Archive
-
Date
WEST HAM: Stab victim is "innocent family man" say police
THE middle-aged man who was stabbed before West Ham’s trouble-filled game with Millwall is “an innocent family man” who went to the wrong entrance of the ground in error, police have revealed. The 43-year-old was attacked in Tudor Road, close
-
Date
REDBRIDGE: Council set to launch bike scheme for staff
THE council is set to start running a Cycle to Work scheme for its staff as more commuters leave behind cars and trains to ride their bikes. The plans look set to be rubber stamped at next week's cabinet meeting and will see the authority buying up
-
Date
GANTS HILL: Man jailed for theme park bomb hoax
A MAN who sparked the evacuation and closure of a theme park by claiming he had planted a nail bomb there has been jailed. Gowthaman Jeyabalasingam, 23, of Icknield Drive in Gants Hill, was told he must serve two years in prison after making
-
Date
NORTH WEALD: Skies to come alive for commemorative fly-over
The North Weald airfield will play host to aircraft from the past 50 years in a spectacular battle of Britain memorial fly-by. Everything from 1950's wartime planes through to modern Norwegian F-16 Jet fighters will wow crowds at the airfield on Sunday
-
Date
And the trumpet shall sound
Alleluia! Walthamstow has got our award-winning brass band back, just in time to celebrate its centenary – and a string of prestigious wins. East London Brass has had a terrific year, including a hat-trick of first prizes and a place in the national brass
-
Date
LOUGHTON: Confusion over sports hall plans
CONFUSION has broken out over district council recommendations that Epping Forest College be forced to build new sports facilities. The college, in Borders Lane, Loughton has agreed to sell the community sports hall on its land for a private
-
Date
LOUGHTON: Home-educated girl gets eight A*s
AMONG the recent GCSE success stories from across the district one girl has achieved a full set of A*s without a day at school in her life. Simone Webb, 16, of Newmans Lane, Loughton, has achieved eight A*s in international GCSEs after a lifetime
-
Date
ILFORD: Grandmother took own life, inquest finds
A GRANDMOTHER who survived a stroke and kidney cancer took her own life after finding out she was suffering from an incurable brain tumour, an inquest heard. Betty Baines, 73, of Bernard House, Henrys Walk, Ilford, took a lethal cocktail of painkillers
-
Date
BUCKHURST HILL: Hospital expansion plans rejected
PLANS that would have seen a private hospital greatly expand in size have been unanimously rejected by councillors. Holly House Hospital's plans to expand its site in Buckhurst Hill High Road, had drawn widespread objections from nearby residents
-
Date
Millwall back to play Orient soon after West Ham riots
MILLWALL FC will be back close to the scene of Tuesday's riots when they take on Orient at Brisbane Road soon. The Lions return to east London in under a month. Today, the club appeared relaxed at the prospect of playing just 15 minutes
-
Date
WALTHAM FOREST: Last-ditch talks could save pool
LAST-DITCH talks behind the scenes could save the borough's premiere training swimming pool, the Guardian can reveal. The pool at Waltham Forest College, in Forest Road, is due to close on Wednesday, as Greenwich Leisure Ltd, which says it
-
Date
BUCKHURST HILL: Historic year for Braeside GCSEs
THERE was historic success for Braeside School with an A* to C grade pass rate of 95 per cent. The private girls' school, in Buckhurst Hill High Road also gained a record 56 per cent pass rate at A* or A level marking a successful first year
-
Date
LOUGHTON: More high achievement at Davenant
DAVENANT Foundation School has continued with its high achieving tradition with 85 per cent of year 11 students achieving 5 A* to C grades. The Chester Road school, in Loughton, also achieved a 78 per cent pass rate including maths and English. There
-
Date
CHIGWELL: Old fashioned street party thrown to celebrate volunteers' MBE
A party was held in honour of dedicated Anne McConnell, who recieved an MBE for her years of fundraising for a local respite centre. The event at Vitalise Jubilee Lodge Centre in Chigwell, was to thank Mrs McConnell for 50 years of dedicated
-
Date
LOUGHTON: Debden Park completes remarkable turnaround in GCSEs
DEBDEN Park High School continues its remarkable turnaround with another large rise in its pass rate. Since the school, in Willingale Road, Loughton, came out of special measures two years ago its pass rate has soared by 40 per cent to 69 per
-
Date
LOUGHTON: Another successful year for Roding Valley High School
IT was another successful year at Roding Valley High School with a steady rise in the pass rate. The Loughton school, in Alderton Hill, secured a five per cent rise in students gaining 5 A* to C grades and a similar rise in its overall pass
-
Date
WALTHAM ABBEY: Top marks for King Harold's pupils
Students at King Harold's school saw an impressive 10 percent rise on the number of students getting five or more A*- C grades. Of the 147 pupils who sat their GCSE's at the Broomstick Hall Road school this year, 36 percent got 5 or more A*
-
Date
LEYTONSTONE: All smiles as school comes off Government hitlist
PUPILS and teachers at Tom Hood School are celebrating a major increase in the number of students scoring five A* to C grades including English and maths. Last year, less than three in 10 pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE, meaning the school
-
Date
New West Ham statement on Millwall match mayhem
West Ham Utd have called events at its own home on Tuesday night “appalling”. The club vowed to ban for life Hammers fans who were involved in the mayhem which scarred the Carling Cup tie against Millwall. The stance by West Ham echoes
-
Date
CHINGFORD: Sisters make history in evacuee exhibition
SISTERS spotted themselves in a photo being used in an exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the Great Evacuation. Doreen Bindley and her sister Rita Ridley, of Douglas Road, Chingford, were aged nine and five respectively when they were
-
Date
WOODFORD GRN: Developer 'gives up' bid to demolish historic home
RESIDENTS in Woodford Green are celebrating what appears to be the end of an epic three-year battle to save an historic home, after the council ruled it would be "harmful" to demolish it. The 'cottage' building in Broomhill Walk has been the
-
Date
WALTHAMSTOW: Academy GCSE results continue to improve
A FLAGSHIP school has bounced back from a difficult start to the year to achieve improved GCSE results. Walthamstow Academy, in Billet Road, suffered disruption in March when headteacher Fiona Cordeaux made a sudden mid-term departure as principal
-
Date
CHIGWELL: Another year of success for Sikh school students
Students from the Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College are celebrating today (Thursday August 27) after another good round of GCSE results. Nervous students, many with parents in tow, rushed to the college in Roding Lane this morning to pick up
-
Date
REDBRIDGE: Council staff fraud investigations revealed
DETAILS have emerged of multiple corruption investigations involving council staff, including cases of electoral fraud and alleged thefts from schools. The revelations come in a new council report examining fraud in the borough, as new national
-
Date
WEST HAM: Collison thanks fans for "incredible" support over dad's death
WEST HAM midfielder Jack Collison has spoken for the first time about the “incredible” support he has received from fans following the death of his father. The Welsh international surprised many by asking to play in the Hammers' Carling Cup
-
Date
LEYTONSTONE: Six arrests over gang shooting
A TOTAL of six people have now been arrested in connection with a gang shooting on a troubled Leytonstone estate. The incident happened on August 10 at about 6.40pm on the Cathall estate and police say shots were fired all over the estate.
-
Date
ORIENT: Melligan on Carling Cup defeat to Stoke
Midfielder JJ Melligan feels Orient deserved victory against Premier League Stoke City last night (Wednesday). The O’s lost the Carling Cup round two tie 1-0 in extra time. Dave Kitson's 25-yard volley was the defining moment of a close-fought
-
Date
WALTHAMSTOW: Green week at shopping centre
AN ENVIRONMENT awareness week is being held at a shopping centre this week. The Mall, in Selbourne Walk, Walthamstow, is asking shoppers and retailers to recycle their coat hangers and help cut the 100 million that are sent to landfill each
-
Date
CHINGFORD: New curate for parish
A NEWLY ordained priest has joined a Chingford church as curate. The Reverend Alex Summers will assist the Rev Claire Wilson and the Rev Tom Page at the parish of SS Peter and Paul. The father-of-four trained for two years at Wescott House in Cambridge
-
Date
REDBRIDGE: Parents kept in the dark over teacher's sacking
A TEACHER has been sacked from their job at a Redbridge school - but the council are refusing to say why. The unnamed staff member was suspended during the 2008/09 academic year while an internal investigation was carried out. They were
-
Date
LEYTONSTONE: Urgent appeal for witnesses after shooting
POLICE have put out an urgent plea for witnesses after a gang shooting on a notorious Leytonstone estate. The incident happened in the Cathall estate on August 10 at about 6.40pm and although no one was injured, detectives have said shots were
-
Date
LEYTON: Closure threat school celebrates GCSE pass rate increase
A SCHOOL threatened with closure last year has hit back by recording a sharp increase in its GCSE pass rate. The number of pupils at George Mitchell School, in Farmer Road, achieving five A* to C grades (including English and Maths) has leapt
-
Date
CHIGWELL: Best GCSE results ever at Chigwell School
It's been another record breaking year for GCSE students, scoring the highest results on record, with an impressive 99 percent pass rate. over 70 percent of grades were either A* or A and 99 percent of exam results were between A* and C.
-
Date
WALTHAM FOREST: Anxious pupils await GCSE results
NERVOUS teenagers across the borough are awaiting their GCSE results. Year 11 pupils will find out how they did this morning. The number of pupils gaining high grades is expected to have increased since last year. For the first time there will be results
-
Date
WALTHAMSTOW: Race attack man jailed
A SCHIZOPHRENIC has been jailed after he launched a racist tirade at a train station. Peter Townsend was sentenced to four months in prison after he flew into a rage and tried to punch a black worker at Southend Central station in Essex.
