East London and West Essex Guardian Series | Community blogs http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/ East London and West Essex Guardian Series /blogs/blogs1/ en-gb Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:38:55 +0100 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:38:55 +0100 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/resources/images/469591/?type=rsslogo East London and West Essex Guardian Series | Community blogs http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/ Wednesday morning, 4am http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4481033.Wednesday_morning__4am/?ref=rss It is 4am. No one stirs save those who have not yet been to bed and the damp grey dawn has yet to gain purchase on the sky. It is cold. It is dark and silent as the grave. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:33:22 +0100 4a1143cfa61423dabaeb2f19da888b4c SOUND ADVICE: Everyone wiggle your jazz hands! http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4477180.SOUND_ADVICE__Everyone_wiggle_your_jazz_hands_/?ref=rss SOME people would rather be punched repeatedly in the face than listen to jazz. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:29:13 +0100 5813fa0a4c8d9f38929e9f7ce3e00d62 An announcement http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4473457.An_announcement/?ref=rss 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. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:29:36 +0100 838007e54ec1c109ea9431649bc8057d Panic in the streets of Waltham Forest http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4457352.Panic_in_the_streets_of_Waltham_Forest/?ref=rss This week, there seems to be a pervasive thrum of panic in the borough, for one reason or another. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:07:50 +0100 7b274c592f233a40de1af9f1370ab20b Oh frabjous day! http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4444221.Oh_frabjous_day_/?ref=rss Callooh! Callay! Finally, some good news and I'm chortling in my joy. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:42:11 +0100 2d6671d132f90a1afca5894862f6cd4d Justice in action http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4433798.Justice_in_action/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:52:59 +0100 abdc551a08702e7fabf4e3b9bf23654d SOUND ADVICE: Summer, music and cider? Yes please daddy cool! http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4429917.SOUND_ADVICE__Summer__music_and_cider__Yes_please_daddy_cool_/?ref=rss CIDER, cider, cider. Yes, summer is coming and a new season in the music calendar is about to begin. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:21:20 +0100 6e06a031bcead4b93290b2d84158be8c I predict a photo op http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4420946.I_predict_a_photo_op/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:03:05 +0100 6ff999fa0d146abba5b6ba70db9d061b One year on, the streets are still shameful http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4418298.One_year_on__the_streets_are_still_shameful/?ref=rss One year on, and the row over Kier Street Services has reared its ugly head again. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:14:35 +0100 31084fefe58c858a0c874acc7e5d32bf SOUND ADVICE: It's terribly sad about the Loaded Dog http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/blogs1/4411998.SOUND_ADVICE__It_s_terribly_sad_about_the_Loaded_Dog/?ref=rss THE big news this week in the world of local music is the looming threat of closure hanging over the Loaded Dog in Leytonstone. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:47:17 +0100 fe4fa4381799e8cea9b7b5c52a4f750b