http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/ East London and West Essex Guardian Series /blogs/ en-gb Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:41:00 +0100 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:41:00 +0100 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/ http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/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 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4400737.Inside_the_belly_of_the_beast/?ref=rss I paid my first visit to the Old Bailey this week. Wed, 27 May 2009 17:19:19 +0100 ef353066fc63a91797fbf8269dc222c1 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4396051.SOUND_ADVICE__Free_gigs_are_most_welcome_in_times_of_economic_woe/?ref=rss 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. Tue, 26 May 2009 11:36:29 +0100 67665de557a82fee49229a3c9cff5981 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4384206.Mo__money__mo__problems/?ref=rss 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. Wed, 20 May 2009 17:50:44 +0100 978265f0046edf276417c69dfe011da6 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4369615.Money__money__money/?ref=rss So Becks's boyhood house didn't sell. Thu, 14 May 2009 15:17:24 +0100 db9c4fb7823fb9474decdf201254a9c5 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4349408.Clyde_s_legacy/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 07 May 2009 11:21:21 +0100 d0d6628d704d665890a05b78f89c768e http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4347474.Political_figures_and_polyclinics/?ref=rss I met Nick Clegg on Friday. Wed, 06 May 2009 16:20:17 +0100 c1c343411cab0d7543331629c69adb84 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4330256.Return_of_the_blog/?ref=rss After a week's absence, the blog returns with another shameless (or shameful perhaps?) plug for my reporter's surgery. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:48:02 +0100 020af28fdb004ca4d0c086bd3d8da22a http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4315600.Take_a_photo_for_freedom/?ref=rss 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! Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:42:48 +0100 91b4b66f32e8d02a88f7e59290cb78f6 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4297553.Don___t_let_the_renaissance_pass_Walthamstow_by_/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:09:15 +0100 b451560dc46c0c880aeaab696a464cf1 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4295026.All_at_sea_again/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:21:15 +0100 7fe7b018e9a0e58711052142197f926b http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4280077.Farewell_at_last__Lincolns_/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:08:22 +0100 2d4488316ea4d1f258cb4879e588a575 http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/blogs/4277183.Fire_and_brimstone/?ref=rss 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. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:57:23 +0100 774f2bbb8908abdd8ed6414fe190181e