Gardens, Wanstead, appeared at the Court of Appeal today and successfully had his sentence
THE COUNCIL is asking for views from the public into the proposed relocation of a secondary school. Residents have been invited to a meeting, to discuss proposals to move Newbridge School in Ilford from its Loxford Lane campus to the former Chadwell
LAST MEETING: Leyton Orient 2 Carlisle 2 (League One 29-08-09) The last clash between the pair sums up Orient’s season up to Christmas, as they succumbed to a late equaliser. Orient battled back with a brace by Scott McGleish after Matt Robson
For so many of us Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who painted bold colourful paintings, was a bit mad, and cut off his ear for his art. It is a pity that the hype surrounding the Dutch painter has been so out of balance for all these years.
WEST HAM could make a bid for Celtic striker Scott McDonald, according to BBC Scotland. It is understood Hammers representatives have had the Australian striker watched in recent games, and an offer could be forthcoming, following the club’s failure
The former chairman of Leyton Football Club has been jailed for more than eight years over a £16 million VAT scam involving ‘phantom’ houses. Former chairman and manager Costas Sophocleous, 52, of Nursery Road in Loughton, and two others, fraudulently
A FILM created by Leyton schoolchildren was shown on the big screen in Walthamstow town square on Wednesday. Year 4 pupils from George Mitchell All-Through School have created a five minute flick called The Trees Are Still Standing. The film was created
WEST HAM chief executive Scott Duxbury has resigned from his position at the club. An official statement on the Hammers’ website revealed that Duxbury would stand down from the role, following the takeover of David Gold and David Sullivan last
THE cost of the multi-billion pound project to connect Redbridge with Heathrow by train will be borne by fewer businesses than previously thought, according the Mayor of London’s office. Crossrail will run through the centre of London from
THE trial of a man accused of causing the death of a father in a road crash is set to begin next week. Shane Stanfield, 33, of Waltham Abbey, died when the motorbike he was driving collided with a VW van on Epping New Road, at the junction
A FORMER teacher who was jailed for 12 years for raping a child and attempting to rape a middle-aged woman will appear at the Court of Appeal today. Jerome Uche, of Deynecourt Gardens in Wanstead, was convicted in 2008 of attacking a 15-year-old
A NATIONAL Christian charity has confirmed it is in talks to save a threatened South Woodford bookshop. The Wesley Owen Books and Music branch, in the High Road, was one of 27 threatened with closure after the charity that formerly ran the chain went
