A specialist financial investigator who had a police career spanning nearly three decades has died after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

Mayoral candidate Luisa Porritt has outlined plans to introduce an apprenticeships hub in London to avoid a “lost generation” of young people.

Tens of thousands of EU citizens living in London could “unknowingly become undocumented migrants” in June when the EU Settlement Scheme ends, with no data on how many people are yet to apply.

Redbridge Council will “take the lead” on the long-anticipated redevelopment of Ilford gyratory after rejecting developers it felt were trying to build too densely on the site.

Although members of the Rotary Club of Chingford are only able meet with one another by holding virtual meetings every two weeks, they continue to support some local charities.

A developer hoping to build an 11-storey tower on a former library site says it has to segregate rich and poor tenants to avoid lowering the value of its market-rate flats.

The mother of a seven-year-old boy who suffered a fatal shock in a pub beer garden broke down in tears as an electrician was today cleared of his manslaughter.

One man has been arrested and another hospitalised following a stabbing in east London last night.

The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace said.

A dedicated team of Covid-19 marshals will be patrolling Redbridge parks this week.

Work is due to get underway tomorrow on enhancing traffic calming measures in a number of roads across Waltham Forest over the coming months.

Detectives investigating an Ilford doubled killing have charged a woman with perverting the course of justice

Hairdressers were forced to close once more at the start of the year as part of fresh lockdown restrictions.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan today announced an extra £30 million a year to protect Metropolitan Police officer numbers until at least 2025.

Shaun Bailey has today unveiled his “Fresh Start Plan” for London and has pledged to put 8,000 new police officers on the streets if he becomes mayor.

Almost two million more people are to be told to shield to protect themselves from serious side-effects from Covid-19, officials have said.

The Prime Minister has said rapid Covid-19 testing could help entertainment venues, such as theatres and nightclubs, start to welcome back customers once lockdown restrictions are eased.

A comedian has adapted to London under lockdown by becoming one of the world’s first artists to work in the medium of lucid dreams.

It's Pancake Day, you haven't made them for a year and you can't remember the recipe!

People living beside railway lines have criticised Network Rail for cutting down mature trees to prevent service disruptions.

Professor Steven Riley, a member of the Spi-M modelling group, said scientists are "genuinely worried" about another wave in the UK.

The thin cake, made with batter and fried in a frying pan is perfect for a range of toppings with lemon juice and sugar the most traditional.

Almost 1.5 million people in London have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, with the capital just shy of hitting its target.

Around two-thirds of Londoners would prefer a postal vote in the May 6 London Mayor and London Assembly elections, a survey has found.

There have been some areas that have not received Royal Mail deliveries in over a week.

There was 'cautious optimism' a grant would be secured to renovate a historic park ten years ago this week.

No traces of Covid have been found on London’s underground stations, Tubes and buses by scientists investigating the virus.

The decision which was pushed through by the majority group (without any support from across the chamber) at the extraordinary council meeting can only have two outcomes, a lot more development within the close environs of our very special Forest ...

From getting children back to school to reopening pubs, speculation is rife as to when and how lockdown restrictions might be eased.

The US’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, has recommended the practise of double masking in the past.

Boris Johnson will address the nation as the country reached 15 million vaccinations and ministers start to discuss the easing of lockdown.

More than 15 million people in the UK have now had a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine – the equivalent of everyone in the Government’s top four priority groups.

Mums will always hold an irreplaceable spot in our hearts.

Three teenagers have been charged in connection with an aggravated burglary.

Pictured above in around 1920, the Robin Hood pub was built on the Epping New Road in c1865.

From Monday, people aged 65 – 69 will be eligible to receive an NHS Covid-19 vaccination jab.

The low temperatures and bursts of snow across the UK mean most of us have to spend some time deicing our vehicle before we set off.

We have a serious democratic deficit in Epping Forest.

How many buildings and institutions in the UK have their roots in the slave trade and what is being done to put things right?

More than five weeks into the third national the national R rate has fallen below one for the first time since July, but when will lockdown end?

Have you ever heard of Walthamstow’s North Bank House? It is one of the area's remaining 18th century mansions, although it is perhaps easily missed, as it is now part of a cluster of former hospital buildings at the corner of Forest Road and Shern...

People in east London are being threatened with violence if they do not hand over large sums of money, Scotland Yard says.

Two landlords have been slapped with fines totalling £135,000 for failing to maintain and licence privately rented homes.

This picture is of a rural Chingford Green as imagined in 1925 from Carbis Close.

I’m so old, that when I first studied business (which I now teach) as a teenager, it was called ‘commerce’. It was a fancy, new-fangled subject area which was inexplicably shrouded in mystery.

Redbridge Council have proposed a series of School Streets schemes which aim to improve air quality around schools. The object is to close key roads close to schools like Church Path and Fitzgerald Road next to Wanstead Church or those close to Ni...

A Conservative London Assembly member was accused of “blatant electioneering” at last night’s People’s Question Time, with the Chair of the meeting calling it a “disgrace”.

Waking watches in buildings seen as fire risks in the wake of the Grenfell disaster are costing Londoners an average of £12 million a month, – more than the rest of England.

Waltham Forest Council will not have to lay off staff after successfully balancing its budget for next year.

Waltham Forest Council defended giving the developer behind the borough’s largest ever housing scheme a discount, arguing it was spending money to make money.