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  • Wadham Lodge book cup final berth

    Prokit UK Essex Olympian League Senior Division Cup Wadham Lodge booked their final place for the first time after a 3-1 away win at Frenford Senior. Shafik Walusimbi, Harry Honesty and a superb Reece Cossan free-kick eased them into their

  • Jolof take big step towards securing third place

    The Essex Alliance Football League Premier Division With neither of the top two in action it was third-placed Jolof Sports Club who took centre stage, beating St Francis 3-1. The win means Jolof are two points ahead of fourth-placed Melbourne

  • Loan round-up: Maiga unable to help Metz to victory

    West Ham United loanee Modibo Maiga played 82 minutes of FC Metz’s 1-1 draw at Bordeaux on Saturday, coming off the field just a minute before his side conceded the equalizer. The draw left struggling Metz in 19th, eight points from safety and

  • IDS will not attend hustings

    Iain Duncan Smith will not be attending the only hustings event organised in his constituency, it has been confirmed.  The Chingford and Woodford Green MP of 23 years initially said he "will do his best" to attend the debate.  But due to a

  • Allardyce rejects Sunderland talk as Howe murmurs increase

    West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce has dismissed suggestions of a move to Sunderland as “pure speculation” amid rumours Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe is set to replace him at Upton Park. The Hammers were fourth in the Premier League at Christmas

  • Boris wrong on police station closures - Tory candidate

    Local policing, the European Union and foreign aid were issues debated this weekend as the Leyton and Wanstead parliamentary candidates went head-to-head. Five of the constituency’s candidates were present at the public hustings event at Wanstead

  • CCTV released of pub attackers

    Police have released CCTV images of two men after a man was bottled and kicked on a night out in Leytonstone. The men are being sought in connection with grievous bodily harm (GBH) at O'Neills in High Road, Leytonstone, on April 11. At around

  • Driver hospitalised after lorry overturns

    A lorry has overturned in rush hour this morning with its driver taken to hospital. Police and London Ambulance Service were called at 7.55am after a lorry overturned on Redbridge Roundabout, just east of Wanstead. Two lanes were closed, now

  • Two jailed for life for 'frenzied' double murder

    Two men have been jailed for life for the murders of two friends in Leytonstone. The killers of Josiah Manful, 19, and Aaron Carriere, 21, were sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday for a "viscous and premeditated attack" on March 1, 2014.

  • Pair jailed for rape of minicab customer

    Two men have been jailed after a woman was driven in a cab to a house in Walthamstow and raped.  Mohammed Sallah of Hylands Road, Walthamstow, was jailed for seven years and two months on Thursday (April 23) at Snaresbrook Crown Court.  On

  • Sport students watch Barca at the Nou Camp

    Sports students visited the Nou Camp stadium to watch Barcelona FC. Young people from Waltham Forest College in Forest Road, Walthamstow, saw Barca beat Almeria 4-0 during the Easter break. The group of 28 also played against two local college

  • Body found in river confirmed as missing father

    A body found in the River Lea has been confirmed as missing father Ambrose Ball.   The 31-year-old had not been seen since January 24 after a night out at The Fox pub in Green Lanes, Palmers Green.   In the early hours of the morning a car

  • Harry Kane scoops Young Player of the Year award

    Tottenham striker Harry Kane capped an "unreal" season on Sunday evening when he landed the PFA Young Player of the Year award.  The 21-year-old from Chingford, who has scored 30 goals across all competitions for Spurs this term despite not getting

  • Class of '65 visit school on 50th reunion

    A class which left school 50 years ago were treated to a tour of the grounds as they meet for a reunion last week. Former pupils were given the tour by headteacher Andrew Beaumont on Friday (April 24) afternoon at Woodbridge High School, St Barnabas