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  • Two injured in car collision

    Two people were injured after a road traffic collision last night (March 5). The East of England Ambulance Service Trust was called to the crash at 6.40 pm on Rectory Lane, Loughton. An ambulance crew attended the scene and treated the two 

  • Four convicted of double murder

    Four men have been convicted of the brutal killings of two men in Leytonstone. Today (March 6) at the Old Bailey, the killers of Josiah Manful, 19, and Aaron Carriere, 21, were found guilty of the murder carried out in Leytonstone on March 1, 2014

  • World Book Day celebrated by pupils

    World Book Day was celebrated by for the second day running today (March 6) at a primary school. Upshire Primary Foundation School in Upshire Road had kids dressed up as the Tin Man, Snow White and Dennis the Menace with the Deputy Head getting

  • Student beats thousands to make modelling competition finals

    A teenager is hoping to be the next Naomi Campbell after making it to the final of one of the biggest model-hunting competitions in the UK. Walthamstow College student Janete Nogueira, 19, beat competition from thousands of women across the country

  • Figures show 170 homes bought under government scheme

    A scheme to help families buy their first home in Waltham Forest is seeing success, according to the Conservative Party. In the last three years 170 homes around the borough have been bought by their tenants through a government backed scheme.

  • Peterborough v Leyton Orient preview

    Leyton Orient boss Fabio Liverani expects his side to respond strongly this weekend at Peterborough following their midweek defeat. The O's lost at home to leaders Bristol City on Tuesday night but the Italian has faith in his squad to put this

  • CCTV shows thief stealing Subway receipts

    Scroll down for video A man has been caught on camera carrying out an unusual theft. The thief entered a branch of Subway in St James Street, Walthamstow, at 1.45pm on January 28 He was filmed loitering around the till area before stealing

  • Controversial music service cuts approved

    Scroll down for video The quality of a music service used by thousands of children and young people will be "greatly affected" after a second wave of controversial cuts were approved, it is claimed. Redbridge council agreed cuts of £18,350

  • Council tax freeze to 'offset hardship'

    Council tax in Waltham Forest has been frozen for the sixth time. The freeze was voted through at a town hall budget meeting last night (March 5). In his budget speech, council leader Chris Robbins announced plans to invest £750,000 in the

  • Poorer areas 'hardest hit by cuts'

    Poorer areas have been hardest hit by cuts to local government spending over the past five years, according to a think-tank. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found local authority spend in England went down by an average of 20.4%

  • Concern for missing man last seen at Walthamstow hotel

    Concern is growing for a vulnerable missing man last seen in Walthamstow. Police in Hackney are searching for Owupele Oropabo, from Stoke Newington, who was last seen at the Travelodge hotel in central Walthamstow at 10am yesterday (March 5). 

  • Home shakes 'violently' after pipe work

    Works to replace outdated pipes more than five years ago has caused a home to "shake violently", it is claimed. Poshora Roettig, 41, and Kaluba Chitumbo, 43, share a property in The Avenue, Highams Park, where works to replace the Victorian pipes

  • EastEnders actress stars as Marilyn Monroe in new musical

    She is the blonde actress whose face was known to millions before it all ended badly. I could be talking about Marilyn Monroe, but I’m actually talking about the actress who will be playing the iconic star in a new show premiering in Walthamstow this