RESIDENTS are invited to take part in the borough's fourth annual literature festival. Crime expert, Linda Stratmann, who has written about many real-life notorious murders in London, Essex and Surrey, will be holding a talk at Walthamstow
HOPE that George Lane’s flower beds were to be saved by local young people has proved a false dawn. Redbridge Council’s Youth Crime Prevention Service was considering using local youths at risk of offending to plant the flowers and may even
A TOAST will be raised to the life of a former council chairman who used to help run one of the district's pubs. Robert O’Malley, of Churchfields, Loughton, who helped run the King's Oak in High Beech, died of pneumonia on April 23 at Whipps
UNEMPLOYMENT and training services in the borough provided by a charity may be at risk because of its financial difficulties, the council has admitted. Last week the Guardian revealed that senior council officer Clive Morton, who is in charge
GREEN FINGERED residents are invited to a cheap charity plants sale. Plants straight from the nursery will be sold at an annual sale in Loughton Methodist Church in the High Road on Saturday, May 7, from 9am. Organiser Christine Baker said: “The
A NEW jazz club is being set up at a village hall. The club will start at North Weald Village Hall in the High Road on Friday (May 6) at 8.30pm with a performance by saxophone player Jo Fooks and her band. Chairman of the village hall
A POWER cut which finished just ten minutes after lessons were due to start has left parents frantically making babysitting arrangements for children whose school decided to close. Parents and children were turned away from the gates of Epping Primary
AN AMBITIOUS last-ditch bid has been made to buy the former EMD building and reopen it as a cinema. On the eve of a vital decision on the buiding’s future, a group of campaigners and entrepreneurs have formed the Waltham Forest Cinema Trust
Tube workers are set to strike in protest at the sacking of two drivers. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has said staff have voted in favour of the walk out, which is planned for between nine and 24 hours from Monday May 16 to
Tube workers are to strike in protest against the sacking of two drivers. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has said its tube drivers will walk out for between nine and 24 hours from Monday May 16 to Friday May 20 and again between
Tube workers are to strike in protest against the sacking of two drivers. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has said its tube drivers will walk out for between nine and 24 hours from Monday May 16 to Friday May 20 and again between
ASPIRING carnival queens have been invited to audition. The queen and two princesses will lead the carnival on September 10 and 11 as well as being involved in the music and activities in Valentines Park. Winning contestants will enjoy
A LECTURER who was arrested after the suspected drug-related death of a teenage girl at his house has been badly injured after apparently leaping from a bridge. Police have confirmed that Brian Dodgeon, 60, broke both legs when he fell on to
