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  • Remorseless killer jailed for stabbing father at funeral

    A man who showed no remorse for stabbing a "loving husband and father" to death at a funeral has been jailed for nine years.  John Nicholles, 53, of no fixed abode, was today sentenced at the Old Bailey after being convicted of the manslaughter

  • IDS criticises Whipps Cross trust over CEO search

    Iain Duncan Smith has criticised the trust which runs Whipps Cross Hospital for not replacing its departing chief executive.  Chief executive of Barts NHS Trust, Peter Morris, announced in February he is to step down this summer after six years

  • Leyton Orient v Sheffield United preview

    Leyton Orient could be relegated from League One tomorrow if they fail to win at home to Sheffield United and results go against them. O's boss Fabio Liverani accepts his team have to deliver this weekend, in their final match of the season at

  • Plea date set for Leyton murder accused

    A court date has been set for a 43-year-old accused of murdering a man in a restaurant to enter a plea.  Hysni Avdyli, 43, of Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, was arrested on April 17 and charged the following day with the murder of 34-year-old Asim

  • Photos of fatal motorcycle crash riders released

    Photos of two people killed in a tragic motorcycle accident have been released by police.  The collision involving a rider, pillion passenger and pedestrian happened on Saturday (April 18) at 5.30pm in Woodford Avenue, Clayhall, near the junction

  • Businesses targeted in spate of burglaries

    Police are warning businesses to secure their premises following a spate of burglaries in the north Chingford area.  The Chingford Green safer neighbourhood team (SNT) have been visiting businesses this week after six shops in Station Road and

  • £40k reward in 1975 Playboy bunny girl murder case

    Detectives investigating a 40-year-old unsolved double murder case of a Playboy bunny girl and schoolgirl are offering a £40,000 reward to catch the killer.  Eve Stratford, 21, was found stabbed to death in her flat in Lyndhurst Drive, Leyton,

  • Walthamstow director's first film showing on the big screen

    Every director dreams of being at the helm of a feature film and seeing their name up on the big screen and Walthamstow’s Peter Domankiewicz is no exception. And while you may not have heard of his movie Tea & Sangria yet, take a trip to the

  • Hollywood hard man Vinnie Jones coming to Redbridge

    Footballer turned Hollywood hard man Vinnie Jones is to visit Redbridge next month for an exclusive black-tie event. Hosted by luxury event promoters Simply Prestige, 'The evening with Vinnie Jones' will take place at The Willows in Forest Road

  • Unbeaten college team wins football league

    Footballing students have celebrated being crowned league champions are going the season unbeaten.  Sport science students at Waltham Forest College won the 2015 Southern England Student Sports Association (SESSA) title.  The team won 10 games