Firefighters extinguished a Walthamstow house fire in under an hour yesterday.

Redbridge Council has been ordered to pay a family almost £10,000 after its failure meant a disabled 11-year-old received no schooling for an entire year.

Two London mayoral candidates have hit back at Sadiq Khan’s claim that the election on May 6 is a “two-horse race” between himself and Shaun Bailey.

A shopkeeper accused of selling illegal tobacco insists products seized by police were a present for his wife.

World Book Day may have been different for many children this year who were unable to be in school with their classmates due to the coronavirus restrictions, but that didn’t stop them making the most of the opportunity to dress up to mark the oc...

A rogue landlord who illegally turned a Walthamstow property into 13 flats has been slapped with massive fines and a confiscation order.

One year on from his death, the mother of a young man fatally stabbed in the neck is appealing for justice.

The trust running a Redbridge academy school has accused Redbridge Council of “conspiring” with former staff in an attempt to dismantle it.

School streets schemes have significantly reduced pollution and are supported by the majority of parents, a new study has found.

Tower block residents who took on the council over plans to take away their car parking for three years have achieved a definitive win.

The new dates are subject to a review of the Government’s roadmap measures on 5 April.

More than 150 staff members at London’s largest hospital trust attended a clinic after suffering from skin ailments caused by PPE.

A consultant at an East London hospital has described how she still has to explain she is a doctor when on the wards.

Both the Bakerloo Line extension and the Crossrail 2 project have been put “on hold” according to TfL commissioner Andy Byford.

An east London hospital trust has set up a 'long Covid' clinic to help people who are still suffering from breathing difficulties, fatigue, depression, anxiety and even hair loss months after they caught the virus.

Faiza Shaheen took to twitter yesterday evening to speak out against the “upsetting” abuse she has received.

Plans to restore a building more than 450 years old were making our headlines five years ago this week.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be giving the latest on the pandemic on the day when schools reopened to all pupils after a two-month lockdown.

Redbridge Council has been urged to take action over “the most unhealthy road in the borough”.

In person campaigning for the upcoming GLA and London Mayor elections can resume today under the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown, but what can you expect to see over the next two months?

New NHS figures show which Waltham Forest and Redbridge neighbourhoods are the most and least vaccinated against Covid-19.

People aged between 56 and 59 are being invited to book Covid-19 vaccinations this week, NHS England said.

Netflix has released a whole host of new shows and movies coming this week.

The press conference will start at 4pm, an hour earlier than the usual time 5pm due to internal diary considerations in No10.

Temporary changes will also be introduced which allow licensed premises to sell alcohol for takeaway purposes.

Pictured at the top of this page is The Gardeners Arms, Loughton, in c1885.

Under normal circumstances the audited financial statements of Epping Forest District Council for the year to 31 March 2020 would be published in September 2020 but because of Covid an extension has been granted until November 2020.

Churches are fascinating places to visit, sites of living history.

Elizabeth Fox Howard was a highly courageous woman, who became friends with Mahatma Gandhi and stood up to the Third Reich. She was not afraid to take risks to break down social barriers with kindness and to give compassionate support to the most ...

Pictured at the top of the page is Chingford Green in 1890 near the junction of Kings Head Hill showing the village pond and the distant spire of SS Peter & Paul.

April 12 – the day pubs reopen beer gardens, rooftop gardens and patios to customers.

The Government has again been urged to publish a report into TfL’s finances ahead of further negotiations for a funding deal in April.

I am rather partial to an urban myth. My favourite of all time is, sadly, not fit for family viewing and involves a young man still living at home with his parents, a music player, headphones and a cup of tea. It is my myth of choice as I witnesse...

In this article (‘Savings must be found to close Essex County Council £46m gap’) the leader of Essex County Council claims that as ‘an organisation, we have taken great strides over the last ten years, investing in Essex to benefit the comm...

What are the four changes to lockdown rules being made in England from Monday?

Surge testing deployed in London after Brazilian variant 'patient x' tacked down

The Government has been urged to “come clean” about its £4.8 billion levelling up fund after it emerged some of the most deprived areas of London would miss out.

A new coronavirus strain that is believed to have originated in the UK is being tracked by scientists, as efforts increase to suppress variants of concern.

Up to 139,000 Londoners have had or are still experiencing long Covid according to new figures from the London Assembly.

The influence on national life exerted by the blue ribboned colleges of Oxford and Cambridge has been well documented, but what about your local college? What about, for example, our very own Waltham College?

More than 1,200 people were injured and 68 people were killed while walking on or alongside London’s roads in 2019, figures have revealed.

So far 20,000 people have received a coronavirus vaccination jab at hubs runs by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT).

Police officers have been cleared of gross misconduct after driving a man who fractured his spinal cord in a fight to hospital rather than calling an ambulance.

A dead pigeon, mice droppings in food packaging and rat infestations are just some of the reasons three Waltham Forest food businesses have been closed by court order.

Sadiq Khan has launched his re-election campaign by calling for a 1945-style programme to rebuild London’s economy.

A former paediatric nurse won a £26,000 payout from the NHS after she was suspended for trying to defend colleagues from alleged racist bullying.

It’s that day of the year again when children will be dressing up as popular characters from memorable stories to mark World Book Day.

An American health insurance giant took over an Ilford GP surgery as part of a huge merger condemned by NHS campaigners for a "lack of openness".

Today’s budget announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak “lacks ambitious vision” according to London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Redbridge Council has agreed its full budget for next year, despite criticism from opposition councillors that it is slashing support for arts and leisure.