A police operation targetting violence in Ilford resulted in 13 drug and weapons arrests, seven cars confiscated and more than £5,000 in cash seized.

With tickets costing an average of £37, it's a bill most motorists could do without.

Key workers including police officers may be exempt from paying the proposed £3.50 Greater London boundary charge, according to the Mayor’s office.

Waltham Forest saw a huge surge in reports of racist hate crimes in the first few months of the pandemic - and they have yet to return to normal levels.

It's a decade this week since the announcement of the new tenant of the Olympic Stadium was making our headlines.

People have until Valentine’s Day to give their views on plans to hold immersive film screenings at a sports ground throughout the summer.

Iain Duncan Smith has called for Britain to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Eight people have now been arrested during a probe into the attempted assassination of a man convicted of one of Britain's biggest ever heists.

Covid deaths in east London hospitals , as hospital admissions return to pre-Christmas levels.

We have heard from drivers, angry that some might have to pay to drive through the forest.

THE Health Secretary will lead a press conference today as concerns grow over the South African variant of Covid-19.

Nearly 2,500 staff will be told that their jobs have been axed today after fashion website Boohoo bought Dorothy Perkins, Wand two other Arcadia brands.

Experts have warned it was “very possible” the South African variant is already quite widespread in the UK.

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi urged the public to keep faith after South Africa suspended its rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

Snow may fall in Hertfordshire, Essex and London for several days over the coming week as the Met Office extended its weather warning.

Two men in their 20s have died and 11 others have been injured in a series of stabbings across London within 24 hours.

One of the few pluses to come out of the Covid pandemic has been a worldwide reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

Smarts Lane was considered the humblest road in Loughton when the picture above was taken c1907.

I always try to give our local MP Dame Eleanor Laing the benefit of the doubt but I find the statement issued late on a Sunday stunning:

Three men have been jailed for a total of over 20 years for supplying £6million worth of cocaine.

William Dillwyn, a co-ordinator of the British abolitionist and anti-slavery campaign, was born in Pennsylvania in 1743 and lived in Walthamstow (Blackhorse Lane) from 1777 until his death in 1824.

The picture at the top of this page is of Highams Park level crossing c1899.

Crisis is an overused word. We read about it with the NHS, poverty, unemployment, flooding and governance yet, by hook or crook we, as a society, find a way to sidestep the abyss with some modicum of blood, sweat and tears.

In reference to Loraine Sladden’s email, I hope her father has received his vaccination.

London has this week passed the milestone of vaccinating more than one million people against Covid-19.

More than 20 per cent of London’s businesses made use of the Government’s business rates holiday during the Covid-19 pandemic, saving a total of £3 billion.

Heavy snow and ice is on its way this weekend as the south east of England braces for Arctic conditions.

An 'outstanding' nursery says it is “devastated and truly sorry” after a serious safeguarding incident.

East London now has the smallest percentage of over-80s who have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine in the entire country.

Residents living next to Whipps Cross are urging the council not to let the NHS use a stretch of open land as an access road while the new hospital is built.

A rugby-loving former Flying Squad detective with the Metropolitan Police who became a London taxi driver has died at the age of 68.

Police found two stashed Rambo-style knives following a foot chase with three suspects.

It hasn't gone down well with fans who begged the fast food giant to keep the items on the menu.

A CLIP from a Handforth Parish Council meeting has gone viral — gaining more than 2 million views overnight.

The Mayor of London and TfL will need a “Sherlock-style forensic focus” to deliver Crossrail on time, according to a new report from the London Assembly.

Twenty seven London boroughs have recorded daily Covid cases falling by a third or more in a week.

A campaign has been launched to fund a London memorial to all NHS and emergency services workers, including those who have risked or lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic.

London is on track to reach its target of vaccinating 1.5 million people by the middle of February, with more than one million jabs already given out.

THE SOUTH East has been placed under 60-hours worth of snow and ice warnings over the next few days.

The death of a “kind and gentle” woman in a care home remains a mystery after an inquest was unable to determine whether she died of natural causes.

More than 60 blind or disabled workers won an extra 13 weeks of wages from their former employer today.

A community project helping to support vulnerable people during the pandemic continued its expansion last week with the opening of its latest hub in Ongar.

A cancer patient has lifted the lid on her struggles of going through chemotherapy during a pandemic.

More snow could be on the way in Hertfordshire, Essex and London as the Met Office issued a two-day weather warning.

A second Beast from the East could be heading for the UK next week, the  Met Office has said.

The Advertising Standards Authority received complaints in late December 2020 and early January 2021.

With so many of us suffering mentally due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, today’s annual ‘Time to Talk Day’ is perhaps even more crucial in the current climate.

Almost 10 per cent of London Fire Brigade’s operational staff are currently absent due to Covid-19.

A leading transport union has hit out at Transport for London after it told Tube staff to continue going to work despite concerns over the South African Covid-19 variant.

A woman who was fined over filming apparently empty corridors in an effort to prove Covid-19 is a hoax has now been banned from visiting hospitals.