THIEVES made a failed attempt to burgle the Royal Epping Forest Golf Club in Chingford on Tuesday (August 9), it has emerged.

A suspect kicked in its front door triggering an alarm, but failed to gain entry.

The club, in Forest Approach, was targeted in the early hours of Tuesday.

It happened on the same night several shops were targeted by looters and vandals in nearby Station Road.

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