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  • Allardyce: Song can be our Yaya Toure

    Sam Allardyce believes on-loan midfielder Alex Song will be a "Yaya Toure-type signing" for West Ham this season. Song swapped the Nou Camp for Upton Park when he moved from Barcelona in August and the 26-year-old has helped lift the Hammers to

  • Pankhurst memorial restored to original name

    Britain's first ever anti-war memorial has been restored and renamed to coincide with World Disarmament Day.  The monument was commissioned by leading suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst and sculpted by Eric Benfield outside her 'Red Cottage' off the

  • TV star Bradley Walsh blasts potholes in Epping Forest

    Former Coronation Street star Bradley Walsh has blasted pothole-ridden roads in Epping Forest as “a shocker” on national television. The actor, comedian and game show host condemned two of the worst roads, Gravel Lane in Chigwell and Epping Lane

  • Opinion: Lack of serious debate on housing crisis

    As a resident of Walthamstow I’m concerned about the lack of serious local debate on the homes we need in our community when there’s clearly a big problem. Many of us are finding it really hard to save enough money to get on the housing ladder,

  • Missing 14 year old girl returns home

    A 14-year-old girl who had been missing since Monday has returned home. Angjela Ahmetaj went missing from her house in Chigwell at around 12.30pm. Essex Police said she returned home of her own accord this morning.

  • Opinion: Hospital medics endlessly patient

    In recent months there have been damning reports on NHS hospitals and staff, but I must say that both my husband and I have been treated by medical staff both at Whipps Cross, the Royal London and Barts hospitals and we have received nothing but the

  • 'Amy Winehouse' music room opens at Hospice

    A specialist music therapy room funded by the foundation of the late singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, has opened at a hospice for seriously-ill children.   The dedicated music space inside Haven House's holistic care centre was opened by Amy's

  • Spike in people using food bank

    A food bank has helped to feed more people in the last three months than the whole of last year.  Since opening in June 2013, Loughton Foodbank, which is run from sites in The Broadway and St Mary’s Church in High Street, has provided emergency

  • Court issues fine for man caught with cannabis

    A 25-year-old man has been fined for possession of a Class B drug. Ashweeny Theeka, 25, was caught with two bags of herbal cannabis whilst sitting on his bike outside a nursery in Leytonstone. Police spotted him in Gainsborough Road and found

  • Care home to participate in global celebration

    A care home is set to host an annual party for residents next month as part of a global celebration. Pinewood Care Home in Manford Way, Chigwell will be joined by Chigwell and Hainault's League of Jewish Women for this years Mitzvah Day Party in

  • Community fights back over spread of 'chicken shops'

    The community is fighting back over the spread of takeaways, after two nearby shops applied for permission to sell fast-food. As concern grows about the urbanisation of suburban Woodford Green, with a proposal on the table to allow high-rise flats

  • Unemployed man fined for class A drug possession

    An unemployed man has been fined for possession of class A drugs. Daniel Khan, 24, was searched by police in Leyton, last month, after being spotted behaving suspiciously in his car. Police officers were on patrol in Lea Bridge Road on October

  • Clinical commissioning groups 'ignoring' IVF guidelines

    Clinical commissioning groups (CCG) are "ignoring" national IVF treatment guidelines, it is claimed. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) say all CCGs should provide three cycles of IVF treatment for women aged under 40

  • Mimms is Hammers' new goalkeeper coach

    Bobby Mimms has been appointed as West Ham’s new goalkeeper coach. The 51-year-old former Everton and Tottenham Hotspur stopper previously worked with manager Sam Allardyce at Blackburn Rovers and has joined the Hammers following the departure

  • Police to hold community meetings

    Community police are to hold community meetings around the district next month to enable residents to raise concerns. A meeting will take place in St Mary Church in High Road, Loughton, on November 6 between 7pm and 8pm. Officers will also

  • Child sexual exploitation referrals revealed

    There were 33 children referred to social services because of a risk of sexual exploitation in Redbridge, a report has found. News agency Openworld and Channel 4 News published the results of 122 Freedom of Information requests earlier this month

  • Pre-school rated 'good' by Ofsted

    A pre-school previously deemed satisfactory has been judged as 'good' by Ofsted.  Lisa Smith, the leader of Handsworth Pre-School, based at the United Reform Church in Malvern Avenue, Highams Park, has praised staff who "worked extremely hard"

  • Water company warning following series of burglaries

    Thames Water is warning customers to be vigilant following a series of burglaries by bogus workmen claiming to be from the company. A burglar posing as a ‘water board’ official stole cash and jewellery from a pensioner in Waltham Abbey during a

  • Parents warned over concerns for children's safety

    A primary school has issued a warning to parents after two suspicious incidents in the space of 24 hours. According to various reports on social media, Chase Lane Primary School in York Road sent a group text message yesterday warning of the incidents

  • £1.5 million cannabis farm accused appear in court

    Two men accused of growing cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £1.5million have appeared in court. Romario Lila, 20, and Shkelzen Kojku, 25, both of no fixed address, were remanded in custody at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court yesterday

  • Child sexual exploitation referrals revealed

    There have been 59 cases of child sexual exploitation referred to social services in the last year in Waltham Forest, a report has revealed. News agency Openworld and Channel 4 News have published the results of Freedom of Information requests,

  • Are you the best dressed pumpkin?

    People dressed as pumpkins will be raising money for a local hospice this weekend.   Haven House Children’s Hospice has invited families to dress up as pumpkins and take part in a Halloween themed sponsored walk through the streets of Woodford

  • Port Vale v Leyton Orient preview

    Leyton Orient will attempt to extend their unbeaten away record this weekend at Port Vale and build on Tuesday's win at Doncaster Rovers. Interim boss Kevin Nugent guided the O's to their first league victory this week and Orient are unbeaten in

  • Former college opens as community cookery school

    A house once used as an arts college has re-opened as a community cookery school. Cordon Verve in Walthamstow will teach a variety of kitchen skills, with an emphasis on using local produce. The building, in Orford Road, formerly housed the

  • Home burglar caught on CCTV

    Scroll down for video  A burglar has been caught on CCTV moments before he raided a home in Chingford.  Suspect 160068 is wanted for breaking into a family home in the Hatch Lane area of New Road on July 31, at around 11pm.  He gained entry

  • Forums to launch next week

    New public meetings enabling people to raise concerns with councillors will launch next week. Local forums have replaced area committees, but do not have decision-making powers or an allocated budget. This led to claims the move undermined

  • Met boss criticises cop killer release

    The Metrpolitan Police Commmissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, has spoken out against the release of a man convicted of killing three offficers. Harry Roberts, formerly of Wanstead and whose parents ran The George pub in High Road, was jailed in