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  • First win of the season for Eton Manor

    Eton Manor rugby club managed to get their first win of the season with an emphatic 51-25 away win against Hammersmith and Fulham. It was a good start to the game for the visitors as a highly motivated Manor pack gathered the kick off and captain

  • Medal success for triplets

    Triplets from the Walthamstow Hadri Taekwondo Academy returned from the prestigious International Bonsai Cup with gold and bronze medals. Ismail, Ilyas and Ibrahim Hussain were amongst 500 competitors taking part in the event, held in Germany, last

  • ONGAR: Concerts by children to be held

    A SERIES of concerts by children will be held on November 27. The concerts, arranged by Ongar Music Club, will start at 3pm at Budworth Hall in the High Street, Ongar, and children of all ages and levels of ability are invited to perform. Tickets

  • HIGH BEACH: Ghoulish golf event

    A GHOULISH golf event will be held in High Beach on October 29. The event, at High Beach Golf Club in Wellington Hill, will start at 6pm and players will use glowing balls and follow a course illumined by glow-sticks. Afterwards there

  • Daggers bring in Hewitt on loan

    Dagenham and Redbridge have completed the emergency loan signing of Queens Park Rangers striker Troy Hewitt. The 21-year-old joined the Premier League side from Harrow Borough in February but has only made once appearance for Rangers. Daggers

  • CHINGFORD: Residents invited to tea dance

    RESIDENTS of all ages are invited to attend a tea dance. It will take place at St Edmund's Church Halls in Chingford Mount Road, on Sunday 22 October, from 1.30pm until 4.30pm. Adults and children of all abilities will be able to take

  • CHINGFORD: Preschool to hold Autumn Fair

    A PRESCHOOL will hold its Autumn Fair this weekend. Organised by Handsworth Preschool, the event will take place at the United Reformed Church Hall in Malvern Avenue, Chingford, on Saturday (October 8). Running from 10am until midday, there will

  • LOUGHTON: Information day on emegency alarm service

    AN information day on the council’s award-winning emergency system for vulnerable elderly residents will be held tomorrow (Friday, September 30). Epping Forest Careline is a 24-hour emergency alarm service for vulnerable residents in the district.

  • WANSTEAD: Religions and green activists join forces

    RELIGIONS and environmentalists are joining forces to promote awareness of how to protect the environment. The Redbridge Faith Forum and Sukkat Shalom Synagogue will work with Redbridge Enterprise Plc and the Redbridge Recycling Team to provide an

  • CHINGFORD: Man jailed after hiding in looted shop

    AN UNEMPLOYED man has been jailed after being found hiding in a looted shop during the August riots. Haramein Jelan Mohammed, 24, was sentenced to two and a half years for the burglary at Costco in Shadbolt Avenue, Chingford, on Monday, August 8, at

  • WANSTEAD: Author to discuss debut crime novel

    A BESTSELLING author will talk about her debut crime novel at a local library next week. Constance Briscoe, a London lawyer who is best known for her childhood memoir Ugly, will introduce her first crime novel, The Accused, at Wanstead Library

  • CHINGFORD: Former council offices sale imminent

    A DEAL is close to being struck over the sale of former council offices. The Guardian understands the local authority has received dozens of offers from property developers for the site in The Ridgeway, Chingford, which recently went on the

  • EPPING FOREST: Landmark restaurant changes hands

    A LANDMARK Epping restaurant has changed hands. The Old Orleans restaurant in Epping New Road at the Wake Arms Roundabout closed on September 26 and is currently being transformed in to a Miller and Carter steakhouse. The restaurant was bought from

  • Best to come from Lisbie

    Kevin Lisbie believes O’s fans will soon see the best of him after the striker opened his account for the E10 club with a goal at Huddersfield on Saturday. Orient’s new number nine put himself in the right place to reduce the deficit at the Galpharm

  • REDBRIDGE: Ten per cent of planning applications go to appeal

    COSTS awarded in planning appeal cases by the council in 2010/11 amounted to £70,000. Almost 70 per cent of all appeals against committee decisions on planning applications were successful, while just 31 per cent of appeals against decisions made by

  • WALTHAMSTOW: TV show reveals pensioner's unclaimed payout

    THE makers of a TV show tracked down a pensioner to Walthamstow after finding out she had never claimed a £3,000 payout - only to discover she had died a year earlier. The story of Betty Drake, who lived in Wood Street, is to feature on ITV

  • BARKINGSIDE: Future of care home secured

    A CARE home run by a company with severe financial difficulties will be taken over. The Springfield Care Home in Barkingside, which was previously run by Southern Cross, will be transferred to Life Style Care Plc later this month. The

  • Library closures decison 'must be postponed'

    A DECISION on whether to close two libraries in deprived areas must be postponed, according to campaigners. Cabinet is due to rubberstamp a shake-up of the library service on October 11, which would see facilities in south Chingford and Harrow

  • WOODFORD GREEN: Traders react to Christmas lights row

    THE NEWS that councillors from Bridge and Monkhams are not willing to fund Christmas lights in their wards has met with a mixed reaction from local traders. At an area two committee meeting on Tuesday night (September 27), councillors were

  • WANSTEAD: Police station protection bid rejected

    A COMMUNITY group has lost its fight to get a historic police station listed. The Wanstead Society were hopeful Wanstead Police Station would be made a Grade II-listed building by English Heritage. But the body announced last night that

  • EPPING FOREST: Council bid to encourage recycling

    HOME composting bins are being sold by Essex County Council in a bid to encourage recycling. Garden waste as well as household rubbish such as teabags and eggshells can be put in the bins where it will turn in to compost which can be used for

  • EPPING: New sign painted incorrectly

    AN ancient shield representing the county had an impromptu re-design this week, after a painter’s mistake. The new town sign installed at a cost of more than £1,550 by Epping Town Council at first showed the three swords on the Essex coat of

  • O's playing without fear factor

    Following on from last week’s positive performances, O’s manager Russell Slade believes his side are playing without the fear factor as they look to move off the foot of League One. Saturday’s draw at Huddersfield was preceded by a narrow defeat

  • WALTHAMSTOW: Talk on historic matchwomen's strike

    THE newly formed Waltham Forest Radical History Workshop group is to host a talk on the great London matchwomen strike of 1888 next month. Author Louise Raw, who has published a book on the subject, will deliver the lecture at the Orford House Social

  • WALTHAMSTOW: Free strings concert

    THE East London Strings group are to perform a free concert in Walthamstow later next month. The ensemble will perform a selection of classic string orchestral pieces by the likes of Elgar, Grieg, Rutter, Holst and Bruch together with some light vocal

  • Forest up for cup

    Waltham Forest manager Olawale Ojelabi says he is proud to be a part of the “biggest game the club have played in” as he prepares his side for their FA Cup second qualifying round fixture at home to Eastbourne Borough. Forest earned the tie with the

  • Chorley: "Maybe I should shoot more often"

    O’s defender Ben Chorley joked that maybe he should shoot more often after his dramatic late strike saw Orient return from Huddersfield with a precious point. The 28-year-old found the net in injury time on Saturday in West Yorkshire for his

  • WOODFORD GREEN: Club 'flabbergasted" after parking decision

    BOWLS players have lost a battle to change a parking restriction they claim puts their club at risk. Woodford Bowls Club called for a one-hour ban on parking in The Broadway, Woodford Green, to be moved from 2pm to 10am so it does not coincide

  • European success for Woodford Wells Ladies Seniors

    Woodford Wells Ladies Seniors tennis side have won the European Clubs team championships after defeating the favourites in the final. The team of Pat Wire (captain), Libby Eden and Dianne Oakley competed against clubs in their group from Holland,

  • WALTHAMSTOW: Teenager impresses City bosses

    A WALTHAMSTOW teenager has won an award after impressing City bosses during a summer work experience programme. Stephanie Hands, 18, of Higham Hill, scooped the Highly Commended Trainee of the Year accolodae at the City of London Business Traineeship

  • WALTHAMSTOW: Many a-peel-ing events at Apple Day

    THE Vestry House Museum's popular annual Apple Day festival takes place next Saturday (October 8). Now in its 11th year, the family-friendly celebration of all things "appley" will feature a variety of events including apple bobbing, juice-making

  • WALTHAMSTOW: Photography club to hold annual exhibit

    THE Walthamstow and District Photographic Society holds its annual exhibition later next month. The display, at the Welcome Centre in Church End, Walthamstow, will feature over 300 images taken by the club's members over the past year.

  • WALTHAMSTOW: Residents invited to park clean-up

    RESIDENTS are being invited to help a clean-up of Wingfield Park in Walthamstow this Saturday (October 1). It takes place from 2pm until 4pm and is organised by the Friends of Wingfield Park group. The event will also include bulb planting

  • WALTHAMSTOW: Work due to begin on 'giant' tower block

    CONSTRUCTION of a controversial 14-storey hotel in the heart of Walthamstow will begin within weeks, the developer has confirmed. The tower block will form part of a large residential complex, including two eight-storey housing units, by the