Record numbers turned out today to support Chingford's biggest community event. Up to 15,000 people assembled on Station Road for the return of the Chingford Village Festival with hundreds of spectators cheering on musicians and dancers from all
A murderer who went out with a knife "intending to injure someone" was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for stabbing a pregnant prostitute to death in the street. Farooq Shah, 21, of Station Road in Forest Gate, will serve a minimum of 29
The Wanstead and Woodford Guardian looks back at the biggest stories of the week. Click on the links to read the full stories. Story one p> Representatives of Funky Mojoe were in court on Monday facing a winding up order over £127,000
The Chingford Village Festival is fully underway with military displays, choir singing, Morris dancing and a variety of freshly served food, drink and delicious home-made baked goods. As music plays across Chingford Green and in surrounding halls
A ‘dangerous’ gang of armed robbers have been convicted of targeting business in east London after a police operation which caught them mid-crime. Yesterday, five men were found guilty of targeting a shop in Chadwell Heath in August last year.
I am currently writing my second book, this one being entitled Hurricane – Courage and Sacrifice, for publication this year. It will focus solely on Hurricane pilots who were sadly killed flying the type during the last world war. One such
The Epping Forest Guardian looks back at the biggest stories of the week. Click on the links to read the full stories. Story one A couple were banned from a hotel after staff found their rabbit’s droppings on the floor of their room after
It is fantastic news that schools in England are now legally required to support children with medical conditions such as asthma, cancer, type one diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, stroke, coeliac disease and anaphylaxis. Thanks to the statutory
Thank you for raising issues of photographers’ rights in your recent item in the Guardian showing photographers taking pictures of a bus to highlight that local photographers had been having problems since at least 2009. Problems for photographers
Here is a list of the most recent applications submitted to the council for the week ending June 22. Ms Ridley Ellie: Single storey extension at 9 Courtenay Road, Leytonstone, E11. Everything Everywhere Ltd: Installation of 11.5m high telecommunications
Thousands of people are to flock to Chingford today for its biggest summertime festival. The Chingford Village Festival in Station Road will be officially opened at midday by London Assembly member Jenette Arnold at the Chingford Green. For twenty
Here are the planning applications submitted last week in Wanstead, Woodford, Barkingside and Clayhall: Mr A Syed: Single storey rear and single storey side extension. 44, Ashley Avenue, Barkingside. Mrs A Sharman: Loft conversion with rear
I feel I must respond to the letter from Cllr Butler (Guardian June 19) and his accusations of my apparent rudeness and arrogant and childish behaviour on May 23 – accusations I deny. What Cllr Butler fails to inform your readers is what my comments
As the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The tea hut in High Beach has been a firm favourite with visitors to Epping Forest for 84 years. Bradley Melton is the fourth generation of his family to run the hut, which is popular with
This tea hut has been in the family for over 80 years and I cannot see why it needs to go out to tender when there is no need for change. It is a unique and valuable part of Epping Forest. We have been going to this tea hut for many years now
After reading the local Guardian this week, I had to smile to think a pre-school has shut down after a child having had a slap on her hand for pulling other children’s hair. Is that so terrible? It’s a slap, not a beating. Maybe if the parents
Planning applications submitted to Epping Forest District Council in the last week for consideration are listed as follows: For more information or to make comments, visit www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. Mr Michael Crawford: Part one and part two storey
We are writing in regard to the article in the Guardian on the tea hut in Epping Forest. This tea hut has been in the family for over 80 years and I cannot see why it needs to go out to tender when there is no need for change. It is a unique
Following the food scandals of recent years, people are becoming much more aware of what goes into our food. The last thing we need is lower legal standards, but a deal being negotiated between the EU and the US could result in exactly that.
It’s a basic principle of democracy that governments should be able to make decisions in the interests of the people who elected them. But the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership being negotiated between the US and the EU puts this principle
Many people are involved in local campaigns to protect the NHS, oppose fracking, or tackle fuel poverty. The EU is secretly negotiating a trade deal with the US which would affect all of these issues and more. If the Transatlantic Trade and
A few years ago as a result of placing a letter in your newspaper, I found an old Walthamstow friend named Arthur Brown after 50 years of wondering where he was now. Unfortunately, after travelling from my home in Perth Australia to Cornwall where
