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  • Prediction: Orient v Wednesday

    Tomorrow’s clash with Sheffield Wednesday is a big match for the O’s. There was a positive feel to Brisbane Road after last Saturday’s victory over Brentford, as Orient moved back up the table only to suffer a heavy loss at MK Dons on Tuesday night

  • Preview: Chelsea v Spurs

    Spurs continue to have injury doubts over both Aaron Lennon and Emmanuel Adebayor ahead of tomorrow’s match with Chelsea. Both players have spent much of the month sidelined with injury and are doubts to feature at Stamford Bridge for the lunchtime

  • LEYTON: Orient will not submit Olympic Stadium bid

    LEYTON Orient will not be submitting an application for tenancy of the Olympic Stadium. West Ham today confirmed that they are one of four bidders to have registered an interest in playing in Stratford. But in a statement, Orient said

  • EPPING: Fundraisers plan fair in memory of friend

    A FAIR will be held to raise money for a cancer charity in memory of a mum who died of the disease. Arts and crafts, jewellery, clothes and health and beauty stalls will be on offer during the event at Epping Sports Centre on Saturday (March

  • CHINGFORD: Councillor holds surgery

    A COUNCILLOR is available to listen to issues and concerns at his surgery tomorrow (March 23). Cll Thom Goddard, of Chingford Green ward, will be at The Ridgeway Children’s Centre in Peel Close, Chingford, between 10am and 11.30am. Click here to follow

  • CHINGFORD: Friends prepare for marathon run

    FRIENDS who grew up together are ready and set to run the London Marathon side by side for charity. Sarah Mills and Nicola Cockerell, who have been friends since they were 13, have been training for months to prepare themselves for the 26.2

  • WALTHAM FOREST: Evidence of possible charity fraud emerges

    FURTHER evidence has emerged of potential fraud at a charity with close ties to Waltham Forest Council which is being investigated by police. O-Regen was accused of flawed accounting and providing “fictional figures” by the council months before

  • DEBDEN: Save our tree - plea from campaigners

    A CAMPAIGN has been sparked to save a 200-year-old tree that is due to be cut down to make way for a controversial new retail park. People in Debden say the Corsican pine in Chigwell Lane is an important part of the area’s skyline and want

  • LOUGHTON: Young artist talks of forest inspiration

    A YOUNG artist has talked about how her childhood exoloring Epping Forest inspired her to create work that has been exhibited internationally. Charlotte Posner is 24 and lives in Newman Lane in Loughton. She studied at the Chelsea College

  • NextGen final at Brisbane Road

    European football’s brightest young prospects will be on show in E10 this weekend as Leyton Orient host the final of the NextGen Series. The season-long competition has seen academy sides from some of Europe’s top clubs battle it out in the hope of

  • WOODFORD GREEN: Another road hit in spy car crackdown

    CALLS for the council to explain its crackdown on motorists who park with two wheels on the pavements of some of the borough’s narrower streets are growing louder. The latest street to be hit by Redbridge’s spy car is Hillington Gardens in

  • MORETON: Car boot sale to raise money for school

    A CAR boot sale to raise funds for a new school minibus will be held next month. Moreton Church of England Primary School will be holding the sale at their site in Church Road on April 21 from 8am for those setting up a pitch and 9am for customers

  • Burnley v West Ham United prediction

    West Ham United need to get their automatic promotion push back on track with a win at Burnley this weekend. The Hammers have drawn their last four Championship matches which has seen them slip to third in the table. Their latest match

  • SOUTH WOODFORD: Council defies planning body over flats

    DEFIANT councillors have blocked a housing development which they say could leave a large swathe of Wanstead and Woodford vulnerable to town centre-style developments. A plan to demolish a Victorian house in Bedford Road, South Woodford, and

  • WANSTEAD: Kinema plans kicked out

    PLANS to build two four-storey blocks, one behind the other, containing eight flats and a restaurant on the site of an old cinema have been turned down. Developer Nam Pham wants to redevelop the Kinema on Wanstead High Street, but saw his plan

  • EPPING: Campaigners' anger at St John's funding failure

    CAMPAIGNERS have questioned why authorities have so far failed to take advantage of millions of pounds of funding available for new sports facilities in the area. Epping Forest District Council recently extended their consultation period with

  • Preview: Orient v Wednesday

    There will be no let up for Orient tomorrow as they face another of the promotion chasing sides in Sheffield Wednesday. The O’s fell to defeat on Tuesday against MK Dons, who currently occupy a play-off position, and the opposition isn’t about

  • WALTHAM ABBEY: Fire crews battle blaze at farm building

    FIRE-FIGHTERS worked through the night to extinguish a blaze at a farm building housing 12,000 litres of fuel oil. The fire at Sedge Lane in Lower Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, was brought under control at around 6.20am this morning. Crews

  • WOODFORD GREEN: Author to sign new book

    ACCLAIMED novelist Patrick Gale will be signing copies of his new book next week. Mr Gale will be at the Village Bookshop in Woodford Green High Road between 4pm and 5.30pm on March 29 to autograph and chat about ‘A Perfectly Good Man’.

  • EPPING: Disabled drivers slam police-only bays

    POLICE-only bays in a town's high street could be removed after complaints from disabled drivers. The bays were painted outside the police station in Epping High Street after complaints from shoppers and traders that the police were regularly

  • CHINGFORD: Stow plan 'could increase flood risk'

    HOMES could be at risk of flooding if plans to develop Walthamstow Stadium go ahead, the Environment Agency has warned. The 294-home development proposed by London & Quadrant (L&Q) for the former dog track in Chingford Road, Chingford, includes

  • WALTHAM FOREST: Friendly bus driver wins award

    A BUS driver who makes it her mission to cheer passengers up has won an award for outstanding customer care. Jane King drives the 385 route between Chingford Station and Crooked Billet Sainsbury’s in Waltham Forest. She was presented