Walthamstow town centre is set for a £1.79 million facelift, in a bid to cement it as an "emerging cultural quarter" when a new theatre opens. Waltham Forest Council leaders agreed on January 13 to invest in creating a "theatrical promenade" from
Two men stole nearly £50k during a string of ATM thefts which involved blowing them up with explosives. The pair used gas, fuel and in one case a petrol bomb to target eight machines across Essex and London – including one in Woodford Green.
A 33-year-old nurse has returned to work after successfully recovering from a life-saving kidney transplant that came on her birthday. Leann Defriend, from Hornchurch, had hereditary kidney disease but waited three years for a kidney donor.
