THE GOVERNMENT is giving Redbridge Council £574,000 next year to help disabled residents adapt their homes. Its contribution for 2004/05 is part of the Disabled Facilities Grant, which gives disabled people the opportunity to continue living in their
LEYTON and Wanstead MP Harry Cohen will be part of the Parliamentary committee looking at the Human Tissue Bill. The Bill has been prepared in the wake of the Liverpool Alder Hey scandal where dead childrens's body parts were kept without the knowledge
LIBERAL Democrat London mayoral candidate Simon Hughes visited Redbridge to meet local residents and view developments. The visit included a trip to the proposed site of the City Racecourse at Fairlop Waters, during which Mr Hughes met Aldborough Hatch
POLICE have launched a murder hunt following the death of a man in a Walthamstow. Officers were called to reports of a serious assault at a property in Manning House, The Drive on Tuesday, February 17. They found the body of a man, believed to be
OFF-ROAD vehicles such as 4x4s and quad bikes should be banned from travelling on unsurfaced rights of way, say campaigners. Essex Area Ramblers (RA) is calling on the Government to change the law on off-roading, which it claims is damaging the green
PARENTS of children with speech or language difficulties will be able to get free advice and help at an information morning on Tuesday, March 30. The event will be held at the Education Centre, Queens Road, Walthamstow, from 10am until 12noon. Speech
MARK and Nadia are both four-year-old ex-Walthamstow racing greyhounds who are looking for new homes. Mark is described by carers at the Walthamstow homefinding scheme as "a lovely big bouncy boy, who adores everybody." He is probably a little bit boisterous
BUDDING movie-makers are being urged to create their own big screen productions which could premiere at a major film festival. The Co-op Young Film-Makers Festival provides people aged 21 or under with the opportunity to develop their talents as a
CURRENT EastEnders actress Jessie Wallace and former star Daniella Westbrook, both from Loughton, have been branded celebrity Chavs by a new website. Chav is one of the popular names for people who wear tracksuits, trainers, baseball caps and gaudy
WANSTEAD-based EastEnders star Jessie Wallace has been branded a celebrity Chav by a new website. Chav is one of the popular names for people who wear tracksuits, trainers, baseball caps and gaudy gold jewelry and who can be spotted in town centres
A COUNTY council decision to close the Theydon Bois Youth Centre and seek planning approval to build eight to ten houses on the site has been condemned by Epping Forest MP Eleanor Laing. Essex County Council has declared that the Loughton Lane premises
THE Pension Service has teamed up with the local rural police office, the Beatmobile, taking entitlement advice to pensioners in rural areas. The Pension Service has launched a nationwide campaign entitled Your Money to raise awareness of the amount
