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  • Hammers battle to Stoke City draw

    West Ham United battled back to draw 2-2 at Stoke City in the Premier League this afternoon. The Hammers found themselves 2-0 down after goals from Victor Moses and Mame Biram Diouf put the hosts in command. But Sam Allardyce's side pulled

  • Orient denied first home win by Coventry City

    Leyton Orient are still waiting for their first home win this season after a late Coventry City equaliser earned a 2-2 draw. It was a largely uneventful first half hour but Coventry opened the scoring ten minutes before the break when a defensive

  • Orient skipper Clarke returns for Coventry game

    Leyton Orient captain Nathan Clarke returns to the side for their home game with Coventry City. Clarke has recovered from concussion and replaces the suspended Shane Lowry. The other change sees Milwall loanee Josh Wright start ahead of Bradley

  • Woman stabbed to death in Ilford

    A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was stabbed to death and a man was found dead in Ilford yesterday.  Emergency services were called to Valentines Road at around 5.30pm where the woman, believed to be in her 20s, was found

  • Headteacher confident in new school

    The new headteacher of a school due to open next year is confident that it will be “outstanding”. David Grant, headteacher of The Ongar Academy, will be working from January to prepare for the school’s opening in September 2015. Mr Grant, who

  • Awards keep on coming for innovative restaurant

    A restaurant run by a husband and wife team has once again been awarded for its quality food. At the annual Essex Tourism and Hospitality awards, Haywards Restaurant, Bell Common, Epping, won in the 'Best Fine Dining Restaurant' category, despite

  • 'Fraudster took money from people dying of cancer'

    A victim of a £5million church fraud said the imprisonment of Patrick Coppeard 'absolves' his victims of guilt. Mr Coppeard, a former magistrate and church warden at St John’s church in Buckhurst Hill, was jailed for six years on Thursday after

  • Send us your Halloween and Bonfire Night pictures

    The Guardian is calling all trick or treaters and firework enthusiasts this season. What are you doing to celebrate Halloween and Bonfire Night this year? We want to see what you are doing to celebrate in Epping Forest, Waltham Forest, Wanstead

  • Six-month Great War exhibition launch date set

    A six-month long Great War exhibition is due to be launched on November 11. The display will feature historic objects, photographs and personal items from the Great War with links to the borough, and will be based at Redbridge Central Library,

  • 48 years on from the arrest of a notorious police killer

    In 1966 shockwaves echoed in west London after three unarmed police officers were shot dead. Detective Constable David Wombwell, Sergeant Christopher Head and PC Geoffrey Fox were killed after they approached a van parked near Wormwood Scrubs prison

  • What's On: Best Bonfire Night events in the area

    Chestnut Field, Walthamstow. Celebrate Bonfire Night with a bang, as this fabulous display of fireworks is set to ‘music from the movies’. A great night out that all the family can enjoy. Food and drinks stalls also available. Chestnut Field,

  • Speaking out - Pauline Flynn on domestic abuse

    Pauline Flynn is organising a campaign against domestic abuse next month. Support organisation, Always Protecting Victims (APV), is launching the No More Abuse Campaign, on November 13 evening at Redbridge town hall, in Ilford. Ms Flynn is