IRRESPONSIBLE dog owners could be landed with a £1,000 fine under new orders proposed by the council. Epping Forest District Council is calling on residents to have their say on the plans, which would make it an offence to fail to clean up dog
STAFF at Whipps Cross Hospital have been helping out at the Olympics by both performing in its opening ceremony and volunteering at the Games. Seven staff at the Leytonstone site donned retro nurses outfits and danced in the ceremony's tribute
MUSICIANS will perform live in a nursing home so the residents can enjoy the therapeutic benefits music brings. Harts House Nursing Home, in Harts Grove Woodford Green will host the special concert on Wednesday. The concert has been
Woodford Green with Essex Ladies competitor Youcef Abdi missed out on a place in the 3000m Steeplechase final after a sixth place finish in the heats this afternoon. The Australian finished sixth in a time of 8.29.81 – less than a second behind
FAMILIES are pleading with the council to abandon night-time rubbish collections during the Olympic and Paralympic Games following lower than expected levels of traffic. The authority's contractors Kier are collecting household waste and recycling
British duo Shana Cox and Lee McConnell both progressed to the semi finals of the 400m this afternoon following good runs in the Olympic Stadium. Woodford Green with Essex Ladies competitor Cox ran in Heat Two and finished third in a time
THE girlfriend of the cyclist who was killed on Wednesday after colliding with an Olympic bus has paid tribute to her 'boo'. Cecilia Dominici, a social media manager for MediaCom, took to social media site Twitter today and said:
THOUSANDS have been donated to a hospice by a charity that has been supporting it for two decades. The organisers of the annual Thornwood Festival raised £2,500 for St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood, despite having to move stalls at the event
Chingford’s Dan Fogg progressed through to the final of the 1500m freestyle this morning after finishing as the fifth fastest in the heats. The former Waltham Forest Gators swimmer posted a time of 14.56.12, finishing second in his heat to Italian
Olympic silver medallist Gemma Gibbons described yesterday as the best day of her life after she came from nowhere to book her place on the podium at London 2012. The Charlton-born judoka became Britain’s first Olympic medal winner for 12 years in judo
A WARTIME evacuee has recalled her experiences of leaving home during the Second World War. June Harrison was just 12 years old when she arrived at Wanstead High School to be evacuated when the Blitz began in 1940. Now, 72 years later, she visited
A BAR which wants to open until 2am on dates including Christmas Eve and Boxing Day faces opposition from the council’s community safety team. Funky Mojoe in High Road, South Woodford, has applied for four temporary event notices (TENs), one for
A SHOPKEEPER is refusing to pay a parking fine which he says should never have been issued. Sasha Titelbaum, 40, who owns clothes shop Jun Qi in High Road, Woodford Green was given the ticket in May. He said: “I have a parking space in
A GUIDE dog was attacked by an "out of control" bull terrier while it was being trained. The 14-month-old labrador was bitten in the neck inside Chingford Railway Station on Monday at 2pm, but was not badly injured. A passerby who witnessed the
COLLEAGUES of the 28-year-old cyclist killed by an Olympic bus on Wednesday have paid tribute to him. Daniel Harris, of Waterloo Road, Barkingside, collided with the bus at 7.40pm on Wednesday at the junction of Ruckholt Road and
A HOLLYOAKS actor is holding drama classes for children. Youngsters will be coached by Victoria Atkin, who starred in the Channel 4 drama series for a year. The two-day class will take place at The Beckett Cente in High Road Woodford Green on August
THE Central line is back to normal after severe delays this morning. The line was earlier suspended between Liverpool Street and Leytonstone due to a signal failure at Bethnal Green. Click here to follow the Waltham Forest Guardian on
COMMUTERS and spectators attending the first day of athletics at the Olympics are facing severe delays as part of the Central line is suspended. The line is not running between Liverpool Street and Leytonstone because of a signal failure
BULLDOZERS could be sent in to demolish a temporary building four years after it was illegally put up. The structure at the former Old Foresters sports ground in Abridge Road, Theydon Bois, where an Olympic campsite has been set up, was the
PONIES, ferrets and Samurai swordsmen are among the attractions on offer at the Toot Hill show on Saturday. Events are due to start at 12.10pm in the arena in Church Road, Stanford Rivers and there will also be a craft marquee, where people
