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  • Man burned after falling into power cables

    A man suffered electric burns after falling into power cables on a railway. The man, thought to be 30, was taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning after the fall on the London Overground at Lea Bridge Road in Leyton, between Walthamstow

  • UPDATED: Slade has one game to save his job

    Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade has been told by sporting director Mauro Milanese he has one game to "sort it out" or he will be sacked by owner Francesco Becchetti. The 53-year-old revealed after this afternoon's defeat to Colchester United

  • Orient remain winless at home following Colchester defeat

    The cliché says ten men are harder to beat then 11 and Leyton Orient discovered this to their detriment by extending their winless home run to three games with a 2-0 defeat to ten-man Colchester United. Having been reduced to ten men just before

  • Pictures released in jewellery burglary investigation

    Images have been released in the hunt for burglars who stole the wedding ring of a woman's late mother. Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery was taken during the burglary in England's Lane, Loughton, including diamond and sapphire rings.

  • Speaking Out: Mark Dawes on new animal rights group

    Animal rights campaigner Mark Dawes is Speaking Out this week about a new group in the borough. The Waltham Forest Animal Protection Group has recently been set up for resident of Waltham Forest. From national issues to mistreatment of animals

  • Six arrested after drugs raid

    A man has been charged with intending to supply cannabis and five more have been arrested. Police raided what they described as a "business premises" in Sedge Green, Nazeing, yesterday and arrested six men on suspicion of being involved with drug

  • Bin man killed in crash named

    The passenger of a rubbish truck killed in a crash on the A406 has been named. Kazys Kaniauskas, 54, from Barking, died after the council bin lorry hit the central barrier on the North Circular near Hall Lane in Chingford on Tuesday morning.

  • Planning applications submitted for Wanstead and Woodford

    Here are the planning applications lodged for Wanstead and Woodford this week: Mr. S Rizvi: Single storey rear extension with a depth of 5 metres, highest point of 3 metres and height at the eaves of 3 metres. 45, Ingatestone Road, Woodford Green

  • The untold tale of Chingford's cottage homes for girls

    At a time of desperate poverty in east London, two sisters changed children’s lives forever, giving some a fresh start in the countryside and sending others thousands of miles from home. Historian Bill Bayliss has put together new evidence of seven

  • Pub undergoes £200k makeover

    The former owner of a popular bar has transformed an elderly venue into a traditional pub with a £200,000 makeover. Adam Brooks, 34, former owner of Nu Bar, Loughton purchased The Three Colts pub in Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill as his first pub