NORTH Weald Parish Council has launched its annual search for outstanding citizens. The council’s citizen of the year award will look at the service of individuals within the community rewarding outstanding acts of bravery or kindness and longer term
THE ATTORNEY General will review the sentence given to a man who raped a schoolgirl who was doused with caustic soda. Hector Muaimba, 20, of Guildford Road, was jailed for six years for his part in a gang rape of the girl, who was left disfigured
A couple were shot after answering their front door. The 50-year-old woman and a 43-year-old were at home in in Melon Road, Leytonstone, at 11pm on Monday when a gang of youths banged on the front door. The woman was then shot in her
IAIN Duncan Smith has demanded improved safety at train stations on the two year anniversary of the death of a man in a freak platform accident. Simon Slade, 33, of Waltham Road, Woodford Bridge, was killed after falling between a train and
A THREE-STOREY residential care home planned for the site where a large tree was destroyed will have devastating effect on the local area, concerned residents claim. Sophia Gray, 40, a sports nutritionist of Chadwick Avenue, Chingford, fears
A girl from Waltham Forest with a life-threatening illness had her wish come true when she took a helicopter flight over London on Saturday. Eight-year-old Alice Carey of Cassiobury Road in Walthamstow made her special trip thanks to the Make-A-Wish
A GANG of passport forgers have been sentenced to a total of more than twelve years for helping people to work illegally in the UK. The group of Brazilian Nationals ran a sohpisticated factory from their home in Windsor Road, Leyton, which
LEA VALLEY LIONS were left cursing their puck after another defeat at the weekend. The Lions were well beaten into second place by the Invicta Mustangs, who came to Lea Valley Ice Rink on Saturday for the English National Ice Hockey League South Two
A TEENAGER has been charged in connection with the stabbing of a woman near a Walthamstow nightclub. James Jemal Bennett, unemployed, 19, of Woodstock Road, Walthamstow, has been charged with grievous bodily harm (GBH) and robbery. He is appearing
A BOUNCER was punched and kicked when he refused to let a man into a bar on Wanstead High Street. The incident, which happened on Friday (January 16), is believed to have started after a man tried to gain entry to Russells at around 11.30pm
FORMER Orient players are among the leading contenders to secure the job in the hot-seat at Brisbane Road. Alex Inglethorpe and John Still both feature in the list drawn up by Victor Chandlers. Orient chairman Barry Hearn dismissed Martin Ling
AN ELECTRICAL goods retailer with a store in Chingford has called in the administrators. Empire Direct was based in Leeds, but had 14 stores across the UK, including one in the Corktree Retail Park, which were forced to close. Administrators
A 16-YEAR-OLD is due to appear in court today charged with the murder of a teenager in Walthamstow. He is accused of killing 18-year-old CJ Hendricks, from Leytonstone, in Selborne Road, Walthamstow, on August 24 last year. The boy is
