Originally built as a town hall in Epping, the Picture House opened in 1912, shortly after the photo at the top of this page was taken.

Live coverage of the London mayoral race as the votes are counted and results come in.

Sadiq Khan has been re-elected as Mayor of London after beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey.

Labour has held on to four of its London Assembly constituency seats as the second day of vote counting begins to wind down.

The history of Wanstead and the surrounding area makes for a fascinating study.

Sadiq Khan has extended his lead over Conservative rival Shaun Bailey as the Mayor of London election count enters its second day.

Detectives have released images of members of the public who they believe may have witnessed a fatal stabbing Walthamstow.

Church Hill, leading from Hoe Street to Prospect was once known as Parsonage Hill, and was where the Rectory Manor house once stood in Walthamstow. In 1784-5 a large three storey house was built on the opposite side of the road, later known as Church...

Pictured above is the Queen Elizabeth Hotel on Forest Side (formerly Queen Elizabeth's Hill) in Chingford in 1911.

‘They’ say life imitates art. I guess if televisual fare is art, then this is a truism, with the gamut of channels and cheap fly on the wall shows and documentaries making art out of life.

I write to say a public thank you to former Essex County Councillor Valerie Metcalfe who stepped down as the elected representative for Buckhurst Hill and Loughton South at the elections held [on Thursday].

Sport clubs provide an opportunity for children and youth to learn skills that will help them in school, as well as in their future careers and personal lives. Through engagement in sport, they learn leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, respo...

The Conservative Party has held the London Assembly constituency seat of West Central, as the first election results roll in.

Sadiq Khan currently has a narrow lead over Shaun Bailey in the early stages of the race to become Mayor of London.

Pregnant women face barriers in getting the coronavirus vaccine because clinics may not have the jabs known to be safest, an MP has warned.

This month, we will see further sectors of the economy allowed to reopen, as well as the possible resumption of international travel.

Customers are being warned not to eat the products and return for a full refund.

Walthamstow has been named as the third biggest hotspot for Japanese knotweed in London and is the worst east London area when it comes to the damaging weed.

An “underutilised” bank could be replaced with an 18-storey block of flats, if a developer gets planning permission.

Police are hunting a knifeman who robbed a woman of her mobile phone in Woodford Green.

Voters casting their ballots for the Mayor of London and London Assembly members today will have to wait until the weekend to find out the results.

NEWSQUEST has announced a major new £1.5 million investment into local journalism with the recruitment of 50 new roles.

The Netflix original sci-fi drama is set to return to the streaming platform after season three ended in the summer of 2019.

Ikea customers can earn up to £250 per returned item.

Ed Sheeran, James Arthur and Billie Eilish are among the artists boosting productivity among Bits working from home.

With Londoners set to head to the polls tomorrow (May 6) to vote for the next Mayor of London, candidates today had one final chance to get their messages across to voters.

Six east London food businesses have failed their food hygiene inspections in the last week – including a school cafeteria.

Sadiq Khan has said he is hopeful that a victory in tomorrow’s mayoral election would give him “the right mandate” to negotiate with the Government.

Mayoral candidate Brian Rose says he expects to pull off “the biggest upset in political history” on May 6 by becoming the Mayor of London.

Eggs and objects were thrown at members of a mosque at what was believed to be a racially aggravated attack.

The Prime Minister said he expects there to be “some openings up” on 17 May

Two occupations are listed, his first being Naval Officer, while his second is "husband of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, The Sovereign."

Senior NHS officials in England have written to Instagram urging the company to shut down any accounts that promotes or attempts to sell Apetamin.

Boris Johnson has said some foreign travel from the UK will be able to go ahead from mid-May.

Waltham Forest Council’s leadership has agreed to pay £1 million towards the cost of rebuilding the Lee Valley Ice Centre to prevent the project from failing.

The youngest candidate in the upcoming London Assembly election says “more young people need to get involved in politics”.

It is five years since a sound that had become part of weekly life in Walthamstow was heard for the last time.

Sadiq Khan says he will explore the possibility of bringing the Olympic Games back to London in 2036 or 2040 if he is re-elected on Thursday.

Surge testing has begun in Redbridge after cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 were identified in the borough.

Google’s lawyers say there is no suggestion the so-called Safari workaround resulted in any information being disclosed to third parties.

An 'armed' robber who stole thousands from banks and attemptedd to rob a post office has been jailed.

This is to update you on what is currently (not) happening on the railway embankment near Grange Hill station.

There are few immediate implications for individuals as a result of Brexit, but those with homes in an EU country will need to be aware of several key points.

Technology has come to play a bigger and bigger role in people’s lives over the period of the pandemic.

More than 15 per cent of people aged 45 and over in Waltham Forest have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine while a fifth of people in Redbridge have had two jabs, figures reveal.

We have the election for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex coming up next week.

Pictured above is a view of Loughton High Road towards Kings Green in Loughton between the wars.

Food allergies, salmonella poisoning, Hepatitis A and chocking hazards are just some of the reasons behind urgent product recalls across the UK.

According to new research, Brits think BBQ’s are the best way of eating outdoors, beating picnics as the nations favourite method of outdoor dining.

May I remind all your readers who are voters in the London mayoral election they have two votes in the election, a first preference vote and a second preference vote, and urge them to use their first preference vote to vote for Richard Hewison the...