PARKING wardens are to be the new eyes and ears of the police in helping to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. Partnership Plus, a joint initiative between the council, parking company NCP and the police, will see police patrolling alongside wardens
TWO traditional road signs have been refurbished by Loughton Town Council in a clean-up project designed to improve the impression of the town centre. The finger post signs, at the High Road junctions with Forest Drive and Traps Hill, have undergone
A MOTHER and daughter who are living in fear of deportation to a country where they face persecution have been given new hope. Kosovan Roma Gypsy Eda Berisha has settled here with her mother, Vjollca, since fleeing Kosovo in 2003 after her father and
Dr Chinaeme Anachebe's patients turned out in force on Monday to protest outside the Hurst Road Medical Centre. They handed in a petition of more than 400 names to Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust (PCT). The protest was staged after the partnership
IT WAS a popular film and television series and a hit West End musical. Now a production of Fame! has had a successful run at Highams Park School in Handsworth Avenue. Mirroring the real lives of the cast, who performed the show as their main project
A WANSTEAD woman had a long wait to receive a thank-you letter for Christmas presents she gave her niece. But it wasn't because the little girl forgot her manners and only remembered them when she was a teenager. It was because Freda Marks' post took
A NEW exhibition at Redbridge Museum reveals some of the stories behind the many different cultures in the borough today. During the past year sixth-form students from Valentines High School in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, have interviewed 14 local people
LITTLE gymnasts can burn off some energy and learn the skills that could set them up as Olympic champions of the future at a new toddlers club. Children aged from babies to five can learn basic and fun gymnastics from professional, qualified coaches.
A CHILD will be killed by speeding motorists "whizzing" through High Ongar unless something is done, a local headteacher has warned. Penny Bennett is now fighting for a reduced speed limit outside the primary school. In a plea to Essex County Council
A WOMAN who had a section of her skull removed and implanted into her stomach to avoid brain damage has returned home. Nicki Peach, 26, came back to Mansfield Hill, Chingford, after a two-year journey to recovery involving life-saving surgery and rehabilitative
HINTS for changing your rooms with imagination on a tight budget are available from interiors experts in Chingford this weekend. Babs Hull and her sister Marcia McIntosh are launching their business, Interior Re-Styling, on Saturday. They aim to take
DRUNKS in Redbridge are being targeted in a Spring campaign by Ilford police which has seen 32 arrests in its first week. The fourth annual alcohol misuse enforcement campaign has been launched to crack down on drunk and disorderly behaviour in town
VANDALS smashed their way through a church in Woodford Green stealing nothing but causing £2,000 of damage. The attack at St Barnabas Church in Snakes Lane East was discovered at 7.30am on Wednesday, May 10. A ground-floor window had been smashed and
