The drinking fountain pictured above from c1900 on the corner of Station Road and High Road in Loughton was erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Trough & Fountains Association in 1870.

The horrendous scenes in Washington when Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Congress, costing five people their lives, have been rightly condemned.

Fire crews subdued a Leyton flat fire in under an hour.

As I sat amongst the pensioners in Buckhurst Hill awaiting my vaccination I felt at peace, a sudden calmness had descended upon me.

Aldi is expanding its click-and-collect services in London after launching its trial to a further two stores in the region, including its stores in Waltham Forest and Hillingdon.

Walthamstow’s streets are lined with Victorian and 20th century buildings, making it difficult to imagine it as the quiet rural corner of Essex that it once was. The area was popular with London merchants and the gentry who built large mansions ...

Originally known as the Forest Hotel when it first opened in 1880 in Chingford, it was renamed the Royal Forest Hotel in 1882 after Queen Victoria’s visit to Epping Forest to dedicate it to the people.

Redbridge Council was ordered to pay a family £4,500 in compensation after failing to support two severely disabled teenagers.

If someone had mentioned a ‘Covid initiative’ this time last year, no doubt you would have treated their utterances by trotting on quick speed and bemoaning the collective lunacy that seemed to have pervaded certain quarters.

New data has revealed a shocking rise in recorded hate crimes on London buses following the first lockdown last year.

There are more than 600 unused primary school spaces across Redbridge after a drop in the number of families in the borough.

Transport for London has outlined its radical plan to become self-sustainable by 2023, which includes introducing a boundary charge to drive into Greater London and a potential redrawing of the Tube map.

A yellow weather warning has been issued with snow expected over London, Essex and Hertfordshire.

The number of Covid-19 infections across England is falling as a whole – with the R-rate dropping below one in the south east.

A group of five men armed with knives barged themselves inside a house.

A cult cinema events company has been granted permission to hold three months of “immersive” outdoor film screenings on a Walthamstow sports ground this summer.

The Tesco Clubcard is a loyalty card scheme allows shoppers can collect points when they shop.

Some timetables have already been amended, while others will be changed over the coming weeks.

Schools in England have provided school meals over the holidays throughout the pandemic.

The supermarket chain hope the move will help stores cut waste as part of their target of halving food waste by 2030.

The move comes amid the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus in Brazil, with concerns about whether it could be more dangerous.

Local GPs worked frontline shifts to help out overwhelmed NHS colleagues at Queen’s Hospital.

Redbridge Council's cabinet has three new members and an entirely new role following last week's reshuffle

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to scale up vaccine supply after it was revealed that the capital has only received a tenth of vaccines supplied to the rest of the country.

Covid survival rates at hospital trusts in a narrow strip of Essex and Havering are among the worst in the country, new figures have suggested.

Virgin Media has introduced a range of new measures to help keep customers connected and entertained amid a third national lockdown.

Boris Johnson said there was a “very substantial” risk that ICUs would be unable to cope if numbers kept increasing.

The extent of London’s cladding crisis has been laid bare by a report from the London Assembly, with both the Mayor of London and the Government urged to act.

The restaurant will find out by early next week if it can keep its licence

Redbridge Council hopes to expand controlled parking zones along the Crossrail line and into Woodford and South Woodford

A man charged with the murder of two men in Ilford appeared in court today.

Redbridge Council will start offering Covid tests and vaccines to rough sleepers tomorrow (January 14).

A Queen’s Hospital nurse has spoken of the mental toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on her after research revealed half of intensive care staff working are likely to be suffering from problem drinking, severe anxiety or post-traumatic stress ...

A community project that is continuing to provide help to those in need during the national lockdown is expanding again by opening a fifth community surplus hub at the end of this month.

A group of Leyton residents discovered the council planned to have homes built on their car park when a prospective developer showed up to take a look.

The Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London has suggested that May’s election should be postponed due to Covid-19.

Redbridge Council has scrapped plans for a small increase to councillors’ pay following objections from some members.

A man has been charged with the murder of two men at a house in east London.

The body responsible for car tax and vehicle licensing has warned drivers to be on the lookout for new phishing scams this new year.

The Prime Minister said “at the moment the limit is on supply” of the vaccine.

Shaun Bailey has been accused of playing a “political game” after criticising Labour London Assembly members for voting down his motion to de-twin London and Beijing.

Royal Mail has confirmed a further widespread delay in delivery dates, after Epping Forest MP Dame Eleanor Laing called for a “rapid and significant improvement” in services.

A community group set up in the first lockdown is continuing its aim to make Chingford a better place to work, visit and live.

A huge “sonic boom” has startled people across north London and Hertfordshire.

There are growing calls to prioritise London’s frontline workers in the vaccine rollout as public services are stretched due to Covid-related absences.

A restaurant has been warned of further punishment and two people were fined after they were found drinking wine and smoking shisha.

Waltham Forest Council voted to remove 24/7 support from vulnerable residents two days before Christmas.

Police have reissued appeals to find a man who stabbed a supermarket staff member and attacked others.

Morrisons, Sainsbury's, ASDA, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose and M&S - supermarket chains are having to enforce rules to keep customers and staff safe.

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