DIABETES UK will host a series of events for anyone who has diabetes and their families beginning on Tuesday, March 2. The event, which aims to help diabetics understand their condition, will be held at the Diabetes Centre in Buntingbridge Road, Ilford
A HUMAN rights festival will take place in Wanstead on Thursday, February 26. The event has been organised by Peace and Justice in East London and will be held at the Pastoral Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, in Cambridge Park Road, Wanstead. The
LONG-awaited road improvements to the A414 between Ongar and North Weald are still nine years away, according to Essex County Council proposals. Councillors were due to discuss the county's major schemes programme for highways and transportation, which
TRIBUTES have been paid to "colourful character" Michael James, known as Old Mick, who was found dead on the doorstep of his Upshire home. Mr James, 69, was discovered by milkman Dennis Bass as he started his rounds in Paternoster Close on Tuesday,
Golf club owners pledge major investment THE new owners of North Weald Golf Club have promised members and staff a brighter future with an emphasis on investment and top-notch facilities. Business partners Andrew Lloyd-Skinner and Joe Collinwood have
WALTHAM Forest has been named and shamed after coming fourth in a poll of London television licence dodgers. TV Licensing's annual London League of Shame revealed that 5,732 evaders were caught throughout the borough without a TV licence in 2003.
POPULAR stuntman Terry Cole sat in raspberry jelly for 24 hours to raise £526 for the British Heart Foundation. Mr Cole from Walthamstow entertained shoppers at one of the charity's shops in Hammersmith, singing and joking while he sat in the wobbly
SINGLE parents in the borough could soon be researching, writing, editing and directing their own short films. The London Open College is running a programme of film and media skills courses aimed at lone parents. The Four Corners courses are free
THE Crossrail transport project to create a rail link between Heathrow and Ilford faces a major test as the Government examines its business case. Crossrail area consultation manager James Ryan said that the much-delayed project which would cut journey
THE problem of bogus caller crimes against vulnerable elderly residents in Waltham Forest is part of a growing London-wide epidemic. Bogus callers targeted more than 56,000 homes in London last year and in a third of all cases (18,264) they managed
