A new exhibition at a Walthamstow community space features photographs taken by past and present students of Leyton Sixth Form College. Opening this week at The Mill, in Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, the images will be on display until December
A school is putting on a play based on football hooliganism for its end of school senior production. More than 50 pupils from Forest School in College Place, Snaresbrook, will be performing Zigger Zagger, by British playwright Peter Terson, on
A 25-year-old man has been banned from owning animals for seven years after neglecting three dogs. Arthur Golding of Grebe Close in Walthamstow was also sentenced to 150 hours of community work at Thames Magistrate’s Court this week for five breaches
One month since the storm which hit Epping Forest with the strongest winds it had experienced in a decade, work is still going on to clear the damage. A team of 12 staff worked for three weeks to remove more than 250 trees, branches and other pieces
Whipps Cross Hospital has doubled the number of patients it has referred to stop-smoking advice services. In just four months the Leytonstone hospital has directed more than 1,000 people to local NHS support services, thanks to a new electronic
Staff at a Chingford gardening business showed off their Movember moustaches yesterday. Nine of the team at Perfect Gardens in Chingford Mount Road grew various styles of facial hair this month to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. Aiming
A 16-year-old was arrested last night for racially abuse outside of a school. At around 6pm police were called to King Harold School in Waltham Abbey to reports of a girl abusing an older lady. A police spokesman said: “Officers arrested a
Sam Allardyce is looking for his West Ham United side to get a “massive victory” tomorrow when they take on Fulham at Upton Park. The Hammers go into the game having slipped to 17th in the Premier League table, level on points with tomorrow’s opponents
An ex-inmate who lived a life of crime in Walthamstow used his experiences to pen a novel. Richard Barnard, 48, who now lives in Northamptonshire, spent 15 years of his youth living in Ickworth Park Road and his parents still live in the area.
Staff at St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood will be hosting in a fun run next month. The Santa Fun Run will take place on Thursday December 12 to raise money for the hospice, which provides specialist care to people with life-limiting conditions.
The proceeds from a community fun day have seen two charities each £2,500 better off. The St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood and Help for Heroes were each presented with cheques after Epping Forest District Council split the cash made at the North
Members of a synagogue have joined forces with a charity to discuss possible solutions to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Over 50 members of the Woodford Liberal Synagogue in Marlborough Road, South Woodford, gathered on Tuesday
Instead of waiting a decade for a new home on the council’s housing list, Waltham Forest families are building their own – in disused garages. Despite having no building experience, the resourceful residents will be converting 50 garages in Penrhyn
A music teacher has been nominated for an award for creating a website of videos designed to teach the principles of music theory. Stephen Wiles, a music teacher at Forest School in Snaresbrook, was nominated for the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence
Two former England cricket captains attended a school’s fundraising lunch last week. Mike Gatting, who is also president of the Marylebone Cricket Club, and Chris Cowdrey spoke at the seventh annual Bancroft’s School Lord’s lunch. The event
Andy Carroll is set to return to West Ham United’s Chadwell Heath training ground next week as he steps up his recovery from injury. The striker has been working with specialists in Europe as he battles to overcome the foot injury which has sidelined
A petition has been started in a bid to save a children’s centre from closure. Today the first signatures were added to an online petition calling for Little Buddies in Buckhurst Hill to remain open after it was earmarked for closure by Essex County
A councillor has been charged with using his position in a charity to defraud the organisation. Police announced this morning that ex-Labour councillor Geoffrey Hammond, who represented Higham Hill ward in Walthamstow, is accused of committing
Loan offers are publicised in an attempt to bring empty properties back into use. There are currently 409 properties which have been empty for more than six months in Epping Forest District. The district council is now offering two loans in
TOWIE stars Lydia Bright and Billi Mucklow have spoken out in support of their friend Joey Essex and revealed they have been voting for him to take part in bushtucker trials in I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Joey has been entertaining the
A team of young mathematicians has qualified for the finals of a national competition. The pupils from Bancroft’s School, in High Road, Woodford Green, are the first maths team from the school to make it to the national final of the Senior Team
In reference to your reader's letter (Bright View Now Gone - Guardian November 28), if this build is less than a year old and her window has been there for 20 years or is in her deeds, then she has the right under civil law, the right to light act
Once again, hysteria sets in, (Bus Crash Horror, Epping Guardian, November 28) and you quote “something should be done about the speed limit”. The accident, (and others), was not caused by speed but by a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre carried out
A school is closed to pupils today due to a problem with its gas supply. Seven Kings High School, in Ley Street, Ilford, was unable to open as there is no heating and no facilities to provide food. Parents are asked to check the school website
Residents living in a failing care home for people with learning disabilities are being removed for their own safety. Upshire Residential Home at Woodredon House in Waltham Abbey was recently slammed by the Care Quality Commission for not meeting
The owner of a chicken shop that was destroyed by fire while suspected of trading in breach of a council order is due in court today. Akhtar Khan is charged with four counts of breaching the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The charges were
The families of two British women targeted in an acid attack in Zanzibar spoke of their frustration that the attackers have not been brought to justice. Londoners Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18, are recovering after being targeted by two men on
A sawn-off shotgun was seized at a Walthamstow property. Officers from Trident, which investigates gang-related crim, searched the property in Albert Road, Walthamstow, on November 19 when they found the weapon and around 50 shotgun cartridges.
A hospice has won a grant of nearly £50,000 from an ITV scheme which hands out grants to local community projects. St Clare Hospice, in Hastingwood Road, Hastingwood, was handed the £49,832 cheque yesterday from People’s Millions, funded by ITV
A gang leader who was involved in the supply of drugs and gun violence was returned to Jamaica today after police proved he was a danger to the public. Andre O’Neil Grant, 30, of Walthamstow, whose address could not be revealed, had ten UK based
Emergency repairs on a burst water main are causing traffic disruption in Waltham Abbey. Thames Water says a leak was repaired on a main in Sewardstone Road yesterday but emergency traffic lights will remain near the junction of Daws Hill while
Ofsted inspectors have told a primary school its teaching needs to “rapidly” improve. Downsell Primary School, on Downsell Road in Leyton, was told its teaching is not consistently good and pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds do not make enough
A police helicopter was scambled to help search for a suspected burglar. The search began following reports of an incident in Princes Avenue, Woodford Green, at 11.50pm. No arrests have been made.
A man has denied killing another man who had recently moved into the same street. Leonard Head, 50, of Grove Road in Walthamstow, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Tuesday accused of murdering a man in his home, also in Grove Road. Jeffrey
