A short but insightful interview with Councillor Peter Spencer, an Epping Forest District Councillor who is a member of the Liberal Democrats party. We all hear about politics daily in the news, and it is a common topic for conversation and controversy
TRADERS have welcomed plans to nearly quadruple the number of CCTV cameras in a town centre. Epping Forest District Council plans to spend £45,000 on replacing the existing six cameras in Loughton and adding 17 more. The scheme would see CCTV
FC Leytonstone endured League Cup heartbreak as they crashed out on penalties in the second round against Asianos B. Both sides squandered chances in normal time, with Leytonstone’s Amjad Basher and Asianos’ Adris Hussain both coming out on top
BEMUSED motorists looked on as dozens of people wearing pyjamas performed the conga on a Woodford Green road. The residents of Empress Avenue were out raising money for Children in Need on Sunday. Neighbours were pesuaded to perform the dance
A NEW deputy coroner who will investigate sudden and unexplained deaths in Waltham Forest has been sworn in. Dr Shirely Radcliffe was officially appointed to the post during a ceremony at Walthamstow Coroner's Court, carried out by the borough's
A PACK of huskies will be among the star attractions as a farm turns into a winter wonderland. The dogs will join Santa Claus at Lee Valley Park Farms, in Stubbins Hall Lane, Waltham Abbey, in the run-up to Christmas. The farm will be split
OLDER residents of Redbridge are invited for an afternoon Christmas tea. The event will take placeat Fullwell Cross Library in High Street, Barkingside, on December 11. It is free to attend at run from from 1.30pm to 3pm. Book by calling 0208
Waltham Forest’s recent run of good form suffered a setback on Saturday with a 2-1 defeat to a hard-working Thamesmead side. Despite constant rain, the Bayliss Avenue pitch held up fantastically and allowed for a high paced game. The referee
Waltham Forest Ladies had to share the spoils as they played out a 1-1 draw with Bromley and Beckenham. Forest started the match brightly with a quick tempo and had Brombeck on the back foot. The tricky Lucy Butcher and the pace of Charlotte
ROAD users have welcomed plans to slash speed limits on a residential street notorious for being an accident blackspot. Essex County Council is proposing cutting the speed limit from 60 to 40mph on a 430-metre stretch of Honey Lane in Waltham Abbey
TWO men robbed a pawn shop in the middle of the day and beat up its owner. It happened at Capital Gold Pawnbrokers in Walthamstow High Street at around 1.30pm on Friday (November 23). The 59-year-old victim was reportedly held in a back room
KEEN bakers are invited to decorate cupcakes for a competition in a Woodford Green church. St Barnabas Church in Snakes Lane East will be holding the competition as part of a Christmas bazaar on December 8. There will also be stalls, raffles
PEOPLE looking to personalise their home this Christmas can make their own hand-made wreath at a workshop. Using foliage grown in Hainault Forest homeowners will be able to make their own wreath to hang in their home or on their frontdoor. For
A SCHOOLGIRL who suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a car is no longer in a critical condition and is recovering, police say. The 11-year-old, thought to be a pupil of Lammas School, was run over by a silver BMW 316 in Lea Bridge
PUPILS from Wanstead High School were out picking up litter as part of a charm offensive on the High Street. The school has had a bad rap over the years from traders and shoppers who say that children throw their chip and sweet wrappers on the
FAMILIES in a quiet suburban road say they are becoming increasingly worried by the behaviour of a pack of foxes. The animals have been entering houses on Durham Avenue in Woodford Green, stealing food, defecating and, in at least one case, getting
A SINGER who has performed with Mick Jagger and Ringo Starr will perform an acoustic gig in a restaurant. Wanstead-based Hannah White, 31, will sing acoustically on Thursday from 8.30pm in Bar Room Bar, in Wanstead High Street. Her set will
LONG before the planes of the Blitz terrorised residents of east London, it was airships that brought fear from above during World War One. DANIEL BINNS finds out more. The German airforce began using airships for bombing raids on England in 1915
FAMILIES and medics should prevent elderly people who are incapable of driving from continuing, according to the daughter of a man who was knocked down. Ambrose Skingle, 86, was hit by a Fiat Seicento being driven by 87-year-old Peter Cole in Coppice
TERMINALLY ill children across London will benefit from the kindness of pupils at a Barkingside secondary school. As part of King Solomon High school’s Mitzvah Day activities students brought in toys which will be given to Jewish charity Camp Simcha
THE father of a boy who died after being knocked down by a car has criticised a decision to quickly remove floral tributes laid at the spot where he was killed on the tenth anniversary of the tragedy. William Walford-Grant, 13, was knocked down
West Ham United have announced they will take the strongest possible action against any supporters caught making abusive chants during the defeat at Tottenham Hostpur yesterday. There were reports of West Ham fans making anti-Semitic chants and
STAFF and children at a nursery are devastated after its playhouse was burnt to the ground in a suspected arson attack. The small wooden building, at Chase Lane Primary School in York Road, Chingford, contained toys, children's artwork and photos
PARKING in council run spaces will be free to use on Saturdays and bank holidays over the Christmas period. Epping Forest District Council has announced that it will not charge for pay and display car parks on December 1, to December 29 and on
COUNCILLORS from Area One will meet tonight to discuss local issues. On the agenda for the Area One Committee meeting is the results of the Wanstead parking permit review, which could see the scheme extended to a further three roads. The results
LIBRARIES in Waltham Forest are taking part in a national event promoting erotic fiction. More than 30 library services across the UK are involved in the 'Between the Sheets' celebration of erotic writings, which began on Wednesday November 21
A FREE public meeting to discuss the fight against racism will mark Human Rights Day. Activist Ted Parker, who worked for the ANC in apartheid South Africa, will talk about his experiences at the event, which has been organised by refugee and migrant
FAMILIES escaped a wet November weekend by trying their hands at Celtic crafts in the warmth of a village church. The Church of the Holy Innocents in High Beach hosted a Scottish Advent activity day on Saturday, with everything from sporran making
THE headteacher of King Solomon High School in Barkingside is leaving. Spencer Lewis will start a new job as head of Yavneh College in Hertfordshire at the end of the current academic year. Mr Lewis has been at King Solomon in Forest Road since
A PAINTING has started a debate among book-lovers and those who favour technology. Modern artist Paul Cates has painted a piece called Books vs Kindle and has asked people who visit The Village Bookshop in High Road, Woodford Green to write their
A RIVER running through part of the district remains on floor alert this morning. The middle part of the Roding, which runs through Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Abridge, could flood, according to the Environment Agency. More rain is forecast
A GROUP of singers will join other musicians and perform a selection of Christmas music. The Valentine Singers will join with John Webster on piano, Liz Tiplin singing contralto and Richard Hills on theatre organ. They will perform at the Saint
HEALTH bosses are urging the public not to attend their local GP or Whipps Cross Hospital if they display symptoms of the 'norovirus' winter vomiting bug. Officials say there is currently a "higher than normal" number of cases in the borough and
Perhaps the proverbial ‘jury’ can take a bit of a ‘time out’ after this latest win must have surely dispelled some of those ‘doubting Thomases’ and propelled us closer to a play-off spot, than the dreaded drop zone. It certainly has been an amazing
AN event to mark World Aids Day is being held in Walthamstow Town Square this week. It takes place on Friday (November 30) between 10am and 3pm and will feature a variety of information and advice stalls, plus freebies including condoms. NHS
AN £83,000 package of safety measures will be installed on a Woodford Green Road after it was deemed a priority because of the high accident rate. St Barnabas Road, between Broadmead Road and Snakes Lane East, has been the scene of five accidents
SCOTTISH pipers helped drum up support as they led a sponsored walk in aid of the Poppy Appeal. The Epping Forest Pipe Band marched through Chingford on Sunday morning, leading sponsored walkers from the Royal British Legion club and encouraging
FAMILIES are invited to join fire fighters at their station for a fundraising Christmas market. The festive event will take place at Epping Fire Station, in the High Street, on Friday December 7 from 4pm to 8pm. There will be a bouncy castle
