Harry Redknapp believes his Tottenham side can still finish above Arsenal despite slipping to fourth in the Premier League following a 1-1 draw with Stoke. Rafael van der Vaart rescued a point for Spurs with a 93rd minute header after the home
Stoke boss Tony Pulis believes everyone in football was affected by events at White Hart Lane on Saturday when Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch. The 23-year-old Bolton Wanderers midfielder suffered a heart attack 41 minutes into his side
Tottenham slipped behind Arsenal in the Premier League but rescued a point in stoppage time after coming from behind to draw 1-1 with against Stoke at White Hart Lane. A fourth consecutive league defeat looked inevitable when Cameron Jerome
Juventus winger Milos Krasic admits he was wrong to turn down moves to both Spurs and Zenit St Petersburg in January. The Serbian international has struggled for game time with the Italian giants and has now said he should have accepted one
Spurs pair Ledley King and Emmanuel Adebayor are both injury doubts ahead of tonight’s match with Stoke City. Tottenham return to action for the first time since Saturday’s match with Bolton Wanderers was abandoned after Trotters midfielder Fabrice
Children from the West Essex School Sports Partnership will be competing in eight sports at Davenant Foundation School this summer to mark the 2012 Olympic Games. The West Essex SSP is made up of 43 schools and they will take part in the event
A TALK on the toll houses of Essex will be given on March 23. Patrick Taylor will be delivering the lecture in Wesley Hall, behind Loughton Methodist Church in the High Road at 8pm. Tickets cost £2 and are available o0n the door. For more information
ELDERLY people have been left isolated by BT’s failure to fix their home phone lines after a car crashed into a telegraph pole. Homes in Beaconfield Road, Epping, were disconnected on Saturday (March 17), when the crash ripped phone cables from
A FATHER has launched an appeal for help raising money for an operation that could enable his disabled son to walk unaided for the first time. Fazer Mossman was born five years ago with cerebral palsy, which effects his coordination and movement
Tottenham Hotspur’s FA Cup quarter final with Bolton Wanderers will now be played on Tuesday, March 27. The tie had to be abandoned on Saturday after Trotters midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch. The 23-year-old remains
AN OVERGROWN path which had become a mugging hotspot has been cleared at the request of local police. Bushwood path off Bushwood on the border with Waltham Forest, had become so overgrown that criminals had taken to hiding in the bushes to ambush passers-by
Chingford racing talent Adam Butler is set to hit the USA this year to compete in the Star Mazda Championship. After signing a multiyear sponsorship deal with the Watergeeks, Team Stange Racing owner John Stange decided that Butler would front
PROPOSALS to roll back a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in Walthamstow Village will not go ahead "at this time", a leading councillor has said. Earlier this week the Guardian reported how disabled couple Dave and Fiona Bradbury, of Summit Road
Old Loughtonians Men suffered a disappointing 2-1 loss to Bromley & Beckenham in a game they needed to win to retain hope of topping the league. It was a crucial fixture for both sides but it was the visitors who were celebrating at the final whistle
AN HISTORIC house could be demolished only to be replaced by six more homes. The 1920s house in South Avenue, Chingford, could be levelled by developer NF Cooper Homes to make room for the three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings. But six
MORE than 150 women and children attended an event celebrating the 101st anniversary of International Women’s Day. Waltham Forest Women’s Network and guests heard Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy and local councillor Karen Bellamy give speeches on
NO frontline staff or services will be cut when Whipps Cross University Hospital merges with two other health trusts, it is claimed. The Leytonstone hospital will join with Barts & The London Trust and Newham NHS Trust on April 1 after the
West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce admitted his side's run of draws could cost them automatic promotion. The Hammers could only manage a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough last night which was their fifth in a row at home and fourth consecutive one in the
Over 100 keen runners took part in the second cross country race for local primary schools, hosted by Coopersale Hall School, Epping. The undulating and challenging course, which took in part of Epping Golf Course and both started and finished on a
FOUR men arrested over the discovery of a drugs factory containing around 1,000 cannabis plants have been released on bail. The men, aged 30, 35, 42 and 43, were seized following the find in the basement of a house in Thornhill Road, Leyton, on Wednesday
BORIS Johnson has approved a request to provide £1.9million of funding towards the regeneration of Barkingside Town Centre. The proposal is one of three which Redbridge Council submitted to City Hall for consideration by the Mayor of London
TEACHERS and support assistants employed by a private company to work in Waltham Forest's schools have gone on strike today (Wednesday March 21). Staff on the payroll of Babcock, which is contracted by the council to improve schools, are angry
Russell Slade admitted MK Dons were better than his Leyton Orient side in most areas after the O’s fell to a 4-1 defeat last night. The hosts took the advantage early on when Charlie MacDonald converted at the near post but Kevin Lisbie’s ninth
FIRE crews are fighting a blaze at a wooden building containing flammable gas. A third of the building in Navestock, near Abridge, was alight when firefighters arrived about 40 minutes ago today (Tuesday). Cylinders of oxygen and argon gas are
AN afternoon concert of songs by Gilbert and Sullivan will be held later this month. The Chapel End Savoy players will be holding the concert in The Church of the Holy Innocents in High Beach at 2pm on Sunday, March 25. The group have won three National
HOMEOWNERS who fear they could be kept awake all night by a proposed bus depot are angry they have not been consulted over the plans. HCT Group, which runs bus routes for Transport for London, hopes the development on Walthamstow Stadium’s
THE father of a girl who was mauled by a bull terrier has called for tougher sentences for those guilty of allowing dogs to be dangerously out of control. In January, the man’s 6-year-old daughter was attacked while the family were on an outing
FIVE men suspected of running a crack house in Leytonstone have been released on bail. A flat with large amounts of cash, cocaine and heroin was discovered by officers yesterday (Tuesday March 21) when they walked past the open front door of the property
SWIMMERS from Waltham Forest won a competition between Olympic Games host boroughs in the first community event at the 2012 Aquatics Centre. Teams including the Waltham Forest Gators and Leyton Swimming Club beat off rivals from five other
John Still hailed 'a satisfying few days' for Dagenham & Redbridge as they collected four points from two games in their bid to survive relegation. At the weekend the Daggers claimed a 2-0 victory over Macclesfield Town before travelling to
Child actor Dexter Fletcher has come full circle - the Edmonton boy who played a cheeky tike in Alan Parker's kiddie crime caper Bugsy Malone, is now directing his own gangster movie with a difference. Set in East End gangland, Wild Bill
THAMES Water has renewed calls for residents to save water amid concerns that the supply of the borough's reservoirs could be affected by on-going low rainfall. Earlier this month water companies across the south east announced that a hosepipe
LIVERPOOL-based group Dead Belgian play a special show at Ye Olde Rose and Crown in Walthamstow this Friday (March 23). The acclaimed group, who are the guests of Walthamstow Folk Club, play the music of the late revered songwriter Jacques
BUSINESSES in the borough say they have suffered from falling trade six months on from the opening of the Westfield megamall in Stratford, but remain hopeful for the future. The £4 billion centre, located just over the Waltham Forest border, has drawn
THE headteacher of Kelmscott School in Walthamstow says staff were "devastated" by the collapse of former pupil Fabrice Muamba during an FA Cup football game. The Bolton Wanderers midfielder, who moved to Waltham Forest with his family from the Democratic
PUPILS from the district have expressed their delight at being chosen to be Olympic torch bearers. Scarlett Stock, 15, is a year 11 pupil at St John’s School in Epping and will be carrying the Olympic torch through Maldon in Essex on July 6
A PET shop claims it could be forced to close after being threatened with legal action - over two flower trolleys. A complaint was made against Dog's Dinner in Kirkdale Road, Leytonstone, last year over its use of a small part of the pavement
COUNCIL tenants who want to buy their homes will be offered extra help from the start of next month. Up to £75,000 could be shaved off the price of council homes, depending on their value, under a review of the government's Right to Buy scheme
PARENTS have forced authorities to reconsider a decision blocking a new playground for children in a housing development. Families in the 137 home development in Blenheim Way, North Weald, which is run by housing association Home Group, have
