STARK warnings have been issued about the borough’s future after the council dramatically announced its cuts estimate had doubled to £65 million. Leading councillors said they could not guarantee that frontline services such as street cleaning
PLAYERS from Dagenham and Redbridge Football Club have had their say on how Redbridge Council can save £25 million. Daggers players took a break from training to support the council's Redbridge Conversation 2010 and complete the online survey
A FORMER West Ham player helped an Abridge golf club win its biggest ever cup on Sunday. Former midfielder John Moncur, who regularly plays at Woolston Manor Golf Club, made the crucial put to help win the Thornton Cup, with his son George,
A HUGE price-hike at a well-used tube station car park has outraged commuters. From Monday next week (September 18) the parking charge at Epping Station will rise nearly 50 per cent from £3.70 to £5.50. Patricia Jones, 56, from Epping
A CHINGFORD woman is gearing up for a half marathon to raise awareness of a heart condition suffered by her neice. Emma Johnston, 35, of New Road, is taking part in the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon on October 10. Her neice, Ellie
HUNDREDS of people gathered in Waltham Abbey to see the first Catholic church dedication there for hundreds of years. The bishop of Brentwood, the Rt Rev Thomas McMahon, conducted the consecration ceremony on Sunday at St Thomas More and St Edward
SHOPKEEPERS fear newsagents may go under if the Government decides to ban retailers displaying tobacco products. More than 70,000 newsagents aross the country are challenging the proposal, as the Government reviews current legislation.
WEST HAM'S reserves defeated Everton in their opening fixture of the new season thanks to a single Junior Stanislas goal. The winger struck after 28 minutes following a swift counter-attack and it proved to be the only goal of the game.
Waltham Forest ladies hockey team won the prestigious Peggy Nesbit Rosebowl tournament at Redbridge Sports Centre. The team did not concede a goal throughout the event, beating Crostx, Colchester and Witham to reach the final, where they thrashed Harlow
Connaught Squash Club can boast a host of champions after recent tournaments both home and abroad. The Chingford-based club have a world champion on their books in the shape of Averil Murphy, who retained her over-60s world title after beating a strong
THERE is frustration in the air at Brisbane Road, after back-to-back league defeats for Leyton Orient. But the presence of stunning highlights amid strong team displays provides an odd contrast with recent poor results. Last weekend’
THE way the NHS in Epping Forest is run will soon change in line with Government plans to abolish primary care trusts. The West Essex trust, which runs all NHS services in the district, will join with the mid and north Essex PCTs under the
FURTHER gas works are due to take place in Highams Park later this month. At the end of July, the crossing at Highams Park Railway Station was closed to traffic for six weeks while gas works were carried out on The Avenue and Larkshall Road. Following
LEYTON FC can be a force in Ryman one north, according to the boss of the Lilywhites. That is after Wilson Frimpong watched his side go behind against Waltham Abbey FC, last weekend. The game eventually ended 2-2, after Leyton’s James
A FOOTBALL coach swapped the fields of east London for the plains of Africa on a charity mission to encourage greater awareness of HIV. Sinem Cakir, 25, spends her day job coaching on behalf of the City of London Corporation on the 62 football
THERE has been extra training at Waltham Abbey FC during the fight for a first win of the football season. Now boss Paul Wickenden has also recruited new players, in order to add bite up front in the Abbotts’ Ryman one north campaign.
THE public are being invited to attend Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust's Annual General Meeting (AGM) later this month. This event is open to staff, patients and the public, where residents can listen to how the hospital is being
A CHURCH in Leytonstone is preparing for the St Michaelmas fair this month. The annual event, held at St John's Church in Church Lane, Leytonstone, celebrates the feast of archangel St Michael, which falls on September 29 in the Christian calender
THE Waltham Forest branch of Amnesty International is to hold a 1920s-style ball to raise money for its human rights work. Participants are being encouraged to dress up in full 1920s attire for the event, which will feature music by Walthamstow
PARKING charges at Tube stations have been condemned as they are set to rise from this weekend. From Saturday the daily tariff to park at Snaresbrook station will rise from £2.70 to £4.50 - a hike of 66 per cent. Increases are planned
A SHAKE up of parliamentary boundaries could see Redbridge and Snaresbrook and Wanstead constituencies created. Campaign group the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) is calling on the Government to consider a new political map which has been drawn up. The
POLICE stopped nearly 200 drivers in Chigwell as part of a safety crackdown on Friday, in response to a huge increase in road deaths. There has been a 220 per cent rise in deaths on Epping Forest roads over the past four months, compared with
THE closure of Waltham Forest’s only court could leave victims and witnesses isolated at a time of rising violent crime, according to magistrates. The decision to earmark the magistrates' court in Forest Road for closure is described as “bizarre
A TEENAGER who destroyed a bus in an arson attack has been given an 18-month detention and training order. The 16-year-old, who is from Leytonstone but cannot be named for legal reasons, started the devastating blaze by setting fire to a top
OUT-OF-FAVOUR striker Adrian Patulea was on target for his new loan club, last weekend. The forgotten forward of Leyton Orient netted 28 minutes into his debut for Hayes and Yeading Utd, against Kidderminster Harriers. Patulea departed
A TEENAGER who beat cancer while battling to lose weight is setting up her own slimming group to inspire others. Jessie Muffett, 19, of Galley Hill, near Waltham Abbey, was diagnosed with leukaemia at 14, while she was two stone overweight.
CASH-STRAPPED Epping Forest College is looking to sell more of its land. The college, in Borders Lane, Loughton, has asked the district council to remove covenants on two areas of land so it can sell them as part of its ongoing attempts to
A BUSINESSMAN who used investors’ money to support the band of former X Factor star Danyl Johnson has had an appeal against his sentence dismissed. Former BBC employee Andrew Papadopoulos, 41, was jailed in December last year for seven years
WOODFORD have started the London One North rugby season in flying fashion, grinding out two valuable wins in their opening games. The Highams Park men began the 2010/11 campaign with a battling 21-18 victory over Ruislip, before edging out Brentwood
WEST HAM manager Avram Grant and defender Tal Ben Haim could miss the team's trip to Stoke this weekend to observe a Jewish holy day. Ben Haim is reported by the Sun to have pulled out of the match to observe the annual Yom Kippur, while boss
WEST HAM striker Benni McCarthy has reportedly been fined £80,000 by the club for failing to meet a deadline to prove his fitness. The South African international's weight ballooned over the summer, when he was not selected to represent his country at
COUNCIL proposals to reduce the money in its housing budget look set to go ahead despite widespread concern among tenants. Epping Forest District Council currently places money collected from its shop tenants in its housing budget as revenue
WALTHAM Forest Council has warned a Muslim organisation after it used a former pub for prayers without planning permission. The Cann Hall Deen and Education Trust (CHDET), the new owner of the Colgrove Arms Pub, in Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone
THE Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has urged the Government to create a new 'Waltham Forest' parliamentary constituency. The coalition Government has said it wants to cut the total number of MPs and its Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies
THE district council has agreed to fork out nearly £18,000 in compensation over a bungle which saw a phone mast granted automatic permission in a residential street. In 2006, phone company O2 was able to automatically put up a 60ft mast in
THE first new speakers' corner in London for 150 years will open in Walthamstow this week. The platform in Stoneydown Park was the idea of the Speakers' Corner Trust, which developed the plans with with the Friends of Stoneydown Park group,
MOTHER'S are being invited to take part in research on breastfeeding. An online survey set up by primary care trust NHS Waltham Forest aims to discover why some decide not to breastfeed and whether mother's know about local support groups and
THE housing benefit bill was underestimated by £13.5 million in Waltham Forest, a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request has revealed. As chancellor George Osborne announced his aim to cut the nation’s housing benefit bill by nearly £2 billion
A NEW life-sized caricature sculpture of film legend Alfred Hitchcock will be unveiled at an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the former EMD cinema in Walthamstow. The McGuffin Film Society, which campaigns for the historic venue to be
