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Claire Hack »
An announcement
Posted on 10:29am Friday 3rd July 2009
I am sitting in a cafe in Leyton, engaging in my latest reporter's surgery and testing out what it will be like to be a mobile journalist.
Claire Hack »
Panic in the streets of Waltham Forest
Posted on 5:07pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
This week, there seems to be a pervasive thrum of panic in the borough, for one reason or another.
Claire Hack »
Oh frabjous day!
Posted on 5:42pm Wednesday 17th June 2009
Callooh! Callay! Finally, some good news and I'm chortling in my joy.
Claire Hack »
Justice in action
Posted on 4:52pm Thursday 11th June 2009
The man convicted of killing Anthony Kearney - aka MC Boogaloo - has had his sentenced extended from five to eight years, following an appeal lodged by the victim's family.
Daniel Binns »
SOUND ADVICE: Summer, music and cider? Yes please daddy cool!
Posted on 12:21pm Wednesday 10th June 2009
CIDER, cider, cider. Yes, summer is coming and a new season in the music calendar is about to begin.
Caramel Quin »
I predict a photo op
Posted on 5:03pm Thursday 4th June 2009
So the diggers are on Walthamstow’s Arcade site this week, turning an unruly pile of rubble and buddleia into an altogether neater, flatter pile of rubble with no buddleia. Everyone will be so please. Except the butterflies.
Claire Hack »
One year on, the streets are still shameful
Posted on 5:14pm Wednesday 3rd June 2009
One year on, and the row over Kier Street Services has reared its ugly head again.
Daniel Binns »
SOUND ADVICE: It's terribly sad about the Loaded Dog
Posted on 4:47pm Monday 1st June 2009
THE big news this week in the world of local music is the looming threat of closure hanging over the Loaded Dog in Leytonstone.
Claire Hack »
Inside the belly of the beast
Posted on 5:19pm Wednesday 27th May 2009
I paid my first visit to the Old Bailey this week.
Daniel Binns »
SOUND ADVICE: Free gigs are most welcome in times of economic woe
Posted on 11:36am Tuesday 26th May 2009
AS the economy continues to crunch down on us all, and doom continues to rampage through our collective national conscience, it’s always nice to know there’s plenty of free gigs out there to enjoy.
Claire Hack »
Mo' money, mo' problems
Posted on 5:50pm Wednesday 20th May 2009
The MPs' expenses row rumbles on (and will most likely continue to do so for some time yet) and our Right Honorable Member has refused to apologise over his involvement.
Claire Hack »
Flash Bristow »
Clyde's legacy
Posted on 11:21am Thursday 7th May 2009
Clyde Loakes is shortly to stand down as Leader of the Council. Many comments on stories in this website wish him good riddance. So in a potentially controversial act, I'd like to consider Clyde's legacy.
Claire Hack »
Political figures and polyclinics
Posted on 4:20pm Wednesday 6th May 2009
I met Nick Clegg on Friday.
Claire Hack »
Return of the blog
Posted on 4:48pm Wednesday 29th April 2009
After a week's absence, the blog returns with another shameless (or shameful perhaps?) plug for my reporter's surgery.
Janet Wright »
Take a photo for freedom
Posted on 5:42pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
Photographers and supporters are meeting at Walthamstow Central bus station, opposite the tube, for a mass photoshoot at 4.30pm. on Saturday afternoon 25 April. Even if you haven’t got a camera, come and join in!
Janet Wright »
Don’t let the renaissance pass Walthamstow by!
Posted on 10:09pm Thursday 16th April 2009
This week is crucial in the battle to save Waltham Forest’s last cinema. A candlelit vigil is planned outside the Granada/EMD, in Hoe Street, E17, at 8pm on Saturday 18 April – all welcome to join in, and there will be entertainment afterwards.
Claire Hack »
All at sea again
Posted on 10:21am Thursday 16th April 2009
Now that we have all returned, stuffed full of Easter chocolate and emerging from our Bank Holiday torpor (I say that - I imagine not everyone was torpid. I just like the word) it's all hands on deck. With EAE on holiday and therefore not at the helm (I'm going for a nautical theme here. I like a good extended metaphor) FCR is acting captain, meaning we're a man short and scrambling just a little bit harder than usual.
Flash Bristow »
Farewell at last, Lincolns!
Posted on 12:08pm Thursday 9th April 2009
At last it’s over. The chaotic den opposite my house – Lincolns Public House – is finished. After four years of licence hearings, many hours of lost sleep, one near-fatal stabbing and who knows how many people urinating in the street, the local residents can finally look forward to a peaceful summer. However, this has been very hard-earned by the entire community.
Claire Hack »
Fire and brimstone
Posted on 3:57pm Wednesday 8th April 2009
Waltham Forest saw its very own towering inferno on Sunday night (April 5) as a fire swept through a Leyton industrial estate. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries but two warehouses were completely gutted, raining soot, ash and debris onto neighbouring properties and leaving nothing but hollow, blackened shells.
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