Leytonstone’s Labour councillors staged a protest against the proliferation of betting shops this morning. Around 50 residents joined councillors at a demonstration after an application for a betting shop at 28 Church Lane was submitted to the
A former school employee charged with stealing £40k over four years from dinner money and sports club fees will go on trial next year. Linda Bird who was dismissed by Upshire Primary School in Waltham Abbey in 2011 had her first appearance in court
Redbridge held title challengers Maldon & Tiptree to a 0-0 draw at home on Tuesday night in the Ryman North Division. The Motormen were more than a match for their highly-placed opponents and have now lost just once in seven matches in the
Four men have been arrested after police found five kilograms of heroin, mixing agents, and over £10,000 in cash during a raid. A search of an address in Woodford Green connected to the men also led to the discovery of another large quantity of
An entrepreneur who started a gold plating business in his Leyton home and then received Dragon’s Den investment was shortlisted for a prestigious business award this week. Laban Roomes, 43, was backed by Dragon James Caan in 2007 and is one of
More than half a million pounds set to be spent on roads and repairs in Epping Forest will now be diverted to other districts. The portfolio holder for highways at Essex County Council, Rodney Bass, has taken the decision to try to save £1.5m from
A Waltham Forest man who died in central London fell to his death with his partner in a freak accident at a building site, it has emerged. Gavin Brewer, 32, a British Transport Police (BTP) officer from Waltham Forest, and Stuart Meads, 34, from
A local band will celebrate Leyton Orient as an anti-racist football club with a free gig on Saturday night. Lawrence Ross, guitarist with headline band Steve White & the Protest Family, says he is proud of the work the club does in the community
A former Riverdance performer will represent Ireland at a global beauty pageant contest at Disneyland Paris. Rachel Downey, 23, of Rolls Park Road in Chingford, will be a contestant in the Face of the World beauty pageant after winning the Directors
Walthamstow Deaf Club will be holding a Halloween party on October 30. It will take place at the Station House pub, in Station Road, Chingford. The event from 7pm to 10pm will cost £4 for adults and £2 for children. Party-goers can expect
A group of primary school children completed a relay marathon yesterday in just over three hours. Each of the 27 children in years five and six at Aldersbrook Primary School, in Harpenden Road, Wanstead, ran 200 metres on Wanstead Flats before
Waltham Forest men secured a well-deserved 4-2 win against City of Peterborough on Saturday. Forest started strongly and could have been two up within the first five minutes but a combination of lacklustre finishing and poor decision making kept
A college is looking to expand its board of governors to reflect its “growing success”. Epping Forest College Principal Jeannie Wright is asking for people with a passion for education to get involved with decision making at the £38 million campus
Crostyx ladies drew 2-2 in a tight game against Potters Bar in East Women’s Hockey League Division C on Saturday. Crostyx got off to a poor start, conceding a goal within the first ten minutes but they gradually found their rhythm and came back
Old Loughtonians men thrashed Oxted 4-1 at Luxborough Lane on Saturday to move up to sixth in the the Men’s Now: Pensions Conference East. Both teams entered the match needing a win after some disappointing recent results and the early play was
Shocking CCTV footage of a burglar throwing a puppy over a 10 foot high fence has emerged this week. The clip shows a man jump over a fence into the yard of a metalworks business in Midland Road Leyton, untie the Staffordshire terrier cross and
West Ham United defender Jordan Spence has joined MK Dons on an emergency loan. The 23-year-old will move to the League One club until Saturday, November 23. Spence has recently returned from a spell with Sheffield Wednesday where he made
The trial of a man charged with the robbery of a mobile phone and car keys has been sent to Croen Court. Ricky Cox, 20, of Stuart Close in Pilgrims Hatch, is accused of robbing a man of his iphone and keys to a Volkswagon Caddy worth £1,080 in
A road closed after a collision has re-opened. Abbeyview was re-opened shortly after 11am after a collision between a silver Renault Scenic and a white articulated lorry shortly after 7am this morning. The driver of the car was taken to Chase
The man elected to ensure quality policing in Essex is to take questions at a public meeting tonight. Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alson has recently courted controversy by stating his intention to set up a committee to monitor the force's
The trial of food distribution company bosses accused of changing the labels on out-of-date food has been delayed again. Kim Son and sister company Longdan Ltd, both based at the same address in Estate Way, Leyton, were raided by trading standards
Police have released new images of Waltham Forest’s most wanted. The men and women pictured are suspected of burglary and robbery offences in and near the borough and police are appealing to the public in order to trace them. Suspect 131302
Two adults and a child were rescued from the first floor of a building last night after a van crashed into a shop front and ruptured a gas pipe. Thirty residents in Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, living near the junction with Leyton Green Road, were
Nathan Clarke insists there is no reason for Leyton Orient to be too downhearted after the end of their unbeaten run and is determined to make sure the O’s do not throw away their glorious start to the season. The League One leaders were beaten
A primary school campaigners fear will be forced to become an academy after it was placed in special measures by Ofsted has received a positive follow-up inspection. Assessors for Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education found results in national
A driver was seriously injured when a car collided with a van. Abbeyview in Waltham Abbey was shut following the crash involving a silver Renault Scenic and a white articulated lorry just before 7am this morning. The driver of the renault was
A fourth man has been arrested and a third charged over the death of a shopkeeper trying to protect his wife and business. The man, 25, was arrested last night on suspicion of murder and robbery and is in custody at an east London police station
A member of staff at a mental health unit has been charged with helping a convicted killer escape from custody. Lerone Boye, 27, was jailed for life in December for stabbing a 17-year-old boy to death at a birthday party in Ilford in 2011.
A bid to build a controversial housing development on green belt land has been narrowly voted down. Waltham Abbey Developments Ltd applied for permission to create 105 homes on the Knolly's Nursery site in Pick Hill. The plans were modified
Repeated mowing of the grass on marsh land is killing off wildlife, according to a campaign group. Save Lea Marshes (SLM) says the grass was cut “savagely” last week, leaving the area “baron and lifeless.” The group, which campaigns to preserve
