Leyton Orient midfielder Marc Laird has joined Southend United on a two-month loan deal. The 26-year-old has only made two substitute appearances this season and has moved in a bid to get first-team football. Meanwhile, Orient's trip to MK
AN ALL-DAY music festival is being held at a popular pub this weekend to raise awareness about a campaign to save it from being turned into flats. The free 'Birkfest' event is from 2pm this Sunday (October 28) at The Birkbeck Tavern in Langthorne
YOUNG performers united with students from a special school for a one-off concert to raise more than £1,000 for Children in Need. Aspiring actors, dancers and singers from Loughton Theatretrain joined children from Oak View School for a charity
A CAREER criminal who robbed an off licence twice in the space of two days was wished ‘good luck’ by a judge after being jailed for four-and-a-half years. Paul Harris, 36, of Marston Road in Clayhall, wielded a meat cleaver as he raided the ‘Wine
GOVERNORS at a popular all-girls school have approved controversial plans for it to become an academy. Ann Betts, headteacher of Connaught School for Girls in Leytonstone, said she expected the change in status would be finalised by January or
CAMPAIGNERS who opposed an Olympics police base being built on Wanstead Flats have criticised a decision to hold a fireworks display on the site. A 35,000 sq ft area of the green space has recently been reseeded after the controversial temporary
A "CHARASMATIC" fraudster who wooed lonely women on the internet to trick them into handing over cash has been jailed. Hery Agunu, 25, of Odessa Road, Leytonstone, adopted the persona of a widowed American businessman under a number of aliases to form
A MAN has been charged over a stabbing earlier this week. Karl Thompson, 42, is accused of knifing a 31-year-old at a house in Larkshall Road, near the junction with Ropers Avenue in Highams Park, on Tuesday night (October 23). The wounded
FRIENDS of Wanstead Parklands are holding a litter pick. Anyone interested in taking part should meet at the Temple in Wanstead Park at 11am on Sunday. The litter picks take place twice a year to clean up the park. For more information
Leyton Orient will be aiming to halt their slide down the League One table tomorrow when they host Coventry City. The O's have lost four of their last five league games and have only found the net once during that period. Back-to-back defeats against
THE years when teenagers in winkle pickers riding scooters filled pubs and coffee bars in Epping Forest have been revived in a new book. Alan Hammond was one of the Mods who toured the area’s youth clubs and village halls during the 1960s, finding
West Ham United will be aiming to maintain their impressive start to the season when they travel to struggling Wigan Athletic in the Premier League tomorrow. The Hammers are currently seventh in the table after thrashing Southampton 4-1 last weekend
STAFF at a historic pub have raised a pint to celebrate landing a sought-after spot in a national real ale guide. The Black Lion pub, which is Epping's oldest, has been chosen by members of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) to appear in the 2013
Wanstead juniors took to the field as the Under-8s, Under-9s and Under-10s played out triangular tournaments against Cheshunt and Eton Manor. Eton Manor 0-15 Wanstead Under-10s The Under-10s were first up in this mini tournament against local
CHILDREN can learn to become a nature detective and how to track down wildlife during half-term. A park ranger will show inquisitive youngsters how to look for wildlife in Claybury Park, Clayhall. Children will also be able to play nature themed
A SPOOKY Halloween walk will take place through a country park. The walk will take place as the sun goes down through Hainault Forest Country Park, in Forest Road, Hainault. It will start at 5pm on Wednesday and will include a collection of
POLICE have announced new restrictions which in effect ban the far-right English Defence League (EDL) from holding even a static protest in Walthamstow this weekend. The government confirmed yesterday that all marches would be banned in Waltham
