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ESSEX saw Middlesex make good progress on day one of their LV County Championship, Division Two clash at the County Ground. The hosts had won the toss at Chelmsford and asked the visitors to open the batting. England batsman Andrew Strauss enjoyed a

ESSEX chief executive David East believes billionaire Allen Stanford's proposals for an English version of the IPL would be a disater. East speaking in the wake of Stanford's proposals, believes a merger of counties to poroduce regional sides would hit

FOOTBALL WHILE Leyton FC have endured a tough season, the ladies team has achieved success on league and cup fronts. Leyton Ladies - who have a direct association with Leyton FC - finished runners-up in the Greater London Womens Football League Division

RESTRICTIONS on a quarantine centre in Chingford where kennel workers were bitten by a rabid puppy have now been lifted. Charity worker Kim Cooling, kennel worker Sarah Page, and another employee were nipped by a mongrel Millie at Chingford Quarantine

Redbridge Ladies 2 Valley Green 1 (Essex Girls League U11S Plate competition) PLAYING on a difficult, bumpy pitch Redbridge struggled to get into their stride. But with the wind behind them they managed to dominate the first half and it was no surprise

THE Lakeside Hammers captain, Adam Shields, was injured in a crash in Sweden on Tuesday evening whist racing for his Swedish side Rospiggarna. It has now been confirmed that Shields dislocated his shoulder in a crash in his final race. Rospiggarna were

THE skies above North Weald Airfield will again echo to the sound and sight and of Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft as the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flies in on Sunday, May 18. The planes will then land to join the Spirit of North

TOTTENHAM have confirmed that they will play a pre-season friendly with Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road in July. The match will take place on Wednesday July 30, kicking off at 7.45pm and fans can purchase tickets from Orient, with adult tickets available

ORIENT will play host to Tottenham Hotspur in a pre-season friendly at Brisbane Road in July. The O's' ground is the home of the Lilywhites' reserve team, but the first team will travel to Leyton with a host of top flight stars on show. Tickets

ATHLETICS ORION Harriers athlete Natalie Kipps came fifth in the final of the 800m at the British University Sports Association (BUSA) outdoor championships at Bedford's International Track. Kipps, representing Hertfordshire University, came through

TOTTENHAM have reportedly opened negotiations with Barcelona over the transfer of striker Samuel Eto'o. Sports paper Marca reported that Spurs are chasing the Cameroon international after Eto'o fuelled speculation that he could be on his way out of

ARSENE WENGER admitted he is "disappointed" by Mathieu Flamini's decision to leave the Emirates for the riches on offer in Milan. The 24-year-old reportedly turned down an offer worth in the region of £55,000 a week from Arsenal in favour of a more

FURTHER to Mrs J Forrest's letter (Let's deliver a KO to child Thai boxing', May 1), I would like to say that there is nothing wrong with children doing such sports and they should, in fact, be encouraged. Thai boxing, along with other martial arts such

POIGNANT moments are what make lower league football special and there was one such moment at Victoria Road on Saturday. Lee Goodwin tasted league football for seven minutes in what turned out to be his 244th - and last-ever - appearance as a player

I WANT to say thanks to everyone involved in the Lee Valley Wildlife Weekend. I went and thought it was great. There was a Metropolitan Police stand about cruelty to wildlife in Britain and a stand all about bats which had real bats and a real life

WHILE I was in Walthamstow town centre on Saturday, I took a few minutes to image the giant screen that there is a plan to instal there. It struck me that it would be quite good to have a screen where special events and films could be broadcast, as long

ARSENE WENGER will do everything in his power to keep Alexander Hleb at the Emirates. The midfielder has been the subject of interest for Italian side Inter Milan in recent weeks, but after losing out to AC Milan in the battle to keep Mathieu Flamini

LOCAL politicians would do well to learn the lessons of last week's elections. Councillors who are out-of-touch with their electorates have been removed from office across the country. In this borough residents are disgusted by the council's plan to

WE would like to make it clear that Animal SOS Sri Lanka has never spent a penny of charity funds importing a single street dog from Sri Lanka into the UK (Five dogs are beheaded after rabid puppy attack', Guardian, May 1). The charity was formed last

I AM writing to support Macmillan Cancer Support's campaign for free prescriptions in England. No-one should be in a position where they can't afford to pay for their prescriptions, yet for one in ten cancer patients aged 55 and under who have to pay

DID you know that Waltham Forest Theatre, in Lloyd Park, could be demolished soon? We have just attended the Gang Show which could be the last performance there. Although the theatre was going to be closed two years ago and many groups that used it

SERIOUS questions have to be asked about the future of arts funding in the borough after the council pulled funding from the Walthamstow Festival (Guardian, April 24). Having noticed that the Arts Council grants handed out to all London boroughs total

THE sooner we get rid of this Mickey Mouse Government the better. Their answer to everything is to make money out of it. I'm a pensioner, worked all my life and I get less than £19,000 a year. I still pay income tax and full council tax. Food, gas

THE new film Three And Out (Freetime, May 1) has upset far more people than the train drivers' union. Tube train suicides are ghastly and traumatic events for everyone involved - the driver (who may be mentally scarred for life), station staff, the emergency

IT was with great sadness I read that 1NE ( formerley and affectionately know as WACS - Waltham Forest Alcohol Counselling Service ) is to be axed (Guardian, May 1). This facility saved my life as well as countless other lives and also helps family members

SOMETIMES you get an organisation that really works for the people, bringing together all walks of life and all agencies. The one thing they all have in common is that one of the family has a problem with drink or drugs or anger, all of which can be

JOE Flynn (letters, May 1) draws attention to the fact that war is just as much a moral issue as the current attempt to legalise the creation of hybrid embryos, about which the Church has been outspoken. In fact, the Church does speak out about a wide

I WOULD like to set the record straight about the story in last week's paper Emergency training needs an overhaul.' Although the article quotes quite accurately from a part of the Community Safety Services Scrutiny Committee agenda from the meeting on

SADLY, it would seem that 9,500 people in the Redbridge and Havering area did not take the advice of the leader in last week's paper warning of the electoral dangers represented by the far British National Party (BNP). The party won around 77,000 votes

WE WOULD like to make it clear that Animal SOS Sri Lanka has never spent a penny of charity funds importing a single street dog from Sri Lanka into the UK. The charity was formed last year with the sole purpose of helping the desperate animals in Sri

TWO years ago, with my husband, I managed to go to every Status Quo concert on the UK winter tour, a total of 31 concerts in 6 weeks. As a result I am compiling a book of people's memories for a book entitled Goin' Quoin' Past and Present'. I am interested

FOR people like myself who have spent their whole lives living in a big city, miles from the sea, something as simple as a swimming pool really does bring something extra into our lives. Swimming is not only an excellent form of exercise, but great fun

I HAVE felt compelled to write to you in response to an article in your paper of April 24 under the headline Teachers walk out in pay row.' I am a member of staff at Woodbridge High School and I was dismayed to read the article and to think that the

I HAVE been reading your paper for the past couple of weeks and the various issues raised over the use of the Firs Estate by learner drivers. It seems strange to me that householders on the estate believe that they can rid themselves of a perceived problem

THE five Theydon Bois residents that were all elected as Independents at the Theydon Bois Parish Council elections on Thursday would like to thank all those that voted for them. A 51 per cent turnout was the highest in the Epping Forest district and

WALTHAM Abbey Liberal Democrats thank residents for your continued support in the district council elections. Although unelected, your vote helped to ensure that the BNP gained no seats in Waltham Abbey. We will continue to work hard for all the people

I READ in the Guardian (May 1 edition) that the Ongar Town Forum is looking at increasing the number of stalls at the Wednesday market in Ongar. This is not before time. When the market started there were quite a number of stalls each week, but over

A DISTRAUGHT woman experienced the worst shock of her life' when money for her partner's funeral was stolen from inside a church. More than £200 cash and credit cards were taken from the handbag of Jean Palmer at Christchurch Hall in Wanstead on Friday

I READ in the Guardian (May 1 edition) that the Ongar Town Forum is looking at increasing the number of stalls at the Wednesday market in Ongar. This is not before time. When the market started there were quite a number of stalls each week, but over

REGARDING the planning application for 2 Westbury Road, in Buckhurst Hill (Gua-rdian, May 1 edition), the initial application for 81 and 83 Palmerston Road was for 22 flats in an L' shape running along Palmerston Road and Westbury Road. Planning officer

IT is with great pleasure I write to congratulate the Friends of Swaines Green on organising another fantastically successful May Fayre this past weekend. Epping saw many hundreds of local residents and visitors come out and celebrate the natural beauty

I HAVE, over the last three years, expressed my concerns about the massive McCarthy and Stone development on the High Road in Epping and the effect that it will have on my family's day to day lives. I am a resident of Beech Place, which directly backs

RECENTLY questions have been asked as to who are the owners of a piece of land that starts at the junction of Princes Road and Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill. The answer is: the Corporation of London. Yes, the land is part of Epping Forest. How I do I

A PENSIONER has vowed to continue her fight to give co-habiting siblings the same rights as married couples despite a "crushing" EU ruling. Jean Hill, of Woodford Green, has been campaigning for a change in the law ever since she was shocked to discover

COUNTY CRICKET THE season has only just started - but already it has turned sour for Essex all-rounder Tim Phillips. He had begun it with high hopes and featured in the Friends Provident Trophy victory over Kent at Canterbury, but now he faces a lay-off

CRICKET (National Cup - roundup) FIVES and Heronians moved into the next round of the National Cup on Sunday with a 234 run win over Middlesex Tamils. Daniel Stevens (79), Glenn Jackson (22), Ed Buxton (23), Rahul Bhome (67) and Terry Ballard (36

CRICKET (Essex League Cup - roundup) LOUGHTON and Woodford Wells were the only two local sides to make it into the second round of the Essex League Cup on Saturday. Loughton progressed thanks to a narrow nine-run win in a rain-hit game at Westcliff-on-Sea

PLANNING permission is being sought for 14 flats on the site of a former petrol station. Insigniacorp Ltd has applied to Epping Forest Council for permission to build 11 two-bedroom flats and three three-bedroom flats on the site of Wintry Park Service

A GANG of armed robbers have been jailed for a total of 27 years for a string of raids, including one near Barclays Bank in Epping High Street, which netted a total of £100,000. Dean Cronin, 22, Daniel Dye, 20, and Jack Larwood, 18, held up at least

CRICKET Loughton 156 -5 German National Team 143-9 (Friendly) LOUGHTON secured a memorable 13-run victory over the German national team. The hosts won the toss in the Bank Holiday Monday game and elected to open the batting. Despite losing opener

INTERWOOD coach Trevor Bailey is looking for Waltham Forest boys and girls, in Year Nine to represent the borough in the coming Balfour Beatty London Youth Games. Any players interested should be available for trials on Saturday mornings between 9am

FOOTBALL WALTHAM Forest chairman Azumah Cofie admits the uncertainty over the club's future has already hampered team preparations for next season. The Stags were forced out of their Wadham Lodge home in Kitchener Road, Walthamstow - a ground they

Two Walthamstow men have been charged following the discovery of more than 500 cannabis plants at a Tottenham property. Martin McCloskey, 55, and Steven Gribben, 35, both of Forest Road, were charged last Friday with production of cannabis after the

THE borough's premier park is in line for a multi-million pound makeover after succeeding in the first part of a Lottery bid. The linked Lloyd and Aveling parks, in Walthamstow, have been granted £167,000 to develop detailed plans to bring in a further

JUNIOR FOOTBALL West Essex Colts 6 Enfield Colts 2 (Rural Friendly League U11s) WEST Essex clinched the Premier League title with a nervous display against Enfield. A number of early chances were not taken which made the pressure mount until

KARATE HIGHAMS Park-based karate club Ryukyukan secured a string of medals at the second EU-Okinawa Open Karate and Kobudo Tournament last weekend. The club, which is located at the Matsuri School for Karate Excellence E4 Health and Fitness Club in

DESPITE a three-month Guardian campaign supported by thousands of residents, Royal Mail has finally announced it will close South Woodford Post Office. The decision, revealed today (Wednesday), will sadden the 3,000 people who signed a petition calling

THREE Walham Forest post offices will close but a decision on closing another three has been delayed, it has been announced. Post Office Ltd has decided to close the branches in Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, Leyton High Road and Hall Lane, Chingford

EPPING FOOTBALL ROUNDUP DEBDEN'S bid for promotion from Herts County Senior League division one came to a disappointing end following a 1-1 draw with Sarratt on Monday night. A depleted Sports - who went into the game with only eleven fit men and were

A VILLAGE pub has been forced to close after the landlord decided to leave. The Sixteen String Jack, in Theydon Bois, recently closed without warning, leaving locals wondering what was going on. Resident Leslie Jerman said: "The Sixteen String Jack

MARTIN Ling's summer clear-out began by him telling six players they didn't have a future at the club including Orient's current longest-serving player Jabo Ibehre. The striker, who came through the ranks at Brisbane Road had made his first team debut

In his latest fan blog, Pandamonium editor and O's supporter Mat Roper takes a first of a three part look into Orient's season. So, it's all over then. Another nine months of hell for most of us (that's just fanzine editors - lol) and we can safely

ORIENT striker Wayne Gray was keeping his fingers crossed yesterday (Wednesday) that he wouldn't miss the start of next season after suffering a serious knee injury in the O's 3-1 win over Bristol Rovers on Saturday. The 27-year-old forward scored his

TAPES of a bugged Walthamstow flat which outline alleged conversations describing a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners were heard by a jury. The recordings made by security services in 386A Forest Road, were played at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday

JUANDE RAMOS believes his new-look Tottenham side can challenge the top four for a place in the Champions League next season. Ramos will oversee a dramatic overhaul in playing staff this summer, and is determined that his side will be ready to mount

JONATHAN WOODGATE has told Tottenham fans that Juande Ramos is the man capable of taking the club to the next level. Woodgate traded Middlesbrough for the capital and has since established himself as the rock at the heart of the Spurs defence. And

WEST Ham striker Carlton Cole is reportedly a summer target for Sunderland. Black Cats boss Roy Keane is looking to provide Kenwyne Jones with a suitable partner up front and is willing to pay £2 million for the former Chelsea forward, although Celtic

EUROPEAN giants AC Milan have joined Real Madrid and Barcelona in the race to sign Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov. The Daily Mail reported that the San Siro club have indicated that they are ready to enter into negotiations with Tottenham for the Bulgarian

THEO WALCOTT believes Arsenal's youngsters will improve and guide the side to their first trophy in four years next season. The 19-year-old has worked his way into Arsene Wenger's first-team players in the second half of this campaign, and with the

ARSENAL chairman Peter Hill-Wood has insisted Arsene Wenger has all the funds he needs to buy players in the transfer window but believes the Frenchman will not splash the cash unnecessarily. Hill-Wood believes Wenger will stay true to his policy of

ANOTHER of Arsenal's stars is reported to be a transfer target for a major European club, as Emmanuel Adebayor has reportedly won rave reviews from Barcelona's scouts in England. A number of the Gunners' squad have been linked with moves away from

ARSENAL have a fight on their hands to keep hold of star player Cesc Fabregas after Real Madrid reportedly launched a £35million for the midfielder. The Spanish champions have made their admiration for the player no secret, and club preseident Ramon

LONDON Assembly victor Jennette Arnold said having Boris Johnson in charge would not make any difference to her work as member for London North East. Mrs Arnold's constituency covers the London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Hackney and Islington. The

MERVYN Day admits that he hasn't a clue if or boss Alan Curbishley will still be at West Ham next season. Despite being hampered by a season-long injury crisis and leading the club to a creditable midtable finish, the Hammers' management team have come

A FRUSTRATED residents' association is writing to the council about a "neighbour from hell" who has flouted council and High Court rulings over planning permission. The Dale View Residents' Association (DVRA), in Chingford, has sent a letter to the council

TABLE TENNIS THE West Essex league tournament proved that fairy tales do come true as 15-year-old Chris Penrose became the new men's singles champion. The unseeded youngster was player of the tournament and produced the same form he has shown all season

WEST Ham defender Anton Ferdinand is a £6 million transfer target for bitter rivals Spurs, according to media sources. It is the second time the north Londoners have made an approach for the 23-year-old after former boss Martin Jol had a £4 million offer

CLYDE Loakes has held on to power as council leader. The head of the Labour group was challenged by the cabinet member for community safety, Cllr Afzal Akram. The 25 Labour councillors voted on who they wanted to be leader at last night's annual general