HAVE your say on possible spending reductions and the police HQ plan for Wanstead flats. Redbridge Council's Area 1 Committee (Snaresbrook and Wanstead) is set to meet on Monday, September 20. Councillors are set to discuss proposed
THE RSPCA in Epping Forest could be forced to shut down by this time next year if more money cannot be raised. The Essex South West Branch of the animal charity, which re-homes dogs through Hillside Kennels in Waltham Abbey is in desperate
TWO Waltham Forest schools have submitted planning applications for mobile classrooms. Woodside Primary School, in Wood Street, Walthamstow, has applied for a two-storey building to create four temporary classrooms. Gwyn Jones Primary
ADVICE not to send unsolicited parcels to troops in Afghanistan is misguided, according to an Ongar man who has sent 650 parcels to the country so far. Keith Pike, owner of Highway Travel in the High Street, started sending packages of food
THE head of the Conservative opposition at Waltham Forest Council has praised its proposed new chief executive, saying he is the best man for the job. Earlier this week it was announced that senior officer Martin Esom had been chosen for the
THE owner of a cafe has defended his application for an entertainment licence in the evening. Alcohol could soon be sold at night at the Olive Branch in Wanstead High Street but owner Bali Singh-Digpaul said his business plans are not for a
THE results of a controversial public survey on the future of Walthamstow Stadium have been released. Site owner London and Quadrant (L&Q)commissioned the independent research as part of a public consultation on its plans for the site.
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an 11-year-old girl was attacked on her way to school. The victim was waiting for a bus in Leyton High Road, near the underground station, on Wednesday (September 15) at 8.25am. A man grabbed
AN investigation has been launched into the suspected suicide of a 23-year-old man who had been in the care of Waltham Forest Social Services. The man, who died last week, had been in care up until his 18th birthday, with the council closing
FAMILIES living close to a Tube station are calling for tighter controls after their streets were swamped with commuters’ cars when a permit scheme was introduced nearby. Car owners in seven worst-affected streets struggle to park outside their
THOUSANDS of job seekers made the most of Redbridge Council's annual job fair. The sixth jobs and training fair was held at Ilford Town Hall yesterday and residents from across the borough went along to look for vacancies, get advice and learn
THREE teenagers are raising cash by taking part in a charity skydive. Georgia Bullock, 17, from Higham Hill in Walthamstow, is raising money for Whipps Cross University Hospital, while Shane Mockford, 18, and Matthew Ellis, 18, both from the
DAGENHAM & Redbridge take on Bristol Rovers on Saturday keen to take three points that would see them move off the foot of the League One table. The Daggers have endured a difficult start to the campaign, with four losses arriving on the road. However
A COUNCIL debate over possible changes to a concessionary travel scheme did not take place as planned last night. Redbridge Council was due to discuss a private Parliamentary Bill which could see councils given more power over when free rail
POLICE are no longer looking for witnesses to a crash that killed a 31-year-old last month. Grant Barry, of Tysea Hill, Stapleford Abbotts, died after a woman in a Land Rover reported hitting him while he was lying in the road in August.
THE second phase of a multi-million pound redevelopment of roads and pavements in Leyton has been approved. The council agreed this week to spend £1.5million on the latest round of works in Cann Hall Road and Crownfield Road. Construction
A HOLOCAUST survivor who was saved by British prisoners-of-war (POWs) will visit a Leytonstone school. Hannah Sara Rigler escaped the Stutthof concentration camp in Poland but was left alone and vulnerable in the depths of winter after her mother
A HIGH Street cafe could become an entertainment venue if an application to Redbridge Council receives the green light. The Olive Branch cafe and delicatessen opened in Wanstead High Street in 2006 and serves drinks and snacks throughout the
OWNERS of houses with messy front gardens face being fined when a clampdown on the problem is launched next week. Council officers will patrol the borough from Wednsday (September 22) and any offenders will be given 48 hours to clean up the rubbish
A LIBRARIAN has launched a company providing history lessons for busy people. Rupert Colley, of Coolgardie Avenue, Highams Park, came up with the idea ten years ago when he found that, despite wanting to learn about past events, he did not
RESIDENTS are divided over the fact a busy road on a Wanstead estate will not receive traffic calming measures. Five years after Redbridge Council first considered a traffic report on Wanstead's Aldersbrook Estate the authority's Area One Committee
A PREGNANT driver was taken to hospital after a road crash. Police were called to Old Church Road, near to the junction with Leadale Avenue, Chingford, at about 5pm yesterday (September 16) after reports of an accident involving two cars.
THERE was a full house at a Woodford Green fashion show last night. The show at Packfords Hotel was organised by staff at Rock Women's Wear in Loughton High Road , in aid of the Lauren Page Trust for premature babies. Organiser and owner
CONSTRUCTION workers building new classrooms at Leyton Sixth Form College are taking time out to refurbish the home of a charity which helps people with learning disabilities. Wates Construction builders are currently working at the college
Stoke v West Ham Britannia Stadium Saturday Sep 18, 12.45pm Last meeting: West Ham 0-1 Stoke (27-03-10) Ricardo Fuller's 69th minute goal sunk the Hammers last season. Opposition: Stoke endured a similarly disastrous start to the
THE application process for residents wanting to volunteer at the 2012 Olympic Games has opened. Organisers say they need around 70,000 people to help out, doing everything from escorting athletes to operating radio communications. Each
LAST MEETING: Notts County 0 Leyton Orient 1 (03-09-2007 Football League Trophy). Efe Echanomi scored the only goal of the game to put Orient into round two of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. THE OPPOSITION: Notts County chiefs have funded
We can’t get down about the results at the moment. We have to believe in ourselves a bit more and of course, we need a bit of luck. Huddersfield Town’s second goal was a complete fluke and you can’t believe it when it happens.
WEST HAM will try and avoid being cut off at the foot of the Premier League by picking up their first win of the season at Stoke tomorrow (Saturday). The Hammers have suffered four consecutive defeats so far this season, all coming at a cost of three
THE council paid out £200,000 for events and activities in the borough between April and August, it has emerged. Figures released on its website show that over £37,000 was spent in August alone to companies to help run festivals and other public
A CAMPAIGNER for gipsy rights who helped mastermind a benefits scam involving nearly 200 Romanians is set to be sentenced today. Lavinia Olmazu, of Woodford Bridge, and her boyfriend Alin Enachi, 29, masterminded the scam which saw 172 Romanians
A BOY was taken to hospital after a crash in Ongar High Street yesterday (Thursday). A rapid response vehicle, ambulance and police were sent to the scene outside the Esso petrol station and Tesco Express shop at about 5.50pm. The boy
NEW facilities have been officially opened at the country's only publicly funded drama centre. The Redbridge Drama Centre has been expanded and includes a new studio and media suite. The boost to the popular centre in Churchfields, South
POLICE and ambulance crews rushed to Ongar High Street last night (Thursday). Three police cars and an ambulance were outside the Esso petrol station in the High Street at about 6.30pm. It is believed there was a road accident involving
A MAN has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a Waltham Abbey woman was killed. Sandra Toner, 51, was walking an Irish wolfhound dog in Parklands Road on January 21 when the driver of a Nissan Navara lost control and
