With the result of this match irrelevant, Orient do not to need look far for positives to take from the match. One major filip is the return of Jonathan Tehoue to action from a torn hamstring. He was a half-time substitute and looked a threat
ORIENT impressed during the first half of this friendly clash aganinst Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. The host's have dominated the game after Spurs started brightly with ex-loanee Andros Townsend as captain and leading the attack. Orient rode
Orient boss Russell Slade fields full strength side for friendly match with Tottenham Hotspur. Jones (GK,) Omozusi, Chorley, Forbes, Cox, Dawson (capt) McGleish, Chambers, Revell, Spring, Cestor. Subs: Butcher (GK), Brown, Jarvis, Patulea
FIRE crews spent two hours fighting a blaze at Hunters Hall in Epping Uplands this afternoon. A container full of of tyres, paint and rubbish caught fire at about 1.50pm and engines from Epping, Harlow and Ongar attended. The crews had to
A BORN-AGAIN farmer has exchanged the rat race for the bee-keeping racket with his latest commercial venture. William Alldis, 31, used to run the printworks company Lab 247 at Weald Place Farm, in Duck Lane, Thornwood, creating everything from
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WITH Spurs set to field a team comprised of youngsters and without one star name, what do you think Orient will take from the match tonight? Manager Russell Slade has spoken of his wish to see a good performance from his players. But
WEST HAM boss Avram Grant has recruited Zeljko Petrovic as the final piece in his backroom staff puzzle. Petrovic, a former Yugoslavian international, will become Grant's assistant manager, joining a team that already boasts Paul Groves, Kevin Keen,
A DATE has been set for a meeting to decide whether a milkshake bar will be allowed to stay open later. The late licence application from Cakes and Shakes in Woodford Green High Road will be heard on August 23. The application was due
A WALTHAMSTOW teenager narrowly missed out on winning a national singing competition this weekend. Katie Louise Gittins, 13, sang Whitney Houston’s classic Run To You at the O2 Shepherds Bush on Sunday. She was singing in the UK Unsigned competition
COMMUTERS using Walthamstow Central Tube station are suffering regular travel misery because new, multi-million pound trains do not work properly. The new fleet is being phased in as part of a £900 million upgrade of the Victoria Line.
A WOMAN who repeatedly beat a 29-year-old over the head with a vodka bottle during a robbery has been jailed. Shukri Warsame, 24, approached the woman on the platform at New Cross Gate station on November 20, 2009, and asked her for a cigarette
DAGENHAM & Redbridge are preparing to face an Arsenal XI at Victoria Road this evening. Manager John Still has named a strong squad to face the Gunners, who will represent a useful measuring stick for his players. While Arsene Wenger's first-choice
FORMER Orient loanee Andros Townsend is back and playing at Brisbane Road tonight, but with Tottenham Hotspur. The O's welcome Champions League bound Spurs for a friendly match this evening (Wednesday.) Disappointingly, young Townsend is
LOUGHTON-born striker Gary Hooper could make his first appearance for Scottish giants Celtic tonight in the club's Champions League third qualifying round first leg match against Portuguese side Braga. Hooper, who signed for £2.4million from Scunthorpe
Waltham Forest FC fielded a team which was a combination of first team probables and trailists, in a 3-1 friendly win over Essex Senior league side, Sawbridgeworth. The match proved a useful work out for Forest manager Tony Mercer, as he starts
ESTATE agents have questioned figures which claim there has been an exodus from the IG postcode area. Figures from reallymoving.com show home moving trends in the UK and the statistics indicate the IG postcode area has been unpopular over the
A POPULAR park has retained its status as one of the best green spaces in the country. South Woodford's Elmhurst Gardens, off Gordon Road, has kept hold of the 'green flag status' which it earned last year. The Keep Britain Tidy group
OXFAM are planning to open a bookshop at the site of the former World Choice Travel agents in Wanstead High Street, it has emerged. The Guardian understands that the charity is currently in negotiations to secure the lease of the building,
SNOOKER prodigies Peter Devlin and Ben Finch have won the right to take on one of the sport’s greatest ever players, Jimmy White, in an exhibition match next month. The pair, who are part of coach Josh Raja’s Rileys Snooker Academy at the Walthamstow
LOUGHTON-based junior team Shiners FC lit up the competition as they triumphed in an illustrious international tournament in Barcelona. The under-15 team, who train and play their home games at Roding Valley Recreation Ground, swapped their modest set-up
DAGENHAM & Redbridge were given a major boost this week when two of their star players from last season’s historic promotion campaign put pen to paper on new three-year deals with the club. Danny Green and Scott Doe both played pivotal roles in the Daggers
A SCHOOLTEACHER died in a motoring accident when he was hit by a van which forced him into the path of a car, a coroners court has recorded. Jeff Gotting, 53, of Hillcrest Way, in Epping was riding his Yamaha motorcycle down Epping High Road
TOTTENHAM have seen an offer for West Ham midfielder Scott Parker turned down by the Upton Park club. Spurs are known to have made a bid for the 29-year-old, but the value of the offer is not known. However, Hammers chairman David Sullivan moved quickly
WEST HAM have rejected a bid from Tottenham for midfield general Scott Parker. Spurs are the first club to show their hand in the race for the 29-year-old, who is also understood to be attracting interest from Aston Villa. However, Hammers chairman
SCOTT Parker is set to be offered a long-term contract by West Ham Utd, as interest from other clubs in the player mounts. The two Davids in charge at Upton Park are prepared to pay Parker an eye-watering £20m over five years, according to
A 29-YEAR-OLD was stabbed as he tried to break up a fight over the ownership of a bicycle. A man, 42, was walking along High Road, Leytonstone, with two friends at 9pm on Tuesday (July 27) when he spotted a youngster riding what he believed
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR could go to war with Liverpool to sign a youngster who is rated as one of the finest English strikers outside the Premier League. Reports have linked both clubs with England youth international Connor Wickham, who is 17 years-old
LEYTON and Wanstead MP John Cryer has been rapped in parliament for calling all Liberal Democrats "prats". The Labour member was warned over his language and ordered to retract the remark by Deputy Speaker Dawn Primarolo during a summer recess
DISGRACED former MP Harry Cohen has sold his "second" home in Wanstead, making a reported £90,000 profit. Mr Cohen, who represented Leyton and Wanstead until he stood down at the May general election following revelations about his expenses
