SHOPKEEPERS in Epping Forest are being urged not to sell flour and eggs to young people, as the emergency services brace themselves for Halloween this Saturday (October 31). Police, fire crews and ambulance staff insist they do not want to
A MAN has appeared in court charged with making more than 600,000 indecent images. Paul Elliott, 50, of Stewkley, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, is charged with ten counts of producing photographs or pseudo images of children between 2006
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a fight erupted outside Faces nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 24-year-old man needed hospital treatment for facial injuries after the incident, which took place opposite the bar in Cranbrook
DAGGERS boss John Still believes the club could have a new left-back in place in time for Saturday's visit of Port Vale, following the departure of Scott Griffiths to Peterborough United last week. The 23-year-old defender has moved to London Road on
A YOUNG model from Loughton is to appear in a new reality show produced by the makers of Big Brother - but it will only be shown on the internet. Chris Charalambous, 23, of Chester Road, is being flown all the way to New Zealand to take part
THE Epping Forest Band is to hold an open rehearsal at its practice room in Epping this Sunday (November 1). Anyone wishing to come along and join in is urged to come to the band's building in Tidys Lane at 10am. Contact Marc on 07966 518399 for
THE fountain outside the Town Hall turned a peculiar shade of pink yesterday. Council leader Chris Robbins and Cllr Liz Phillips held a ceremony in Forest Road, Walthamstow, to dye the fountain pink to show the council’s support of breast cancer charities
THE council is inviting bids for arts contracts in order to shake up the department in the run up to the 2012 Games and Cultural Olympiad. Its three-year contract with six providers of arts services, including charity Apex Arts, ends on March
DAGENHAM & Redbridge's first round FA Cup tie against League One outfit Huddersfield Town will be played on Friday November 6, with kick-off scheduled for 7.45pm. The match, to be played at Town's Galpharm Stadium, sees the Daggers come up against
THE Waltham Forest Civic Society is to host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on tomorrow (Thursday). A new committee will be chosen and the issue of the council's building design policy will also be addressed. Following the launch of a consultation
A GROUP of budding young poets got the chance to sharpen up their writing skills when three professional bards visited their school. Poets Aoife Mannix, Malika Booker and Joe Coelho entertained year seven youngsters - and several members of
WEST HAM midfielder Anthony Edgar has returned from his loan spell at Bournemouth after the Football League refused to sanction an extension to the deal. The Cherries have had a transfer embargo placed on them by the Football League after they went
THE next Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting is to be held on November 14. The meetings are aimed at giving commuters a say in how the eastern end of the Central Line is policed. They also deal with policing priorities in the area and
A SPECIAL talk is to be given on the life and times of Paul Robeson. Hosted by Leytonstone's News from Nowhere Club, it takes place on November 14 and will be held at the Epicentre, in West Street. Billed as 'a late addition to Black History Month
Geraint Williams is glad Orient do not face non-league opposition in round one of the FA Cup. Orient have been to play Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on November. Williams told the Guardian: “Sometimes when you draw a non league team
HUNDREDS of students will graduate at a University of East London (UEL) ceremony tomorrow. More than 400 computing and engineering graudates will receive their degree certificates at a ceremony in Barbican Hall. Honorary degrees will
by Syed Hussain Asianos U12 7 Chadwell Heath U12 0 East London and Essex League Red Division (Premier Division) Asianos U12s started this game off tentatively, which was surprising given the extra hour sleep they had with the clocks going back
by Paul Robertson Wanstead RFC U7-U12 made their way to Thurrock on Sunday for their first festival of the season along with nine other clubs ranging from Braintree to Heathfield in Sussex. Wanstead’s U7’s had the most success being overall winners
by Julia Wallace In the first mini rugby festival of this season at Woodford Rugby Club teams from Hertford, Romford and Ilford rugby clubs came to town. Mini Rugby chairman Jeff Tidmarsh welcomed the visitors. he said: “Woodford
CHINGFORD are back on the trail of London One North leaders Westcliff after prevailing in their second derby clash in two weeks against Eton Manor. The Waltham Wayers were denied in the dying embers of the game against Woodford last week, but they made
POLICE are on the hunt for two suspected burglars with links to the borough. Ibrahim Mohammed, 18, whose last known address was in Mayfair Avenue, Ilford, is wanted in connection with a burglary in High Road, Brent. Andrzej Szczepanski
RUMOURS that a historic garage could soon be demolished have been denied by developers. Speculation has grown in recent weeks about the future of the Cuckfield Garage in Wellington Road, Wanstead - with residents and conservationists fearing the landmark
DAGENHAM & Redbridge head into this Saturday’s League Two encounter with Port Vale minus the services of left-back Scott Griffiths, who completed his move to Championship outfit Peterborough United last week. The defender has made the switch to London
CHARITIES and voluntary groups in Waltham Forest will be helped through the recession by a £396,000 Big Lottery fund. Voluntary Action Waltham Forest (VAWF) will lead a four-year project to provide new support services to local community groups
TWO concerts are to take place at a Leytonstone church next month. The first will take place on November 21 to commemorate the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. Starting at 7.30pm, it will feature the Erato Consort, performing
A RESEARCH student has seen her idea to use waste chip fat in the construction of roads implemented for the first time. Helen Bailey of the University of East London (UEL) designed Vegetex, a concoction which uses vegetable oil an ingredient for asphalt
AN iconic Leytonstone church is still in urgent need of funding to pay for repairs to its crumbling tower and roof. St John's Church, in Leytonstone High Road, needs repairs estimated at a total cost of £249,000 but a total of just £30,000
TWO men suspected of burgling a ground floor flat were arrested by police after a lung-busting chase. Officers were called to Fullwell Avenue, Ilford, after a worried neighbour saw the pair allegedly breaking in to the property just before
THE Leyton Orient Supporters' Club collected a prize for its real ale. London regional director for Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA), Kimberley Martin, presented the CAMRA 2009 Regional Club of the Year Award to Leyton Orient Supporters Club (
A FOURTH senior officer has quit Waltham Forest Council. Robin Tuddenham, head of community safety, will leave his post in January to take up a similar role at Calderdale Council, an authority in west Yorkshire. His departure comes just
CAMPAIGNERS have warned that simmering tensions between learner drivers and families living in an affluent South Woodford estate are reaching crisis point after a reported rise in angry confrontations and alleged assaults. Residents living
A MEMORIAL walk is to be held in honour of civilians who died during the Second World War. The walk, entitled 'Where the Bombs Fell', is to take place on November 7 and will tour the major bomb sites in the parish of St John the Baptist in
TWO teenagers accused of trying to break in to a row of houses in the early hours of the morning - were caught by police as they hid behind a car. Officers were called to Reynolds Avenue, Ilford, after a neighbour spotted the pair allegedly
LETTERS from a former Woolworths were incorporated into dance at an event to showcase local dancers and choreographers. The empty shop in Leytonstone High Road was used as a space for the Pick'n'Mix dance event last Saturday performed in front of 300
POLICE investigating violence at West Ham's Millwall tie in August are to release a photo gallery of 66 people they want to speak to. Fights broke out at Hammers' Upton Park stadium as hundreds of fans confronted each other before the match
MORE than 3,000 people have now signed up in support of the campaign for more police officers in Waltham Forest. The council believes the borough needs another 120 officers to tackle crime effectively. Councillors and officials have
A SERVICE for Remembrance Sunday is to take place at Leytonstone's war memorial in Harrow Green. The service begins at 10.30am on November 8 and is set to be attended by veterans and their families. Organised by the Leytonstone branch of the Royal
GREEN fingered schoolchildren have rolled up their sleeves to help plant a thousand bulbs in a popular park. More than 120 youngsters from Churchfields Junior School joined a group of volunteers to replant the flower beds at Elmhurst Gardens, in South
A CHALLENGE was thrown down by the Mayor of Redbridge as he launched his annual charity appeal. Mayor Thomas Chan is challenging groups and individuals to come up with the most innovative ways of raising money for the appeal which this year
A BUILDER has been fined £10,000 for breaching health and safety rules after one of his employees was killed during refurbishment works at a Buckhurst Hill house. Ajet Krasniqi, 24, died at the home in Broadfield Way when a metal girder fell
