A CANDLELIT Edwardian themed carol evening will be held in High Beach on December 14. The free event will be held at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Church Lane at 7.30pm and people of all ages are welcome. Seasonal refreshments will be provided
FREE car parking will be available in town centres throughout the district in the run-up the Christmas. Epping Forest District Council will be offering free parking in all of its pay and display car parks during the festive season. Charges will be
Henri Lansbury made his return from injury in West Ham development side's 3-0 win over Brentford this afternoon. The Hammers were also boosted by the comeback of Gary O'Neil, following a serious ankle injury, in his first game for seven months
EUROPE’S largest special school has been rated as outstanding three successive times by a government watchdog. Whitefiled Schools and Centre in Macdonald Road, Walthamstow, has been praised as an “outstandingly successful establishment” by
PUPILS are through to the final of a national chemistry competition. The team of four from Chigwell School in the High Road beat off 19 other schools from the county over two rounds to appear in the regional final of the Royal Chemistry Society’s Chemistry
A TOTAL of 58 people have been killed on Waltham Forest’s roads in the past decade. Maps showing the location of all fatal accidents involving drivers, pedestrians and cyclists since 1999 have been created by the Department of Transport. The most dangerous
A MAN who was stabbed in the face last month remains stable in hospital, police say. The 55-year-old was attacked at a flat in South Birkbeck Road, Leytonstone, at around 7.30pm on Monday November 21. He was repeatedly slashed in the head and upper
STALL holders at Walthamstow’s historic market have given a mixed reaction to the news that another supermarket wants to open in the area. Morrisons announced this week that it intends to build a new superstore and 250 flats on a car park in
THE husband of a woman who died after a 30-ft fall from a hospital window says he firmly believes the circumstances of the tragedy will be uncovered. Josephine Mowat, 61, had learned that her cancer operation had been a success shortly before
Tonight’s derby match between Waltham Abbey and Waltham Forest has been cancelled after a break in at Capershotts. A statement on Abbey’s website said that the game has been called off due to a break in at club’s changing rooms, with a rescheduled date
A LONG-RUNNING battle to prevent a temporary police base being built on Wanstead Flats for the Olympics has failed. A High Court judge last month refused campaigners’ bid for a judicial review into the plan. But Michael Pelling appealed against
POLICE raided a house in the district today as part of a county-wide drugs crackdown. The property in Parsloe Road, Jack’s Hatch, near Epping, was searched this morning, but no-one was arrested. Three men and a woman were arrested on suspicion
“BUREAUCRATIC nonsense” over the width of an access road to a children’s hospice is having a detrimental impact on the lives of terminally ill youngsters, it has been claimed. Haven House Children’s Hospice and Woodford Rugby Club have earmarked
A SCHOOL which has introduced a range of ways to get pupils interested in science and maths has been chosen to take part in a project to encourage more children to take the subjects nationwide. Wanstead High School, in Redbridge Lane West, Wanstead,
Tottenham Hotspur striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has agreed terms with Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, reports claim. The 29-year-old has fallen out of favour at White Hart Lane and has publically expressed his desire to leave in the upcoming January transfer
Waltham Forest Ladies conceded two late goals as they collapsed to a 2-1 defeat at home to league leaders Wapping. The game started with a flurry at both ends, but then the pattern was set, with Wapping controlling the ball and Forest on the back foot
Old Loughtonians Men won the East Region Indoor Championship after an impressive display in Cambridge. The first game was against West Herts which Loughts comfortably won 4-0 with goals from open play and short corners. It also saw 17-year-old Perry
THERE is a risk that spending on the Olympic Games could go over its £9.3 billion budget, a watchdog has warned. A report released today by the National Audit Office says the Olympic Delivery Authority is on course to complete the works needed for
ST ANDREW'S Christian Centre in Walthamstow is hosting a display of Christmas trees decorated by its members this Saturday (September December 10). It takes place at the site in Church Road, Higham Hill, between 10am and 4pm. Entry is
A POLICEMAN has been honoured on the 20th anniversary of his murder. Sergeant Alan King, who worked in Chingford and Walthamstow, was on patrol on November 29, 1991, when he approached 27-year-old Nicholas Vernage, who was wanted on suspicion
