A TEENAGER was stabbed in the stomach in a reported gang fight at Walthamstow Central station. The row broke out in the ticket hall at around 4.30pm this afternoon (Thursday May 10). The injured teen, believed to be aged 15, was taken
ONE of the oldest amateur dramatic groups in London will be performing at the Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford later this month. The Wanstead Players, who were founded in 1923, will stage a production of Terence Rattigan’s ‘Playbill’.
Jamie Cureton says he would consider a return to former club Bristol Rovers. The striker, who spent the last part of the campaign on loan at Exeter City, netted just once for Orient this season after arriving at Brisbane Road last summer.
ELDERLY patients will be moved out of a rehabilitation unit under a proposed shake-up of services, despite families' concerns for their welfare. Dr Gabby Ivbijaro, chairman of the Waltham Forest's GP group, insists any changes to services
A SON who set up a charity to combat the devastating disease that killed his father has reached his first major milestone. Father-of-three Hadley Silver of Lee Grove, Chigwell, and his mother Brenda Silver, set up the charity Development of
by Janet Head Miss Marple came to the Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford, last week. Agatha Christie's 'A Murder is Announced' was published in 1950 and features the reappearance of Miss Marple after an absence of 7 years and a return to the village
by John Spring-White Gilbert and Sullivan is hard to do well but director Steven Day, choreographer Lorraine Porter and set designer Grant Alvarez staged an excellent production of “Pirates of Penzance” at the Kenneth More Theatre, last week
LEYTON Orient spent the 2011-12 season battling against the drop in League One, but 50 years ago the club were involved in a very different campaign. The 1961-62 season was Orient’s most successful ever, with the team winning promotion to the
A BURGLAR who threatened a man and woman with a knife has been jailed for six years. Mohammed Shabaz Mughal, 26, also pretended he was armed with a gun after breaking into the home in Borthwick Road, Leytonstone in September last year. Mughal,
A SELF-proclaimed "recycled teenager" has raised thousands of pounds for charity by busking on the streets with his saxophone. Henry Forman, 75, has been playing the instrument since he was 14 and has performed with some notable names from
AN application from an insect breeding business to expand its premises was referred to the district development control committee. The application by Peregrine Livefoods Ltd, that is based in Hastingwood Road, Magdalen Laver, near Ongar, to
West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce believes his side will have a great chance of winning promotion at Wembley if they can replicate the performances which outclassed Cardiff City in their one-sided play-off semi-final. The Hammers produced two of their
PUBLIC sector workers took strike action today in protest at the Government's proposed pension reforms. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said 65 staff from the Jobcentre in Leytonstone joined picketlines to postpone all appointments
A PRINTING firm has been fined £12,000 after two of its workers were engulfed in a fireball sparked by the use of unsafe chemicals. Delta Display Ltd, in Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, pleaded guilty to health and safety violations after management
PART of a landmark pub is to be turned into offices. Owner Atlantic Housing has been granted permission to convert the first, second and third floors of The Bull on The Green. The listed pub in Chingford will retain its ground floor
Dean Cox dedicated Saturday’s victory over Rochdale to the O’s supporters as they signed off the season with a victory in E10. It was just the sixth time Orient took three points in front of their own fans in what proved a difficult season for the club
PLANS to build a housing estate at Walthamstow Stadium will be decided on by London mayor Boris Johnson within two weeks, it has emerged. Housing association London and Quadrant (L&Q) got planning permission for the controversial 294-home development
A RESTAURANT manager who thought he had hit a deer on a dark forest road was told by police he had killed a young father-of-two. Christian Montagnon, 51, was driving home from Resto Bistro in Epping High Street when his car struck 34-year-old Keith
JUDGING by events at the Olympic Stadium’s first real test the biggest threat to the Games will come from the skies, but not necessarily of the terrorist variety. It will more likely be the weather and the organisers’ ability, or lack of, to deal with
THE trial of two men accused of shooting a man in an ice cream parlour has been adjourned until tomorrow (May 11). Romain Arthur, 22, of Hazel Way in Chingford has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder and perverting the course of justice
THERE was an increase in the number of food hygiene notices handed out to businesses in the area by Environmental Health officers last year. Food Hygiene Inspection Notices were issued to 26 businesses over 2011/12 following 38 complaints from
THE fire service has been given permission to build a 20-foot tower in a town’s high street. Crews will use the structure at Ongar fire station to practice using safety equipment at height through the week. But people living near the
West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce is reportedly interested in bringing Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson to the club. Robert Green is out of contract this summer and could leave Upton Park. If he does, the Hammers will be in the market for a replacement
Following the completion of the League One season, Russell Slade will be wasting little time in making his preparations for the next campaign. Eleven members of Orient’s first team squad are out of contract this summer, meaning there are likely
ALMOST 300 people have lost their jobs in council cuts so far, Unison has claimed. The union says there have been 177 compulsory redundancies and 108 voluntary severances at the authority since new savings measures began in 2010. A further
A LORRY caught fire on the M25 near Epping this morning (Thursday May 10). It happened between junctions 26 and 27 on the hard shoulder of the clockwise carriageway at around 5.35am. Crews from Waltham Abbey, Ongar and Loughton attended the scene
A GREAT-grandmother has looked back on her time nursing during the Second World War as she celebrates her 100th birthday. Gladys Middleton, who lives at Lugano care home in Powell Road, Buckhurst Hill, worked as a nurse at Whipps Cross hospital
