Leyton Orient owner Barry Hearn described Russell Slade as "inspirational" after their manager guided the League One leaders to their best ever winning start to a season. The O's battled to a 2-1 win at rivals Colchester United this afternoon which
Jermaine Pennant stepped off the bench to plunder the decisive free-kick as Stoke left West Ham United's Upton Park with a deserved 1-0 Barclays Premier League victory. West Ham seemed destined for a third successive clean sheet in the competition
Leyton Orient celebrated setting a new club record winning start to a league season after a 2-1 victory at rivals Colchester United this afternoon. Russell Slade’s side clinched their fifth consecutive win in League One, in front of a jubilant
A flat on the 10th floor of a block in Woodford Green has been destroyed by fire. Two adjacent flats in the block, in Liston Way, were also damanged by the blaze. Two people - a man and a woman - suffered smoke inhalation and the man was taken
A mother has appeared in court charged with murdering her eight-year-old daughter in Chadwell Heath. Paramedics were called to a flat in Broomfield Road on Thursday morning. The girl was later pronounced dead. Polly Chowdhury, 34, appeared
Firefighters have been called to a fire in a flat in Liston Way, Woodford Green. A flat on the 10th floor of a block is alight and two adjacent flats are also being affected. Twelve fire engines and 81 firefighters and officers are at the scene
Two caring pensioners are spending their own money to help isolated and homeless people. Mohammed Zahid, 69 and Nazir Ahmed, 75, set up the ‘Omeed’ soup kitchen last year for anyone who needs a good meal and a chance to interact with people.
A woman is to appear in court charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl at a block of flats in Chadwell Heath. The woman was arrested at an address in Broomfield Road, shortly after 11.30am on Thursday. She will appear at Barking Magistrates
Nature campaigners are staging a walk to highlight their claim that the borough’s marshes should be retained as wild places. Campaign group Save Lea Marshes (SLM) is to hold a ‘Walk for a Wild Marshes’ rally tomorrow afternoon to spread the message
New traffic lights at a danger junction were finally switched on after a campaign spanning more than two decades. Residents have long been calling for lights at the junction of George Lane, South View Drive and Chigwell Road in South Woodford following
