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  • Three-legged fun helps charity

    PETER PAN and Tinkerbell ran a 15k race, tied at the ankles, to raise cash for charity. Friends Xenia Burke and Eleanor Davis dressed up as the book characters when they took part in the Challenger Run in Essex. They ran it three-legged in just under

  • Toddlers group launches JollyGym session

    FORWARD rolls, balance beams and stepping stones are all part of the energetic new toddlers' group opening to celebrate the one-year anniversary of JollyTots parents and toddlers group. JollyGym, at Waltham Abbey Community Centre, Crooked Mile, is a

  • Odeon Chelmsford

    CINEMA LISTINGS Friday, May 26, 2006 to Thursday, June 1, 2006 ODEON CHELMSFORD 01702 393523 - Box office now open for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (12A): X-MEN 3: THE LAST STAND (12A): Fri/Sat (10.50 Sat only), 12.45, 1.30, 3.2 ,4.15

  • Results round up

    Broadwater United 1 Leyton 0 (Waltham Forest Mini League Cup U10): Leyton took part in their second cup final in two weeks but this time had to settle for runners-up. Leyton had most of the possession and created the most chances but failed to

  • Players wanted

    WALTHAM Forest's Spitfires Basketball Club have been awarded the task of selecting a borough representative squad of youth players to take part in the forthcoming London Heathrow Youth Games to be held at Crystal Palace. The club's coach Trevor

  • Chapel put an End to rivals’ cup dreams

    Chapel End 4 St Josephs 1 (Waltham Forest Primary Girls League Cup Final): Chapel End's winning ways continued at the Douglas Eyre Sport Centre last week when the district's top primary girls side added yet another trophy to this season's haul. This

  • Results round up

    West Essex Colts FC are now looking for new players in all age groups for the new 2006/07 season. The club have 10 junior teams from U9 (school year 3 now) to U17. West Essex Colts hold the prestigious FA Charter Standard Award and are based in

  • Boss leaves Forest in good shape

    HAKAN Ramis-Hayrettin believes he is leaving Waltham Forest in good hands and hopes that the structure at the club will be taken on for the club to reach new heights. Hayrettin (pictured) is departing after three years with the Stags to manage Conference

  • Ave games

    WALTHAMSTOW Avenue and Pennant failed to turn possession into goals as they went down 2-0 to Crown and Manor in the Middlesex County League Premier Division last Wednesday . Both Manor goals came early in the first half and the A's rarely threatened

  • All the latest action from the Stow

    THE Williamhillcasino.com Test final promises to be a real thriller at Walthamstow tonight (Thursday) with the Paul Garland-trained Never Can Tell the favourite to take the £3,000 spoils. The former track record holder for this 640m trip was in blistering

  • Tough luck

    THERE was disappointment for Waltham Forest Amateur Boxing Club's Aarron Bad Boy' Brown when his debut for the London North Eastern Division ABA was halted prematurely by a hand injury. The Forest teenager, who was on a tour of Jersey with the division

  • Mo’s effort takes second

    NEWHAM and Essex Beagles' Mo Farah produced another great performance to confirm his status as Britain's top distance runner with a second-place finish at the Healthy Kidney 10km road race in New York's Central Park on Saturday. His time of 28minutes

  • Boxers forced out of finals

    THERE was disappointment for Waltham Forest Amateur Boxing Club's Aarron Bad Boy' Brown when his debut for the London North Eastern Division ABA was halted prematurely by a hand injury. The Forest teenager, who was on a tour of Jersey with the division

  • Redbridge’s top speed on M25

    THE London Borough of Redbridge Swimming Club completed a memorable victory at the third and final gala of the M25 Junior Speedo League at Harlow Pool. Rosie Morgan and Lawrence Brown both won their 50m freestyle races with new personal best times and

  • Two bad for Loughts

    OLD Loughtonians ladies had double trouble at Luxborough Lane at the weekend with defeats against Bowdon Hightown and Leicester. On Saturday the Chigwell-based club faced fifth-placed Bowdon needing a win to see them pull out of the relegation play-off

  • Black (PS2)

    The storyline in this game is almost forgettable with all you need to know being how to pull the trigger and how to let off explosives. It's fantastic, violent excitement all the way with deaths galore. However, just so you know, you play Jack Keller

  • The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

    In The Tenth Circle, Picoult explores the delicate moment in any child's life when they stumble upon the alarming discovery that our parents are not world-changing superheroes after all - and how the unbreakable bond between parent and child can often

  • Music CD Reviews

    Artist - Neil Young Album - Living With War Label - Reprise Stepping, with lumberjack boots, into the whole Iraq war debate, Living With War leaves the listener in no doubt whatsoever about Young's position. Whether it is a great Neil Young album

  • Oyster for overground

    PASSENGERS who travel on overground trains in London will soon be able to use the Oyster card pre-pay travel scheme. The decision to install the necessary machinery at stations across London will delight Waltham Forest residents who have complained loudly

  • Pirate success for historical author

    HISTORICAL author Helen Hollick has published a swashbuckling adventure about pirates. Sea Witch follows the adventures of the dashing Jesamiah Acorne, who runs away from an abusive brother to become a pirate and sail the high seas in the early 1700s

  • Force is going 'back to basics'

    MORE officers will be pounding the streets as Essex Police goes "back to basics". At the Epping Forest launch of Neighbourhood Policing last Thursday, Chief Constable Roger Baker insisted that more staff will be at the front end to combat crime in the

  • Tesco plan called in

    CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new Tesco superstore have been called in for consideration by the Government. Tesco has applied twice to build a store off Larkshall Road in Highams Park, but the first plan was rejected by planners and the company is currently