John Carew came off the bench and scored his first goal for the club as West Ham battled back for a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace. The Hammers conceded an early goal when Darren Ambrose scored but Kevin Nolan netted a quick equaliser for them.
West Ham handed a debut to Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia at Crystal Palace. The Spaniard replaced Robert Green after he was ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury. Papa Bouba Diop was also given his debut in midfielder for the Hammers alongside
Two goals from Dean Cox saw Leyton Orient finally claim their first league success of the season, beating Preston North End 2-1 at Brisbane Road. The visitors hit Russell Slade’s side with an early goal as former Peterborough midfielder Paul
Scott Cuthbert is back in the Orient starting line-up after completing his three-match suspension following a red card against Bournemouth. The former Celtic man will take his place at full back, with both Elliot Omozusi and Charlie Daniels
A BY-ELECTION will take place in one of the borough’s most marginal wards after the resignation of Labour councillor Mike Figg. Mr Figg was elected to the Aldborough ward in 2010, but is stepping down less than 18 months later, citing family reasons.
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a collision in which a motorcyclist was injured. The incident happened at about 8.25pm on September 29, at High Road near the junction with Warren Hill in Loughton. The motorcyclist, a 20-year-old
AN ALLOTMENT will host a colourful Harvest Festival celebration. The Barkingside Allotments in Fullwell Avenue will ring out to the sound of singing from the Glade School choir, watched by the borough’s deputy mayor, Felicity Banks, and Redbridge
NEW jobs will be created in Waltham Forest as part of a project targeting unemployment in London’s Olympic boroughs. The arc project has been set up by the charity Business in the Community with the support of corporate partners, Deloitte and
A LOCAL charity will mark its tenth anniversary next week. Mayor of Redbridge, Chris Cummins, will attend the event in Ilford on October 4, to mark a decade of community work by Home-Start Redbridge. The charity trains volunteers from
A PLAN of action has been drawn up to try and reduce the number of crashes on a notorious road. After dozens of accidents and three deaths on the B194 Crooked Mile in Waltham Abbey just this year, residents stepped up pressure on the county
MEMORIES of railways in and around the district are being sought by a group that is restoring an historic line. The volunteers who are restoring the Epping Ongar Railway are setting up a museum at one of the line’s stations, in Ongar.
