Manchester City have reportedly rejected West Ham's offer to take former star Carlos Tevez back on loan. The controversial Argentine striker was suspended by the Premier League club this week after allegedly refusing to come off the bench during
West Ham have signed Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia on an initial one month emergency loan. The experienced Spaniard has come to the club because England goalkeeper Robert Green faces six weeks out with a knee cartilage injury. The 34-year-old keeper
BRAVE volunteers will be abseiling down Waltham Abbey Church Tower for charity tomorrow (Saturday, October 1). The event, at the church Highbridge Street, is being organised by the Abbey Independent Funeral Directors and all those taking part
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED tonnes of salt are set to be stockpiled in preparation for another cold winter. Redbridge Council is set to spend nearly £63,000 on storing the salt and will pour it on roads in the run-up to winter, while there will be 56 strategically
HORSE-DRAWN woodland tours and tree climbing will feature at a family activity day on October 29. The event starts at 10am at Epping Forest Burial Park in Kiln Road, North Weald, and finishes at 3pm. Entry is free but donations to North
A quick glance at Preston’s results this season makes for interesting reading. The Lilywhites are currently enjoying their best start to a campaign since 1959 – finding themselves on an enviable hot-streak of seven straight league wins. With results
“Since I started as Met Commissioner last week, I’ve been reminded what a great, diverse city London is. And I know my officers and police staff believe that it’s a good and honourable thing to come to work to catch burglars and robbers and
As the government proposes to increase the speed limit on motorways to 80 miles per hour, Epping residents gave their views. Lee Gerbaldi, 23, Broadoaks, Epping. “I think it is a good idea. Most drivers on motorways do not follow the
A BARNDANCE will be held to raise funds for a public gallery. The evening has been organised by the Friends of the William Morris Gallery in Waltham Forest and all proceeds will go towards the gallery. Music will be provided by the Fiddlestix
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce expects his side to bounce back from their setback against Ipswich at Crystal Palace tomorrow. The Hammers slipped up midweek after a 1-0 defeat to the Tractor Boys but they will put their unbeaten away record
A MUSIC quiz and a jewellery workshop will be held to celebrate Black History Month. North Chingford Library will host the quiz on October 18, between 2pm and 3.30pm. Caribbean drinks will be available. And visitors can learn how to make an African
WALTHAMSTOW MP Stella Creasy is rumoured to be in line for a job in the shadow cabinet. A number of political commentators believe the former Waltham Forest councillor is part of leader Ed Milliband’s plans to freshen up the Labour front bench
POLITICIANS will get a grilling from young people in a series of question and answer sessions at local schools. Pupils from across Redbridge will take part in the debates which have been organised by the council as part of Local Democracy Week
THE NEXT surgery dates for Hale End and Highams Park residents have been announced. The first one in October, will be held tomorrow at the Community Room on the Aldriche Way Estate in Highams Park, from 10.15am until 11.15am. The next
THE amount of money made by Redbridge Council by wrongly charging for parking is yet to be revealed. It emerged this week that, despite an announcement on September 6 that the authority had ditched new restricted hours, meters were not changed
FIRE jugglers, a children's disco and glowing stiltwalkers are some of the attractions at the Light Up Langthorne Park event this Saturday night (October 1) in Leytonstone. The free event, now in its fourth year, takes place in the Birch Grove
TWELVE women or their relatives are taking legal action against a health trust over the care they received at the maternity unit of a local hospital. The action relates to Queen’s Hospital, in Romford, which is part of the Barking Havering
VISITORS can learn make ancient medicines and hear about the ailments they were used to treat during an event at Chingford’s Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge. The educational event at the historic lodge, off Rangers Road, takes place on Friday, October
A HEADTEACHER has spoken of the support received from the community since burglars ransacked a school, robbing thousands of pounds worth of equipment. In the early hours of September 9, three burglars broke in to the White Bridge Junior School
PLANS for an extension to a house have been approved. Applicant Thomas Kuddy applied to build a two-storey extension at the rear of his home in Hale End Road, Woodford Green. The proposal was given the go-ahead on September 19.
RESIDENTS are demanding to know why a public footpath is still blocked four years after a wall collapsed on to it. The path between Wannock Gardens and Penhurst Road in Barkingside was commonly used as a shortcut, but the area is now described
A 21-year-old law student has just released her second book of poems. Antoinette-Rita Okoiye, of Peel Close in Chingford, is set to launch The Blue Ocean – Peace, Power, Prosperity (Volume 1), on October 14. The event which is taking
West Ham will be looking to bounce back at Crystal Palace in their Championship clash this weekend. The Hammers suffered a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Ipswich Town on Tuesday night but they have yet to lose away this season. Palace have made
A BOOKSHOP will be selling its children's books at a discount as part of a national reading campaign. There will be a 20 per cent reduction on Usborne titles at The Bookshop North Chingford in Station Road from Monday, October 3. The
Preston North End are the visitors to E10 on Saturday as the O’s go in search of their first points at Brisbane Road this season. Russell Slade’s side have lost all five of their league games at home this season but will approach tomorrow’s match with
CHINGFORD MP Iain Duncan Smith has warned that taxpayers could face a £2.5 billion bill if the European Union forces Britain to relax its rules on benefits claims by those living abroad. The UK has reportedly been threatened with legal action
A MAN has died after losing control of his car and crashing in to a fence. At around 5.25pm on Thursday, September 29, a 45-year-old man driving a red Ford Focus down Church Hill, Loughton, swerved off the road and crashed. Members of
A NEW community-run art gallery in the heart of Leytonstone's shopping district will help further establish the area as a hotbed of creative talent, organisers say. The 'Stone Space' opens this Saturday (October 1) in the former Waltham Forest
THE district could see weekly rubbish collections return after the Government announced plans to pay councils to make services more frequent. Ongar MP Eric Pickles announced today (Friday) that the Government has set aside £250 million to give local
TEMPERATURES are expected to reach 29 degrees in the capital today (Friday). Skies will be clear today and tomorrow (Saturday), with temperatures again peaking at 29 degrees Celsius in London, according to the Met Office. The Indian
