Eric Lichaj will stay at Leyton Orient until the end of the season. The club has struck a deal with his parent club Aston Villa to keep the Amercian at Brisbane Road for the three remaining games. Lichaj has impressed at right-back during
AN election hustings event featuring candidates from the three major parties will be held. The event, at St Anne's Church Centre, Larkshall Road, will see all candidates take part in a Question Time style debate. The candidates taking part will be:
A CHILDREN'S event is being held by two churches. The Emmanuel Christian Centre in Walthamstow and The Bridge Church in South Woodford are holding an event called "The Big One", on Saturday (April 24). There will be games, activities and a pizza
AN UP-AND-COMING young Irish dancer has bettered her performance at last year's world championships with an impressive result at the 2010 contest. Amy Prior O'Loughlin, 13, of Wansford Road, Woodford Green, claimed 12th place at the 2010 World
WALTHAM Forest Council will pay a service provider £4.3 million to overhaul its IT systems. The deal will see 2e2 build and support a new digital infrastructure, which is aimed at improving service delivery by integrating existing systems, according
CHURCHES have come together to hold two events for residents to meet parliamentary candidates for the Leyton and Wanstead constituency. The first is on Saturday, May 1, in the Methodist Church Hall in High Road Leytonstone, residents can drop
Jennifer Hogg rounds up the latest fishing results at the start of the 2010 season. Debdens first match of 2010 took them to Pea Lane: Winner fishing waggler over pellet was Frank Haskett with 42.13.0 all Carp. Second was Terry
PEOPLE living on an estate blighted by crime and anti-social behaviour – including drug use and couples having sex in cars just yards from people's homes – have called for the council to install CCTV cameras. Residents on the Aldersbrook
A POPULAR resident known as the “bird man of Leytonstone” has died aged 81. Dennis Cottam, of Barclay Road, Leytonstone, died at Whipps Cross University Hospital on March 21, after being taked ill following a knee operation. Mr Cottam
JACK Tweed raped a teenager after picking her out as the “shiest and prettiest” girl he could find, and then refused to answer any police questions about what happened, a court heard. Tweed, the 22-year-old widower of reality TV star Jade Goody
SCHOOLS across the borough have been affected by the flight ban caused by a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland as staff remain unable to get home. There are 93 members of staff from 14 schools, incuding teachers, assistants and support workers
THE district's museum has announced its calendar of activities this summer. Special activities will be put on every Sunday afternoon between 2.30pm and 4pm based around the theme of Art Through the Ages with the chance to create an artwork and take it
LABOUR's deputy leader Harriet Harman visited Walthamstow today to launch a campaign aimed at women voters. Ms Harman was joined by female election candidates in London, including London minister Tessa Jowell, as she met about 100 local women
AN event is being held in Walthamstow to mark Workers Memorial Day. Every year, trade unions worldwide remember those workers who have died, been injured or disabled while carrying out their work and raise awareness of workers' rights to carry
AN e-fit has been released of a man who raped a woman after getting into her car as she visited a cashpoint. The 27-year-old victim visited the ATM in Green Lanes, Dagenham, at around 5pm. When she returned to her red Nissan Micra parked
AN accident on the Charlie Brown's roundabout is causing long tailbacks. The crash on the flyover (A406) means traffic is being diverted on to the roundabout in order to access the M11, A113 or A1400. Traffic is slow moving on all surrounding roads
GRANTS of up to £500 are being offered to communities wishing to set up a sporting event to mark the forthcoming 2012 Olympics. Essex County Council is offering the cash to rural communities who want to set up an event in the Open Weekend of
POLICE and the council will begin a drive to help residents get rid of their unwanted household items - with the police getting involved in order to combine the event with a knife amnesty in the area. From April 26, Redbridge Cleansing Department and
A BUDDING football fan met one of his idols after winning an exclusive competition. TJ Ashaye, 12, from Woodford Green, took part in an afternoon of outdoor laser games with Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, after he was one of just 40 lucky winners
A Mediterranean Feast The Olive opened its doors in January 2010 and is quickly establishing itself as one of East London’s finest Mediterranean and meze restaurants. The Olive is a combination of Turkish, Greek and Mediterranean cuisine
INCONSIDERATE bus drivers have left one householder fuming by continually parking outside her home. Pensioner Christine Reed, who lives by Epping Tube Station, said her quality of life was being ruined by more and more buses pulling up outside
ELECTORS In Epping Forest are invited to a hustings session with all their parliamentary candidates. Buckhurst Hill Residents Society has organised the political event for next Tuesday, April 27, at the United Reformed Church, in Palmerston
Waltham Abbey know they must beat Bognor Regis Town this evening to have any hope of avoiding the drop from the Ryman League Premier Division. It has been a tough first season at this level, following promotion last year. Abbey host Canvey Island in
WEST HAM boss Gianfranco Zola has demanded an immediate reaction from his players after the team's meek capitulation at the hands of Liverpool at Anfield last night. The Hammers were comfortably seen off by Rafa Benitez's side, with the Reds' manager
POLICE have said someone in Epping Forest could hold the key to the mystery of a "kidnapped" man whose severed thumb was found in east London. Mahmood Ahmad, 41, vanished on his journey home from his work at a kebab shop in Aldgate, London,
LIFE on the sidelines is tough for striker Adrian Patulea. The Romanian is still waiting for a chance to impress boss Russell Slade. This week, the 25 year-old told Guardian Series Sport that he craves the chance to impress in the first
A HUSTINGS event has been planned for the Walthamstow candidates. It is on Sunday, May 2, from 4.30pm to 6pm, at St Johns Church in Chingford Road, Walthamstow. The hustings will be chaired by Father Steven Saxby, Area Dean of Waltham Forest St
BURGLARS drove off with a householder's Mercedes after breaking into their property. Police say the criminals forced entry to a property in Oak Lodge Avenue, Chigwell through a UPVC before stealing the keys to the grey Mercedes and driving off with the
CELEBRITIES have lent their support to the campaign to reopen the former EMD building as a cinema. Comedian and presenter Griff Rhys Jones, actor Paul McGann and writer Alain de Botton are the latest famous names to back the campaign by the
AN election hustings featuring a British National Party (BNP) parliamentary candidate descended into chaos as anti-fascist protestors disrupted the event. Protestors shouted “he’s a Nazi” and “don’t share a platform with a fascist” as Julian
