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  • Eton Manor back on track

    Eton Manor put last week’s first defeat of the season behind them to beat North Walsham 36-7 in London League One North on Saturday. Hosts Manor (pictured) took the lead when Callum McKie kicked a simple penalty, before Kevin Reed collected the

  • Race exclusion costs Bearman championship

    Theydon Bois racer Lochlan Bearman was left ruing his exclusion from an earlier race after finishing fourth overall in the Mini Max Championship at Kimbolton on Sunday. The 12-year-old was disqualified from the race on September 9 following a collision

  • Flood defence budget facing cuts

    Areas prone to flooding could be put at further risk due to funding shortfalls, according to a council report. In the last two years, Waltham Forest has experience twenty flood incidents, with the majority being surface flooding at carriageways

  • Chance to meet Santa

    Children have the chance to meet Santa at a library in the run-up to Christmas. A grotto has been set up to house Father Christmas and his elves at Redbridge Central Library, in Clements Road, Ilford.   People can visit tomorrow between 11am

  • Orient's trip to Preston selected for live TV coverage

    Leyton Orient's trip to Preston next month has been selected for live Sky Sports coverage. The O's were due to play North End on Saturday, January 17 but it has been brought forward to 7.45pm on Friday, January 16.  Orient are third from bottom

  • Dog not receiving treatment after being confiscated

    A man whose English Bull Terrier was confiscated following a fight with another dog says his pet is not receiving vital care. Przemek Nowak was with two-year-old Lucky near his home in Marlowe Road, Walthamstow, in April when the incident happened

  • Homeless charity receive life-size parcels

    Schoolchildren of all ages have spent the last few weeks collecting food items and designing life-size parcels.  Every year, staff and pupils from years 7 to 11 at Highams Park School in Handsworth Avenue, design around 40 parcels which are donated

  • Lucky punter wins £20k car

    A lucky punter has won an unexpected early Christmas after entering a random prize draw.  Joseph Palmer, of Hermon Hill in Wanstead, picked up his brand new Mercedes A Class worth £21,700 on December 10 at Stratford's Westfield Shopping Centre.

  • Performing workshop ahead of Wicked school launch

    A West End star welcomed children to workshop ahead of the official launch of a new theatre school. Katie Rowley-Jones, of Grosvenor Road in Wanstead, features in the current production of Wicked. She held the two-hour event at Prospect Hall

  • Man killed at Leyton station

    A man was killed at Leyton Tube station today after being hit by a train. A British Transport Police spokesman said they are working to trace the man's family. He said: “Our officers were called to Leyton London Underground station shortly

  • Appeal launched to find dementia sufferer

    An urgent appeal has been launched to find an elderly dementia sufferer. William Mallandain, 85, went missing from his Chingford home between 11.30am and 5.30pm yesterday. Police believe he travelled in his blue Ford Focus to the nearby Premier

  • Free school bid entering final stages

    Plans to open a 1,400-pupil free school have reached the final stages of the approval process. The Lion Academy Trust is to undergo its last interview with Department for Education officials to determine whether it will be given the green light

  • Pupils make Christmas treats for old people's centre

    Pupils handed over Christmas treats today at an old people's activity centre. Food technology pupils at Wanstead High School, in Redbridge Lane West, headed to the high street to hand over specially-made mince pies and sausage rolls to members

  • Memorial for doctor who served community for 49 years

    A memorial service for a "one of a kind' doctor who treated patients in Chingford for almost 50 years will be held next month.  Dr Rodney Herbert, of Churchill Medical Centre in Churchill Terrace, Chingford, died on September 30 from pulmonary

  • Vermin complaints 'highest in London'

    Complaints by tenants in London about vermin in their homes are at their highest level in Redbridge, according to a study. 12.3 per cent of complaints about rats and mice in London were from the borough of Redbridge. Responding to the findings

  • Pupils organise elderly society's Christmas lunch

    Pupils of a school treated an elderly society to a Christmas lunch yesterday. Members of Buxton school, in Terling Close, Leytonstone, organised and served the social group at the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Centre, Cathall Road. The Wellspring

  • Swastika vandalism 'not isolated incident'

    A second victim has come forward to say her door was vandalised with a swastika.  The 51-year-old woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, lives just 800 yards from Newlands Road, Chingford, where a widow's home was targeted by burglars who scrawled

  • Troubled youth charity 'working' on solution

    A charity housing 350 homeless young people, which is at financial risk due to poor management, says it is working to find a solution to its problems. Forest YMCA, based in Forest Road, Walthamstow, was served with a regulatory notice by the Housing

  • Carer meets Esther Rantzen as she scoops compassion award

    A carer who devotes her time to looking after people with mental health problems has been officially recognised as one of the best in the business. Renie Dada a support worker based at Amethyst Road in Leyton scooped the top prize in the Compassion

  • CCTV footage of racist attacker released

    Scroll down for video A sports shop customer is being sought by police following a racist attack on a teenager. Suspect 165267 is wanted in connection with racially aggravated actual bodily harm (ABH) at JD Sports in Selborne Walk, Walthamstow

  • Man in serious condition after pub attack

    Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked outside a pub. The 32-year-old was taken to hospital with head injuries following the incident outside O’Grady’s in High Road, Ilford, at 8.15pm on Sunday. He remains in a serious