FIVE circular cycle rides across local countryside are being organised by campaigners against the expansion of Stansted Airport. The rides, organised by Stop Stansted Expansion member William Chastell, are designed to reinforce the scale of the threat
A 23-year-old man, of no fixed abode, was arrested in Ilford this afternoon (Friday) by Metropolitan Police officers on suspicion of the murder of 89-year-old Theydon Bois widow Catherine Grosstephan. He is currently being brought back to Essex for questioning
A FAMILY fun day in the Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey, on Sunday is hoped to match the success of last year's event which attracted about 1,000 people. The day has been organised by the Lea Valley Church on behalf of the Churches of Waltham Abbey. Among
NEW Loughton mayor Janet Woods has stated her main aims for her term of office, and paid tribute to her predecessor Mike Wardle. Mrs Woods, who was deputy mayor last year, said she had several ambitions for her time in office, including helping launch
A "VERY independent" 91-year-old woman died after she lost control of her car on her way home in Waltham Abbey, an inquest heard. Lydia Shephard, of First Avenue, Breach Barns, was driving her blue Nissan Sunny car along Breach Barns Lane on Friday,
CLAIMS that police were not taking youthful anti-social behaviour seriously in Chingford have been denied by police who say criminals will be punished. They told the Guardian that they were swinging into action to combat children and teenagers who targeted
EVERY day the council's flytip crews scour the streets for illegally dumped piles of rubbish. Their daily battle to clear roads and pavements of builders' rubble, fridges, televisions and mattresses costs the taxpayer thousands of pounds a month. A
A PRISON officer from Woodford Green is exchanging cell keys for car keys as he pursues his dream of becoming a Formula One driver. Jon Longman of Brackley Square has qualified through three stages of a national competition to find a new racing
A NEW superintendent has been appointed by the City of London to take control of Epping Forest. Mat Roberts will take up the post of Epping Forest Superintendent on June 8. The post was previously held by Jeremy Wisenfeld who died in December 2005.
WORK by a craftsman of the Arts and Crafts movement is on display for the first time in an exhibition at William Morris Gallery. George Jack (1855-1931) was an architect and designer and one of the most prolific members of the movement. An early
A NEW study has praised the contribution Queens Market makes to the community and warns that plans to redevelop the site could harm the local economy. Think-tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) published its study, The World on a Plate, on Monday,
A DISEASED tree fell on a house where a flat had just been sold, crashing into the roof and smashing a window. David Neale and his partner Surb, who live in the upstairs flat of the house in Hecham Close, Walthamstow, were luckily at work when the tree
CHIKARA Women's Karate Academy from Leytonstone completed an impressive victory at the Shobu-Ippon International Shokotan Open Championships. The team won 19 trophies to top the medal charts, beating off competition from the other 13 associations in
THIS is the new Ray Lodge United Reformed Church in Woodford Green fresh from its recent makeover. The church and its hall have been knocked together, giving the building a bigger feel. Its first major event will be the annual spring fair held at the
A WOMAN is fighting for the right to stay in the home she has lived in all her life. Jacqueline Low, 41, has been asked by Redbridge Council to leave her home in Maldon Walk, Woodford Green, following the death of her mother in March 2004. The council
A HOOLIGAN set his German shepherd dog on a man, leaving him with deep bite wounds, as he left a fun fair in Valentines Park. The 20-year-old man had just left the park at 7.30pm on Saturday, May 13, and was walking down Cranbrook Road when he noticed
