Fabrice Muamba has confirmed he will attend tomorrow night’s match between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. Muamba has not played since he suffered a cardiac arrest when the two sides met in the FA Cup at White Hart Lane. Bolton
HUNGRYTOWN headline Loughton Folk Club on Thursday (May 3). This duo is made up of talented vocalist Rebecca Hall and multi-instrumentalist Ken Anderson. Support comes from singer-songwriter Jonny Stemp, who plays a mix of covers and
The relentless rain has failed to dampen the expectation of a great season ahead at Buckhurst Hill Cricket Club. For the first time, Buckhurst Hill will be competing in the Premier Division of the Shepherd Neame Essex cricket League this summer
Waltham Forest Hockey Club secured two awards at the Proactive Awards for Sport and Physical Activity. The event is held to celebrate what has been a hugely successful year of Sport in London in the build up to the Olympics in July.
Three members of East London Runners braved the weather conditions to take on the Milton Keynes Marathon. With strong winds and constant rain all those who crossed the line showed determination to finish. First home for East London was Mark Boulton
STREET dancers put a twist on traditional fairy tales in a show that raised more than £1,000 for a youth charity. Children from Waltham Abbey-based performing arts school Popdance UK put on the show, called Lost in the Hoods, at the town hall
Waltham Forest Gators swimmer Emanuel Joseph has qualified for the London Regional gala after an impressive showing at Crystal Palace. The 11-year-old will now be taking on the 400 meter individual medley, 400M, 200M and 100M freestyle at the gala
Jamal Campbell-Ryce will be released by parent club Bristol City. The 29-year-old has made six starts for Leyton Orient since rejoining the Brisbane Road side on loan in March, with one further appearance from the bench. Saturday saw
Several Chigwell School pupils left the classroom as they travelled to Bradfield College development camp to represent the Independent Schools FA. Louis King, Dylan Bregman, Jake David, Ryan Farrant, Julian Dackombe, Tommy Redhead Nikhil Mohindra,
THE running track of Ashton Playing Fields in Woodford Green will play host to a marathon relay by solicitors raising money in memory of a colleague. Mullis and Peake will be sending some of their fittest staff to the sports ground in Chigwell Road to
TWO brothers were mugged of their mobile phones as they walked to school. The boys, aged 12 and 15, were approached by a man on a bicycle in Landsdowne Road, Walthamstow, at 7am yesterday (Monday April 30). Police say he threatened them
There were contrasting fortunes this week for Waltham Forest Amateur Boxing Club brother and sister Adylle and Deayandra Allen. First in action was 14-year-old Adylle, who kept up his impressive record after notching a fourth straight win at the Sudbury
PUPILS represented the UK in a European Union climate change meeting held in Brussels last month. The three sixth form students from Chingford Foundation School travelled to the Belgian capital to take part in a conference made up of the 27
There was success for two Connaught Squash Club members as the club played host to the British Open Squash preliminary rounds. In the men’s competition Connaught’s Richie Fallows took victory while Harriet Ingham claimed top spot in the ladies’ tournament
London Broncos, the capital’s only Stobart Super League club, will be taking on Bradford Bulls this Sunday at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road in a bid to promote rugby league to new fans in the South. The game is the first of two 'On the Road' fixtures
THE Chairman of the rugby club which was due for a windfall from an Olympic campsite on its land has welcomed a decision to abandon the plan due to opposition from neighbours. Oxygen Event Services (OES) looked set to create a 3,000-pitch site for
A MAN who was ejected from a pub following an argument threw a glass which hit a woman in the face. A shard of glass became lodged in the 38-year-old's eye and she suffered cuts and bruising to the face at the Red Lion in High Road, Leytonstone
A VARIETY of plants will be on sale at a fair on Saturday, May 12. The sale will be held in St Mary the Virgin church in Church Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, from 10am to 2pm. As well as plants there will also be homemade cakes and jams, books and bric-a-brac
AN activity day for children will be held to raise money for charity. Those taking part will have the chance to learn how to make African necklaces, Noah’s Ark puppets, windmills, paper flowers or bags at The Church of the Holy Innocents in Church Lane
PLANS to build an Olympic 'tent village' have been dramatically scrapped on the eve of a pivotal meeting. Oxygen Event Services (OES) ditched a proposal to host a 3,000 Olympic staff tent site at Bancroft Rugby Club in Buckhurst Way, Buckhurst
A ROAD was closed for several hours this morning following a car crash. A black Toyota left Chigwell Road and landed in a ditch near the junction with Wynn Bridge Close in Woodford Green. Police arrived a the scene at 5:15am and the
TWO elderly women were targeted by thieves on the same day. A 75-year-old had a "substantial" amount of cash stolen while being distracted at her home in Forest Road, Walthamstow, while the bedroom of a house owned by an 80-year-old in Harold
Mark Noble has been voted Hammer of the year at West Ham United's awards dinner. The consistent midfielder pipped James Tomkins with Robert Green third and captain Kevin Nolan fourth. Noble, who has twice finished runner-up, told the club website: "
Russell Slade has said there will be a thorough review of the campaign in order to make the necessary improvements for next season. The O’s League One status was preserved on Saturday despite the E10 side suffering a 2-1 defeat in their final
A FARMER who plans to erect a 3,000 tent Olympic campsite will find out if his application to provide alcohol, music, films and dance events on the site has been successful next week. David Fowler’s original plan for 4,120 pitches on Forest
AN EMPLOYMENT tribunal held into claims that the council sacked the head of its Olympics team because of institutional racism has been put on hold. Symon Sentain, who is the chairman of the Stephen Lawrence trust, believes he lost his £86,000
A NEW series of free guided walks by the Walthamstow Historical Society kicks off with a tour of the St James Street area. The event, which will also cover Markhouse Road, starts outside St James Street Station on Sunday May 20 at 2pm, and will be
ANGER has been expressed that speed limits on some of the most dangerous roads in the district remain unchanged whilst those throughout Epping Forest have been slashed. Earlier this year speed limits on roads in the forest including Epping
POLICE are appealing for information about a robbery last month in which a man was slashed in the wrists. The 27-year-old victim was walking along Riverdene Road, near the junction with Britannia Road, Ilford, at around 10.25am on Tuesday April
THE Victoria underground line is suspended this Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. The closure, due to engineering works, will include the closure of Tube stops Walthamstow Central and Blackhorse Road, on May 6 and 7. Two sets of rail replacement
MISSILES could be fired from a Leytonstone block of flats in response to 9/11-style attack during the Olympics. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) wants to place three short-range missile launchers on top of Fred Wigg Tower in Montague Road, Leytonstone
